Building a power plant in a hostile environment ensuring no shutdown in refining
- The Challenge
Off grid power to avoid regular shutdowns in a challenging environment with added security and safety risk
- The Solution
Full turnkey offering including building of a power plant with security and hostile environment training for personal as standard
- The Impact
Flawless delivery of a complete turnkey solution with unrivalled training supporting a complex project
Client:Large Refinery
Location:Iraq
Sectors:Petrochemical and Refining
The challenge
Off grid power to avoid regular shutdowns in a challenging environment with added security and safety risk
Iraq has been suffering from power shortages for a number of years with people, businesses and economic progression facing multiple challenges as a result.
To improve the standard of living for its people, the Iraqi government announced that power from the national grid would be prioritised and distributed for residential consumption, meaning major businesses including oil producers and refiners were asked to source their own independent power.
One of the major refineries in Southern Iraq needed an off-grid power solution to enable them to continue operating.
The refinery refines crude oil and produces super gasoline, kerosene, fuel gas, diesel, navy fuel, LPG and jet fuel and require continuous and clean power for their various refining processes.
In 2012 our local agent (Euro Gulf) was approached by the refinery as power from the national grid was unreliable.
While they decided to stay on the grid at that time, we remained in contact and when the power became increasingly unreliable with the government later announcing priority to residential customers – the pressure was now on to find a suitable alternative to the grid.
Director of Production department