Fall 2020 | Vol. 2 | No. 3 Your Global Resource for Infrastructure Protection K A Turning Point in a Turnaround of a Crude Oil Desalter By Tim Miller, Integrated Global Services azakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is the world’s largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest country in the world, with an area of 1,052,100 mi 2 (2,724,900 km 2 ). Between its most distant points, Kazakhstan mea -sures about 1,820 miles (2,930 km) east to west and 960 miles (1,545 km) north to south. It is a transcontinental country largely located in Asia, but with the most western parts in Europe. Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economi -cally, generating 60% of the region’s gross domestic product (GDP), primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources. Lowlands make up one-third of Ka -zakhstan’s huge expanse, hilly plateaus and plains account for nearly half, and low mountainous regions about one-fifth. The western and southwestern parts of the republic are dominated by the low-lying Caspian Depression, which at its lowest point lies some 95 ft (29 m) below sea level. The ancient Caspian Sea bottom is where the Tengiz oil field was discovered in 1979. Tengiz Field The Tengiz reservoir, which holds 26 billion barrels of oil and gas, is very large, very deep, and has a high sour gas (hydro -gen sulfide [H 2 S]) content of about 6%. It is a complex and difficult operation. The operator of the Tengiz field is Tengizchev -roil LLP (TCO), which is a joint venture A Turning Point in a Turnaround of a Crude Oil Desalter ………………… 1 View from the Hill: Building Consensus ………………………………………… 4 Smart Phone Monitoring Helps Improve Rating of Civil Infrastructure in the United States ……………………………………… 5 Studying Real-Time Crack Infiltration in Pressurized Water Reactors …… 6 Sunflower Oil-Based Inhibitors Slow Corrosion of Offshore Arctic Conditions ………………………………………………… 7 Preventing Refinery Corrosion through Process Monitoring and Predictive Analysis ………………………………………………………… 8 Casing Systems for Geothermal—New Research Project GRE GEO … 11 PHMSA Plans to Modernize U.S. Gas Pipeline Safety Rules …………… 12 Carboline Introduces Plastie XHT 400 for Fire Tubes ……………………… 13 U.S. Army Engineers Inspect Concrete Silling Basin for Corrosion …… 15 NACE Infrastructure Education Course Schedule ………………………… 17 NACE Infrastructure Books ……………………………………………………… 19 NACE Infrastructure Reports & Standards …………………………………… 19
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