The Minister in a short statement after inaugurating the $108 million two new steam turbine generators (STG’s) at the Bapco Refinery lauded the professionalism of the contractors who completed the project of 1.5 million hours without LTI.
The generators each of 14 megawatt power capacity are fully operational after having passed their Performance Guarantee Tests by the supplier GE and will replace five existing turbine generators which have been retired after more than 40 years of operational service.
The $108 million project, completed within budget was engineered by Technip France (Abu Dhabi) who also provided construction management service to a Bahraini company, the local contractor who provided construction services.
HE the Minister said the new STG’s would improve reliability and operability of power generation at the refinery which will result in operating cost savings through lower maintenance and improved thermal efficiencies. HE further said that the safety performance during the construction of the new facilities was outstanding with over 1.5 million man hours and 528 days without a Lost Time Injury (LTI) or injury.
HE the Minister was joined at the inauguration by Bapco’s Chairman and Acting Chief Executive, Adel Fakhro, Deputy Chief Executive Refining and Marketing Ebrahim Talib, board member Faisal Mahroos and other directors and members of the executive management team and representatives from the design and construction contractor organizations.