Traditionally, oil and gas companies needing heat trace services to prevent fluid viscosity, crystallization, or condensation had to seek out the different aspects of the process from several service providers.
The result of segregating scopes in your heat trace system can include increased costs, lost productivity, complicated communications, and no accountability. The costs of production downtime and repair when using multiple service providers can run in the thousands.
These problems occur because separate contractors operate as tradespeople who concentrate on their system segment without knowing or understanding the other aspects of the overall picture. The short-term relationship you have with them inhibits predictable work, negatively impacting your investment and the quality of your system.
In addition, your management team will be forced to spend a lot of time and resources monitoring your heat trace system when your time would be better spent focusing on your core business tasks.
Fortunately, there’s a solution that will mitigate the risks of process delay and breakdown, making managing your electrical heat trace system easier and more cost-effective: a comprehensive heat management solution.
What Is A Heat Management Solution?
A complete heat management solution brings the critical elements of your heat trace system, such as electrical heat tracing, insulation, control systems, and rope access services all under the same roof, fulfilled by the same contractor. Heat management solution providers can also provide all of the engineering and technical expertise to design, create, audit, maintain, and commission your heat management system.
The service provider will also be able to provide all of the materials and services needed for the initial system build, ongoing maintenance, and repair.
One of the most significant benefits of implementing a complete heat management solution under one provider is that it eliminates the need for you to juggle multiple contracts, contractors, invoices, and communications. If something goes wrong within your heat trace system, it only takes one phone call to connect with someone already intimately knowledgeable about your system. This convenience means you no longer have to worry about whether multiple contractors are available on short notice.
This holistic approach to heat management increases your system reliability while decreasing operating costs by treating your insulation envelope, heat tracing, and system monitoring as one interdependent process instead of several smaller components. No details are missed, and everything is logged and recorded for easy access and review when needed.
Working With MSCP’s Heat Management Solution
MSCP is currently the only company with a complete heat management solution that covers every aspect of your heat trace system, including the heat management materials.
Our company specializes in keeping your fluids moving under any weather conditions with effective, dependable solutions that help you meet your goals. When you work with MSCP, you never get an out-of-the-box project quote. Our engineers ask all the right questions, perform a complete review of how your system works together, and compile a comprehensive list of recommendations that will help solve your current issues and protect your system over the long term.
MSCP’s comprehensive heat management solution takes ownership of the entire thermal envelope providing maintenance, inspection and repair of Insulation, Electrical and EHT systems, on the ground or at height through rope access . Additionally, our materials management and warehousing program provides materials when you need it without the cost of warehousing on your site – everything you need for an efficient, well-managed heat trace system.
Benefits Of Implementing A Heat Management Solution
MSCP’s customized offer several tangible benefits that are revolutionizing the heat trace industry:
- System reliability increased to a level where zero production downtime due to your heat management is achieved
- Reduction in scaffolding requirements
- One contractor for your entire system, removing the worry about workforce availability or coordinating multiple contractors
- Detailed digital work packages that include work documentation and pictures that ensure a low variation in output
- Heat management preventative maintenance plan to catch potential issues before they can affect your system
Another important and unique feature of MSCP’s heat management solutions is our materials management and warehousing service. Our engineers document and categorize all the heat management material in your facility and build an appropriate amount of replacement buffer stock to be stored in a conveniently-located warehouse. When you need replacement parts for your system down the road, we can quickly and easily access the parts for smooth and efficient replacement. There’s no need to order parts from offshore suppliers, which keeps costs down, minimizes downtime, and gets production moving again.
Our goal is to help your facility achieve zero downtime due to heat trace issues with a cost-effective heat management solution that eliminates the worry of freezing temperatures affecting production. Contact our team anytime to learn how we can help.
