Major Elevated Flare Stack Refurbishment Project – ExxonMobil
Zenith is globally recognised for its commitment to innovation and excellence, consistently delivering industry-leading engineering capabilities, specialist access, heavy lifting at height and mechanical solutions to the foremost blue-chip companies in the oil, gas and petrochemical sector.
ExxonMobil, one of Zenith’s valued long-term clients, proposed to carry out a major refurbishment of their elevated flare stack at their Mossmorron Ethylene facility in Fife, United Kingdom. Working in conjunction with Zenith’s renowned expertise in structural and mechanical engineering, combined with our extensive on-site specialist access, lifting capabilities and comprehensive mechanical services, ExxonMobil engineers approached the entire project with confidence.
Zenith safely and successfully completed the entire flare stack refurbishment project fully utilising Zenith’s in-house expertise. The following scope of works gives an overview of the entire project parameters and clearly demonstrates Zenith’s unrivalled competence and expertise in the inspection, structural analysis, and refurbishment of flare stacks.
Zenith’s in-house engineering team initially undertook a detailed inspection and structural analysis of the entire flare stack encompassing the main riser, thermocouples, pilot and steam lines, associated access ladders and platforms and guy wire supports including the anchorage arrangement. As a result, using a combination of specialist access techniques including suspended platforms, highly qualified steeplejacks and rope access technicians (IRATA levels I, II and III),comprehensive repairs were carried out throughout the full height of the structure.
In addition, the upper 25 metres of the main riser and the 10t flare tip were replaced as part of the refurbishment project.
Zenith operates worldwide both onshore and offshore including the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Angola.
Both offshore and onshore, in remote parts of the globe, we have pioneered the replacement of flare tips without the use of expensive helicopters or large cranes (barge cranes offshore). We design, install and utilise a temporary lifting frame specifically designed for the flare stack configuration and flare tip weight.
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