ATEX INSPECTIONS
ATEXPROOF bv is an international orientated company. We have experience in the Oil & Gas industry both onshore & offshore and one of our core businesses is the ATEX inspection and compliance of electrical installations in potentially explosive atmospheres. Through our extensive knowledge and experience we can assist our clients in asset management and the verification and integrity of their Ex equipment and systems.
Our highly trained and experienced workforce provide full hazardous area ATEX Inspection and Testing, Installation and Maintenance Services for workplaces that may contain or have activities that produce, explosive or potentially explosive atmospheres which can be caused by flammable gases, mists or vapours or by combustible dusts.
ATEXPROOF bv Services provides E&I ATEX inspection services worldwide.
ATEX INSPECTIONS EXPERIENCE
Following best industry practices, our inspections can provide you with the confidence and assurance that you are complying with all the very latest international standards and meeting your legal obligations. Our knowledge and experience extends to oil refineries, offshore, oil & gas platforms, tunnelling, chemicals, LNG, pharmaceuticals, utilities, water treatment and power generation and we can provide cost effective solutions to Ex inspections with the maximum level of technical support and the minimum level of interruption to process and plant.
Our services include:
• Full Hazardous Area Ex Inspections
• Ensuring verification of all installed Ex equipment
• Ensuring compliance with all standards and regulations
• Compiling Ex Registers, verification dossiers and client databases
• Ex remedial repairs
• Ex equipment Installations and maintenance
• Ex surveys & risk assessments
• Gap analysis of your current inspection procedures
• Hazardous area awareness training
• Explosion protection documents
• Ex Project management
Our inspections will become an integral part of your Asset Integrity Management System (AIMS) to maintain the asset in a fit-for-purpose condition while helping to extend the expected remaining life in a reliable, safe and cost effective manner. Our inspections will also become an integral part of your Safety Management System (SMS) to identify hazards and risks, especially potentially explosive risks, and to make sure they are highlighted, controlled and actioned.
Our successful track record of delivering projects on time and on budget in a safe and reliable manner has enabled us to develop long term, lasting relationships with our clients and our Inspections Strategies and Procedures have been adopted by Shell, Odfjell, and BP among others.
ATEXPROOF have plenty of experience in the field of FPSO inspections. These FPSO’s were all inspected 100% under IEC60079-17, the international standard for inspection and maintenance of electrical equipment in hazardous areas. Our highly trained and experienced certified ATEX Inspections engineers, electricians and technicians are all “CompEx” certified and have specialised expertise working in ATEX Hazardous area environments, specifically with carrying out the following working activities:
• Ex01 The preparation & installation of Ex ‘d’, ‘n’, ‘e’ and ‘p’ electrical equipment in explosive atmospheres.
• Ex02 The inspection and maintenance of Ex ‘d’, ‘n’, ‘e’ and ‘p’ electrical equipment in explosive atmospheres.
• Ex03 The preparation & installation of Ex ‘i’ equipment and systems in explosive atmospheres.
• Ex04 The inspection and maintenance of Ex ‘i’ equipment and systems in explosive atmospheres.