Complete Quality Assurance Partner for Optimum Plant Health
TCR brings you powerful advantages to navigate your business. As a global company, TCR has a team of highly experienced specialists, employs the most advanced testing methodologies, and has a state-of-the-art laboratory to provide its clients' impact-driven and actionable insights. TCR core offerings include:
CONTINUUM
INSPECTION
SOURCING &
PROCUREMENT INSPECTION
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CONSTRUCTION & COMMISSIONING INSPECTION
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IN-SERVICE INSPECTION
03.
SHUTDOWN
& TURN-AROUND INSPECTION
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05.
CONTINUUM
INSPECTION
Delivering Outcomes, Fueling Growth
TCR Qatar empowers its clients through services that generate economic value by identifying and addressing customer needs effectively. It's comprehensive end-to-end offerings allow customers to procure wisely, planning damage specific inspection, manage shutdowns and use actionable insights for enhancing profitability and achieving growth.
I. Sourcing & Procurement Inspection
TCR Qatar works closely with EPC and Infrastructure companies to provide integrated and end-to-end procurement for their projects. Our solutions encompass the entire procurement value chain, with each offering uniquely configured to each client's specific requirements and objectives.
Third Party Inspection and Quality Assurance Services
Factory Audit, OEM Development, Raw Material Inspection, Picking Of Samples and Testing Coordination, Initial Production Check, In-Production Check, Random Inspection, Loading Supervision
Mechanical Testing
Tensile & Bend, Impact, Hardness, Nick Break and Weldability, Creep, Stress Rupture, Hydrogen Embrittlement ASTM F519/B577
Fatigue and Fracture Toughness Testing
CTOD, K1c, J1c, Fatigue crack growth, High-Cycle/Low-Cycle Fatigue, S-N Curve
Chemical Analysis
Spectrometers (XRF, OES, ICP, AAS), Wet Chemical, Oil Analysis by Ferrography, RoHS Compliance, Lead Inspection, Refractory Testing, Ores and Minerals Testing, Sand Content, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen
Corrosion Studies
Sour Gas (HIC/SSC/SOHIC) – NACE TM0284/TM0177/TM0103, Chloride Stress - ASTM G 36, SCC of Aluminum Alloy - ASTM G44/G47, Pitting/Crevice (Critical Temperature) - ASTMG48, Potentiostatic / Potentiodynamic Anodic Polarization - ASTM G5, Chloride Stress - ASTM G 36, Corrosion of Aluminum NAMLT - ASTM G67, Exfoliation of Aluminum - G66/G34, SCC of Aluminum – ASTMG103, Intergranular – ASTM A262/ DIN EN ISO 3651, Immersion Corrosion – ASTM G31 & Ammonia Vapor Test – ASTM B858
Product and Material Sourcing
Contract Research And Development
III. In-service Inspection
TCR undertakes corrosion studies based on Risk-based Inspection API 580 guidelines to map business and operational risks for individual plant items for planning damage specific inspection and effective shutdowns. TCR has in-depth knowledge of high-temperature probes and an understanding of potential corrosion damage mechanisms.
Online Advanced NDT
HTHA Inspection, One Micron Detection using UT, Carburization Detection, HIC Detection, High temperature Corrosion Mapping, Mid Wall Fissures Detection, Stepwise Crack Detection (SWC)
Visual Inspection
Thermography, Robotic Underground buried Pipeline Inspection, Underwater Inspection and cleaning by ROV, Boroscopy, Videoscopy
Studies
Risk-Based Inspection study program to research corrosion damages Mapping of Turnaround data based on Business/Operations Risk
V. Continuum Inspection
TCR proactively optimizes plant performance by analyzing information, examining engineering design and recording key insights from the shutdown for long-term plant reliability. It also undertakes fitness for service, failure analysis, and remaining life assessment studies to give the top management and/or insurance companies a better understanding of the plant’s overall health.
Failure Analysis
Pressure Equipment Integrity Incident Investigation per API 585
Remaining Life Assessment
Fitness for Service as per API 579/ASME FFS-1
Fire Damage Assessment
Plant Health Study
API 590/581 guideline based Risk-Based Inspection study and Implementation
Integrity Operating Window Study as per API 584
Engineering Design and Analysis Services for Plant Supports
Computer Aided Designing (CAD), Computer Aided Engineering, Reverse Engineering and Prototyping, 2D to 3D Conversion, Finite Element Modeling, Piping Stress Analysis
Contract Research And Development
Technical Help For Indigenization, Selection of Materials, Quality Improvement, Solutions Of Critical Weld Problems
Training Programs
Metallurgy and Corrosion Evaluation, NDT and FFS specific Program
II. Construction & Commissioning Inspection
TCR designs effective welding solutions coupled with baseline data creation. It provides the right functional expertise for teams to excel in plant maintenance and operations.
Base Line NDT
Ultrasonic Flaw Detection, UT Thickness, Dye Penetrant, Magnetic Particle, Ferrite Measurement, Holiday Detection, Surface Roughness, Demagnetization, Paint and Coating Thickness
Phased Array and ToFD in lieu of RT Examination
Welder Certification and Procedure Qualification
Welding Inspectors visits for Qualification of Welder, WPS/PQR Testing per coupon as per ASME Section IX, AWS D 1.1, API 1104, QP-STD-R-006, QP-STD-R-002
Weldability Evolution
Microstructure & Micro-Hardness Tests
Welding Consumable Evaluation
Tests as per ASME Section 2 part C
Post Weld Heat Treatment
70kva Electrical Resistance HT Machines with Talented Team, Pre-Heating
Positive Material Identification (PMI) ASE Line NDT Data Creation
On-site Detection of all chemical elements including C, S,P, Mn and Si
IV. Shutdown/Turn-around Inspection
TCR has acquired in-depth knowledge, experience, and expertise for over 45 years in managing complex shutdown projects. It ensures planned shutdowns along with rapid deployment of expert consulting teams with solutions for heat exchangers, tanks, pipelines and weld joints to get your facility back online as quickly as possible.
Visual Inspection Services
Boroscopy, Remote Visual Inspection by ROV, Videoscopy, Thermography
Pipelines and Weld Inspection
Phased Array, Time of Flight ToFD
Tube / Heat Exchanger Inspection
Eddy Current, RFET, IRIS, MFL, Helium Leak Testing, Acoustic Eye, Saturated Eddy Current, Automated Reformer Tube Inspection (ARTiS), Oxide Scale Measurement
Plant Health Assessment and Metallography Strength
In-Situ Metallography Replica, SEM and EDS analysis, Microstructure Characterization for RLA
Tank Inspection
Robotic Inspection of Coker Drums, In-service Robotic Tank Inspection, Tank Condition by Thermography
Custom NDT targeting specific Corrosion Damages
HTHA Inspection, One Micron Detection using UT, Carburization Detection, HIC detection, High temperature Corrosion Mapping, Mid wall fissures detection, Stepwise Crack Detection (SWC)
Condition Assessment of Boilers
RLA of Boilers, Electro-Magnetic Acoustic Transmission (EMAT), Automated Reformer Tube Inspection System (ARTiS), Oxide Scale Measurement
Inspection Manpower Consulting
RBI and Asset Integrity Management Experts
Metallurgists and Corrosion Scientists
API Plant Inspectors with 510, 570, 653 as well as 579/580 experience
ASNT Level III Experts and SNT-TC-1A or PCN Level II Techs
QA/QC Inspectors for Static and Rotating Equipment
Welding Inspectors with AWS or CSWIP
Painting/Coating Inspectors with NACE or BGas
Mechanical Destructive Testing and Lab Chemists
Refractory Consultant
Valve Specialists
Heat Treatment PWHT specialists
Engineering Design Consultants on CAD/CAM
Simulated Process and Engineering Researchers
INDUSTRY SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS
TCR offers an unparalleled perspective and extraordinary solutions that are relevant to the needs of the client. Staying away from the cookie cutter approach, TCR ensures that its offerings by comprehensive, actionable and bring about the necessary transformation for their customers. TCR creates NDT techniques that target individual corrosion damages with the assistance of its expert team members that comprise of metallurgists, API plant inspectors, corrosion scientists, NDT level III and professionals from process/maintenance/inspection department of plants.
TCR aims at providing QGas assistance in evaluating Leaks/Failures and Catastrophic explosion that can occur in Storage spheres, terminal, jetty, and LT transfer lines. TCR has conducted several studies across fastener failures and detection of corrosion under insulation, pitting, SCC and IGC related damage mechanisms.
TCR's Paresh Haribhakti has authored a book published by ASM on Boiler Failures. With in-depth knowledge of boiler tubes, outlet headers, main steam line, and turbine, TCR can undertake metallurgical and failure studies including FFS & RLA to evaluate BTL (boiler tube leaks), metallurgical degradation, creep, erosion, pitting, general corrosion, high-temperature hydrogen attack, and fatigue-related damage mechanisms. TCR's clients include MEW, SEC, GE, Alstom, Siemens among others.
Since 2012, TCR has provided metallurgical & engineering consulting to QAFCO for effectively assessing failure damages that occur in the reformer section, ammonia converter, ISR (isothermal shift reactor) and RGC (reform gas cooler). TCR has undertaken several studies across failure in reforming section (reformer tubes) and has expertise in damage specific NDT to discover corrosion, erosion corrosion, cavitation, pitting, creep, IGC related damage mechanisms present in the plant.
EPC and Infrastructure clients such as Tekfen and L&T in Qatar depend on TCR to evaluate the composition and WPS/PQR’s weld strength using destructive testing including chemical analysis, CTOD and high/low temperature tensile and impact. TCR has expertise in evaluating the mixing of materials, improper MTC:S/ identifications, weld joint failures and improper PWHT that can occur in material inventory, welding consumables, tank bottoms, and truss. TCR conducts several studies across fasteners, lifting lugs, weld failures/cracking, MIC-microbiological influenced corrosion, reheat cracking and SCC related damage mechanisms.
TCR services several global majors like Reliance, Aramco, and Shell. Many among TCR's professionals are ex-employees of these global majors and have developed the competence to assess failures and fire damages in CDU/VDU, FCCU, hydrogen manufacturing, storage tanks, REAC, reactors, and their internals. TCR’s NDT and in-situ metallographic replica teams have undertaken several studies detecting metallurgical degradation, detachments/ fastener failures, creep, stress corrosion cracking, pitting, erosion, reheat cracking and fatigue-related damage mechanisms.
Qchem, RLOC and Sabic depend on TCR to provide expertise in evaluating leaks, process upsets and failures that can occur in reactors, storage tanks & high-temperature transfer lines/acid. TCR can gauge transfer line leaks, tank floor/bottom, creep, pitting, SCC, Erosion-corrosion, IGC, and fatigue-related damage mechanisms.
TCR has proficiency in evaluating leaks and failures that can occur in pumping stations and transfer lines. TCR can gauge transfer line leaks, tank floor/bottom, MIC, pitting, SCC, CUI, erosion, corrosion, and crevice corrosion related damage mechanisms.
TCR has worked with clients like Halliburton, Schlumberger, Weatherford, enabling it to evaluate leaks, accidents, and failures that can occur in online tapping, drilling (tubes & beads) and manufacturing of tubes. TCR can analyse tubing failures, drill line tooling failures, fatigue, corrosion fatigue, pitting and crevice corrosion related damage mechanisms.
TCR has competence in evaluating failures that can occur in well bore piping, chain links, pumps/rotary equipment, and drilling rigs. TCR can appraise tubing failures, fasteners, fatigue, seawater splashing, corrosion fatigue, pitting, crevice corrosion and cavitation corrosion related damage mechanisms.
TCR is proficient in evaluating leaks and environmental hazards that can occur in Incinerator boilers and their tubing, transfer lines, scrubbers. TCR can assess boiler shell plate failures, boiler tube failures, suction line failures, SCC, H2S corrosion, pitting, and cavitation corrosion related damage mechanisms.
TCR Qatar:
Actionable Test Results
TCR undertakes all aspects of metallurgical destructive and NDT tests, civil testing, failure analysis, fitness for service, ctod, creep, ECA, stress analysis design, and Asset Integrity Management (AIM).
TCR Qatar is more than a company—it’s a chapter in a 50-year story of excellence.
Born from the pioneering spirit of TCR Engineering, headquartered in Mumbai since 1973, TCR Qatar carries forward a legacy rooted in trust, technical mastery, and global relevance. For over half a century, TCR Engineering has been the invisible force behind the world’s most vital infrastructure—ensuring safety, reliability, and performance for over 5,000 clients worldwide.
From bustling refineries in India to sprawling petrochemical plants in Saudi Arabia, from critical infrastructure in Nigeria to precision labs in Malaysia, TCR’s international presence is a testament to its reputation for excellence. We’ve delivered solutions that go beyond testing—preventing failures before they happen, engineering certainty in uncertain environments, and turning materials into measurable advantage.
We are not just technicians—we are engineers of trust. Our expertise spans non-destructive testing (NDT), fatigue testing, materials characterization, failure analysis, asset integrity management, corrosion mapping, and more—executed with unwavering precision and world-class technology. With every inspection we perform in Qatar, we bring the full strength of this legacy, experience, and international knowledge network into play.
To meet growing client needs, TCR Engineering, India’s leading materials testing lab has set up a regional sample collection center and agency representation with Biewu International Trading in Qatar.
ABOUT BIEWU
Biewu International Trading is at the forefront of the health, safety and environment industry. In the last decade, Biewu has grown to become the largest personal protective equipment distributor in Qatar. Biewu's success is bolstered by the addition of corrosion prevention, asset preservation and environmental protection programs that culminate in successful projects for their clients.
Key Milestones
Our journey started as a disruptor for end to end inspection services to a being global leader
1973
TCR Engineering Services Company Founded in Mumbai
1980
First to add a chemical analysis spectrometer in India
2006
TCR Engineering opens TCR Kuwait, its first international office in Kuwait
2010
TCR establishes an alliance in Malaysia
1975
First to install 100T Tensile Machine in India
1999
TCR Engineering establishes TCR Advanced in Vadodara to offer research and consulting solutions for plant management
2007
TCR Engineering embarks on international expansions in Middle East
2018
TCR Qatar is established
INSIGHTS
TCR has nearly five decades of multi-sectoral expertise and has maintained a huge knowledge repository.
Gain insights and benefit from TCR's intellectual diversity that spans every significant industry and functional area. Download our powerful project and client case studies from across industries and witness how TCR goes beyond the obvious to create value in unprecedented ways
TCR Qatar Profile
Remaining Life Assessment Study
Book on Boiler Failures (By Paresh, MD-TCR)
TCR Engineering
Company Profile
Fitness For Service
Paper Published
in World Fertilizer Magazine
Asset Management Integrity
Award by NACE
to TCR
In-Situ Metallography
Failure Analysis Brochure
ISO 17025 Scope of Accreditation
Automated
Reformer Tube Inspection by ARTiS
Third Party Inspection
Boiler tube Investigation
TurnAround Assistance
Fitness for Service (API579-ASME FFS1)
TCR Terms & Conditions
Life Assessment of Reactors
Sample Size Requirements
TCR Evolve Industrial Plant Training
At TCR Qatar, we don’t just inspect plants — we ensure safety and reliability. We don't just test metals—we protect industries. In the heart of the Gulf, where excellence is the expectation and failure is not an option, TCR Qatar stands as the silent force with clients such as Q-Chem, QatarEnergy (QP), and QAFCO. With a five-year contract in place with Q-Chem and a legacy of multiple five-year partnerships with QAFCO since 2013, we don’t chase clients—we earn trust, year after year, inspection after inspection.
TCR Qatar delivers specialized Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), materials testing, failure analysis, and asset integrity solutions designed for industries where safety is sacred, and performance is non-negotiable.
Every failure we investigate, every crack we detect, every material we analyze—it’s all in service of one bold idea: Perfection is not optional. It’s engineered.
Precision. Compliance. Performance. That’s not just our promise—it’s our operating promise.
TCR Qatar: A global Leader in end-to-end quality assurance services for material testing, NDT with engineering solutions including Failure Analysis, FFS, RLA and advanced asset integrity management through RBI and IOW to derive maximum plant output and minimize shutdowns.
