The Year in Infrastructure 2007 - (Page 129) #3 Crude Unit Revamp Jacobs Engineering Group The #3 Crude Revamp Project was a unit upgrade at the Flint Hills Resources Refinery in Pine Bend, Minnesota. The project would increase production from 100,000 to 150,000 barrels per day at an estimated cost of $170 million. One major element of the project was the addition of a new heater. From a structural design perspective, the location of the new heater presented challenges. As with all unit upgrades, physical plot space was very limited, but the most challenging element was what was below ground. The most notable items were two 24-inchdiameter cooling water lines four feet below grade, which could not be taken out of service to be relocated. using Bentley’s STAAD products, the firm was able to analyze and design the large, complex foundation with ease, knowing that the results would be accurate. Oil Product Pipeline (Construction Phase I) JSC Giprovostokneft JSC Giprovostokneft’s project was to model a terminal tank farm, part of the Kstovo-Yaroslavl-Kirishi-Primorsk trunk oil product pipeline. The new oil pipeline will establish a new light-oil export corridor for shipment via the Primorsk marine terminal near Saint Petersburg in Russia. The project includes construction of line facilities, rehabilitation of an existing head pump station, construction of six intermediate pump stations, and rehabilitation of a terminal tank farm. using AutoPIPE, the firm designed and analyzed the aboveground and underground pipelines in a complicated geologic and climatic environment. It automated the calculation of pipeline/soil interaction characteristics and developed a procedure for active length calculation with the selection of optimum soil points. AutoPIPE compliance with Russian standards, codes, and regulations also enabled the firm to avoid the purchase of additional certified software tools. BE AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 129
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