Had a boiler tube leak at the Port Arthur refinery last spring

I was doing a routine hydrostatic test on a 300 psi boiler when a tube let go near the bottom drum. Sent water everywhere and shut us down for two days. What do you do when a test reveals a bigger problem than the one you were sent for, just patch and hope or pull the whole bundle?

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webb.stella3d ago

patch and hope" is my life motto lol, usually just makes things worse.

kim.hannah3d ago

Oh man, @webb.stella that's both painfully relatable and absolutely terrifying at the same time.