A problem with a new order of cooling towers is something that a refinery does not want to hear. For our joint venture customer, this unfortunately was the case when their delivery of cooling towers was delayed.

The customer were in the process of building a new refinery in Kuwait. Already a vast undertaking with many logistical challenges, they needed a quick solution for their cooling problem.

The project was in its pre-commissioning stage and to ensure that operations were running smoothly essential testing needing to take place– this included a nitrogen test, a functioning test and a Mechanical Run Test (MRT).

Without the cooling tower aspect of the refining process, there would be no cooled water lowering temperatures on Air Compressors, Air Driers and Boilers. This also meant that there would be no continuous blowdown to utility boilers, blowdown drums, blowdown pumps and crucially cooling to the motor driven HP boiler feed water pump.

The anticipated 3-month delay on the equipment was not an option for the refinery which needed a quick and reliable solution in order to allow cooling for pre-commissioning and commissioning processes.

Having worked with the customer before on both this project and others, Aggreko were approached for a quick reliable solution based on an established track record of success.