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Friday, February 7, 2014
Maloney Metalcraft has redesigned and delivered emergency components to Shell in Gabon for its Koula oil facility, after parts failures led to the temporary shut down of the facility. Maloney was called in by Exterran, the operator of the facility, after fire tube failures were discovered.
The company has now been commissioned to redesign and manufacture firetubes for the site’s free water knockout vessels on a fast-track delivery schedule, as well as providing obround gaskets for the existing Heater Treater firetubes, which will enable the site to return to operation more quickly.
Austen Adams, managing director at Maloney Metalcraft, said: “Firetubes are key components in any oil facility and, without them, the site can’t operate safely or effectively. While it takes a certain amount of time to redesign, manufacture, ship and install components to Gabon, our design team has an excellent track record in the industry and was able to return new drawings on the same day the enquiry was received.”
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