Shell Turkey assigns tank cleaning contract for 2010 and 2011 to TORA Petrol

With the sustainable development and quality understanding of Shell, this year all sites will be given periodic maintenance twice. As different from the previous years, at the end of the project 2,000 site visits are planned for each year.

With this project, the total number of sites has increased to 3500 sites for periodic maintenance given in Turkey by TORA Petrol’s periodic maintenance teams in a year.

In the tank cleaning operations, all the pumps are operated with air due to safety requirements. After tank cleaning operation, all the waste is recycled.

In the preventive electrical maintenance, all the earthing and groundings of electrical equipments are measured. For the proactive HSSE understanding, main boards, electrical cables, ex-proof equipment and installation, cable conduits, all manholes and confined spaces are controlled for proper isolation and damage.

Apart from the maintenance operations, Retail Maintenance Team Leaders and electrical engineers will make a HSSE controls for all mechanical devices.

During the year 5 teams will travel all over the country. In each team, there are 3 people: an electrical engineer, an electrical technician and a mechanical engineer. 3 electrical engineers will assist them in project management.

In the maintenance vans, there are all the equipment that people may need in the operations including compressors and generators. In the maintenance operations, they will give service and repair for minor problems.

In the contract is specified that all the 81 cities of Turkey will be visited. At the end of the project time, it is planned that 36.000 man-hours will be worked and 500.000km will be travelled. With 7/24 technical support, both on-site and remote access services, will be given to all sites.

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