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News - 2004
» Santos: Engineering assistance for Moomba Liquid Recovery Plant
» SEAGas: Commercial Gas now flowing to Adelaide
» TransAdelaide: Diesel Storage and Train Refuelling System
» GPA: Risk Management Services welcomes new clients
» City of Salisbury: Kaurna Park Storm Water Harvesting
» SA Water: South East SCADANet System Contract Awarded
» Magellan: Palm Valley Gas Production Facilities Upgrade Contract Awarded
» CSR: Detailed Design for Inkerman Mill Control System Upgrade
» SA Water: SCADANet Rollout Mt Gambier Phase Begins
» Tey Bros: Teys Bros Lateral Natural Gas Supply
» SEAGas: SEAGas Pipeline Project
» TXU: Torrens Island Power Station Natural Gas Blending Station
» International Power: Pelican Point Power Station Natural Gas Blending Station
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Santos:
Engineering assistance requested for Moomba Liquid Recovery
PlantAn explosion at the Moomba plant caused
some damage to Liquids Recovery Plant at Santos' Moomba
plant in early January 2004. GPA assistance was called
for in the areas of determining the engineering requirements
mainly from an electrical perspective, to get the plant
back and operating at 100%.
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Seagas:
Commercial Gas now flowing to Adelaide
Project Management for the Seagas consortium reports
that commercial gas is now flowing to Adelaide through
the 690km, open-access pipeline. The explosion at Moomba
plant in early January restricted significantly the
amount of gas available to Adelaide consumers, but as
SEAGas was already transporting gas to Adelaide as part
of the commissioning process the gas was used to assist
the provision of natural gas to Adelaide users.
GPA Personnel had significant roles in the SEAGas project
including contract supervision, site supervision and
project, design and risk management roles for various
stages of the pipelines development.
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TransAdelaide:
Diesel Storage and Train Refuelling System
GPA recently commissioned the Diesel Storage
and Train Refuelling System at the North Terrace Rail Depot
for TransAdelaide. The project team consisting of Tony Bird,
Lui Di Bacco and Michelle Hancock completed the successful
design, installation and commissioning of the system which
consisted of 2 storage tanks (pictured), pump shed with
pumps, new pipelines, instrumentation and SCADA control
of the system via operator panels and telemetry.
Considerable expertise was used in the assessment
of the hazardous areas involved in the project due to the
diesel storage component of the project.
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GPA:
Risk Management Services welcomes new clients
GPA Risk Management Services have expanded
to a new group of clients. Over the last two months GPA
has provided risk-based services to new clients Omega Chemicals,
Western Power and Schneider Australia. Each of these activiites
were for interstate facilities and resulted from GPA's growing
reputation as a quality service provider.
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City
of Salisbury: Kaurna Park Storm Water Harvesting
GPA has been awarded the contract to design
the upgrade to the City of Salisbury Kaurna Park Storm Water
Harvesting Scheme. The existing Kaurna Park scheme has provided
the City of Salisbury with a valuable source of water during
recent summers and the upgrade is intended to expand the
system to add additional wells, facilities and consumers.
The GPA scope includes the process, mechanical, electrical
and SCADA system design.
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Clare Valley
SCADANet Radio Network Commissioned
The Clare Valley SCADANet Radio Network encompassing
sites at Mt Horrocks, Clare Tanks 1, 2 and 3 as well
as Mintaro and Trillian's Hill were commissioned successfully
during the week of July 25th to 30th. This project is
still to be completed awaiting full site commissioning
of the various pump stations.
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Magellan:
Palm Valley Gas Production Facilities Upgrade Contract Awarded
GPA has been awarded the EPCM contract for
the installation of new field compression facilities at
the Palm Valley, Northern Territory, natural gas production
plant. GPA's client is Magellan Petroleum (Australia) Pty
Ltd.
The new wellhead compression facilities are required to
boost production from the existing wells to counter depleting
reservoir pressures. The project includes four new reciprocating
compressor sets, upgraded wellhead facilities, modifications
to the central plant and an upgrade of the field SCADA system.
The project has commenced and completion is scheduled for
the third quarter of 2005.
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CSR: Detailed
Design for Inkerman Mill Control System Upgrade
GPA has been chosen to undertake the detailed design of the upgrade to the control
system for the crushing and milling sections of the CSR Sugar Inkerman Mill. The mill is located
approximately 80 kms SE of Townsville in far north Queensland.
The existing Honeywell TDC3000 DCS system
will be replaced by a combination of Schneider Quantum PLC's and Citect SCADA HMI software. In addition to the system
design, GPA has been engaged to provide CHAZOP services and programming assistance. The upgrade is scheduled for completion
by May 2005 to allow for the new season crush.
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SA Water:
SCADANet Rollout Mt Gambier Phase Begins
The Mt Gambier phase of the SA Water SCADANet
rollout began in early December as a team of GPA Engineers
went to Mt Gambier. The initial phase of setting up the
SCADA Servers at the Mt Gambier depot and establishing communications
to the Sewer Pump Stations network was completed before
Christmas, with the remaining work in the outer districts
of Mt Gambier to be completed in early 2005.
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Teys Bros (Naracoorte): Lateral Natural Gas Supply
Teys Bros contracted GPA Engineering for a EPCM design and installation of a natural gas supply
to its processing plant near Naracoorte.
The project included the design, construction an d commissioning of a ltateral pipeline from an existing
offtake valve on the SEAGas pipeline and associated pressure regulating and metering station (PRMS) from
the lateral to its work site.
The project required pressure cuts from 15.3MPag to 0.3 MPag heating and custody transfer grade metering.
The project was completed in 2005.
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SEAGas (TXU,
Origin Energy, International Power):
SEAGas Pipeline Project
The SEA Gas pipeline provides gas from Pt Cambell in Victoria to Adelaide in SA at a
distance of 690km. GPA played a vital role in the development design and management and
commissioning of the pipeline and associated systems acting as Principal Engineers for the
proponents of the project.
GPA Roles in the SEAGas project included design and
risk review management, contract supervision, site supervision
and interface management for the 690km pipeline, the
3 major delivery stations and the two receipt stations
as well as the two gas turbine compressor stations under
management.
The performance requirements included SCADA, power systems
designs, communications, meter station design, compressor
station design, regulatory compliance, performance testing,
field auditing and operation and maintenance.
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TXU:
Torrens Island Power Station Natural Gas Blending Station
With the alternative gas supply to SA from the SEA Gas line, GPA was approached by TXU
to design and construct a remote operated natural gas blending station for the TIPS.
The work involved a tie-in to existing burired high pressure gas headers requiring a full
power plant shutdown. The project was completed without incident in time for the new
SEAGas supply.
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International Power:
Pelican Point Power Station Natural Gas Blending Station
GPA was approached by TXU to design and construct a remote operated natural gas blending station for the
Pelican Point power station.
The work involved a tie-in to existing burired high pressure gas headers and the power
station DCS system. The project was completed without incident in time for the new
SEAGas supply.
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