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Saturday, October 31, 2009 |
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The Sasol Temane Expansion Project
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Source: Ken Gibbs
Stefanutti Stocks Civils KZN (Pty) Ltd is currently undertaking the expansion project at the Sasol Temane Central Processing Facility (CPF) in Mozambique.
The CPF is situated at Temane in Inhambane Province, about 750 km north of Maputo, at the centre of an on-land gas field. Gas is piped to the CPF from wells in the region. It is then filtered, compressed and piped to Secunda in South Africa.
The original Sasol Temane Project was completed and commissioned in 2004. The increase in demand for natural
gas in Secunda has resulted in the current expansion project.Our contract includes minor earthworks and road works and industrial civil works. The civil works include two double-storey sub-stations, a control room, slug catcher, condensate tank and bunded area, various sumps and equipment bases, incinerator and a flare drum.
The concrete volume required is 6 500m3. We are crushing the coarse aggregate for the concrete and crusher run for the roads at a quarry near the site. We chose to crush our own aggregates as the nearest reliable crusher to the site is 800km away. “As we are quite remote, our biggest challenge is the logistics,” says Ken Gibbs, contracts director. “Due to the remoteness of the site and the time that it takes to transport and import the necessary materials and equipment, onsite planning has to be on the mark. Once orders are placed the support teams have to dispatch the goods in double quick time. The great support from our KZN and Maputo offices have however paved the way for a smoothly run project”.
The civil contract duration is 14 months and is due to be complete in March 2010.
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