Indian Company hands
over Seawater Pumping Station Project to TOR
Tema, Oct 4, Ghanadot/GNA --A
state of the art Seawater Pumping Station Project, built by
Technofab Engineering Limited (TEL), an Indian Company, was
on Saturday handed over to the Tema Oil Refinery at a
ceremony in Tema.
It took TEL 27 months to complete the 12.6-million-dollar
project which was contracted to it in April 2007.
It consists of the pumping station and a new fiberglass
pipeline to replace the existing concrete bonna pipe which
was installed over 45 years ago.
The pipeline which is approximately 5.5 kilometres in length
streches from the Tema fishing harbour to the refinery, is
made of fiberglass, a material resistant to seawater
corrosion.
Recounting the history of the project, Dr Kwame Ampofo,
Acting Managing Director of TOR, said in March 2005, fire
destroyed the then existing seawater pumping station which
served the refinery.
Dr. Ampofo said after the loss of the pump station, the
refinery resorted to the use of municipal water for its
operations, which he said was very expensive.
He said as a result, Management thought it wise to
re-install the seawater pumping station, in order not only
to have sufficient water available for firefighting, but to
also hydrotest newly constructed storage tanks, and flash
wash pipelines.
The ultimate objective, he said, was to improve the
refinery’s risk profile, thereby reducing the insurance
premium on its assets.
Mr O. N. Vij, Senior Vice President of TEL, who handed over
the project to TOR, hoped it would serve its intended
purpose.
GNA
