Turnaround: Spring cleaning at the Schwechat Refinery 2016

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The Schwechat Refinery turned 58 in April, making it a plant in the prime of its life. It goes without saying that regular medical check-ups are always a good idea; for refineries a so-called “turnaround” is mandatory once every six years. It also has enormous dimensions: 3,180 people joined in to dismantle, clean, maintain, repair and then rebuild it all back together in the end.

In the past people used to refer to the inspection weeks as a standstill, but this term doesn’t quite seem to fit when you look at today’s agenda: In these four weeks more than 306 tonnes of steel will be processed and inspections carried out on 480 heat exchangers, 16 furnaces, 510 containers and 2,677 valves, in addition to replacing more than 12,6 kilometers of pipes. The greatest challenge this time around is on the distillation plant.

One down, one to go – and so the preparations for the next round are already underway in the Schwechat Refinery. After all, only half of the refinery was inspected this year, namely the part that is responsible for producing fuels – the petrochemicals units will follow in 2017.

--- Note: As of June 13, 2017 Petrol Ofisi A.S. is no longer part of OMV Group.


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