Chevron VDU Heater Reliability Project
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 05:35AM Services: Project Engineering
Period: November 2010 to January 2011
Client: Ledwood Mechanical Engineering Limited
Project:
Providing Project Engineering services to Ledwood Mechanical Engineering who have been commissioned by Chevron to provide a management and design team to carry out a detailed review of the operational capabilities and best practices of the existing CCR/CRU and VDU Heaters.
The VDU heater project includes the replacement of the existing Convection Boxes on both heaters with a full front end study of the heater operation with possible inclusion of a new Steam Generation System, installation of Air Preheater, new Ductwork, new ID and FD Fans, new Deka and replacement Burners.
Chevron has contracted LME to provide the complete EPC mechanical package from the FEED stage, mechanical design, shop fabrication through to the full onsite installation which includes all heavy lifting requirements.
The shop fabrication will take place at LME's main facility in Pembroke Dock during 2011 with the majority of the installation element of the project taking place during the 2012 turnaround.
