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workers were aware of, and protected from, all performance according to the competency level
construction-related hazards. In line with Saipem shown. Equally, detailed plans were made for
HSE commitment and in accordance with the when sour gas will be introduced in the plant.
LiHS (Leaders in Health and Safety) corporate Finally, close attention was paid to monitor the
program, introduced as the Shah project began, number of operators and workers allowed in the
Saipem sought to promote the HSE culture at all plant during operations, as well as to ensure
levels of the workforce, from senior management adequate protection and evacuation training
all the way along the chain to subcontractors. were provided.
The following specific initiatives were particularly
noteworthy: Commissioning and Start Up
A permanent training center was established near Commissioning activities are ongoing and are fully
the site offices, as well as an external training integrated with the construction activities. Saipem
ground, which carried out training drills for working stringent approach enabled commissioning activities
at height, rigging, lifting and fire training, all of which to be carried out without waiting for the mechanical
have translated into more than 1.4 million man- completion of the facilities, with evident benefits to
hours of training. the schedule.
Working at height: This achievement was made
incidents in previous Saipems’s integrated approach allows possible by involving the
projects led to the to start commissioning without to commissioning team from the
decision to hire a start waiting for the mechanical design phase, with direct
dedicated subcontractor, completion participation in the basic
with the aim of ensuring process and design activities.
no incidents in the Shah The next challenge for the
Project. The subcontractor was responsible for commissioning team will be the plant startup at
ensuring all workers received adequate training for partial capacity, with particular attention to potential
their work, be it working at height or in confined leakages and flare emissions as some construction
spaces. The initiative was a success: no working-at- activities are being completed.
height incidents occurred during more than 100 Such challenge will be managed through a careful
million man-hours. identification of the concerned SIMOPS
Assessment and training for all operators: (simultaneous operations), an assessment of the
specialist simulators were provided to assess the associated risks and the development of suitable
skills of operators of heavy machinery, scoring mitigation meaures.

EPC Package 5:

Shah Product Pipelines

he Shah Product Pipelines Project is 400 km of FOC (Fiber Optic Cable) has been laid.
located in a very remote area – dubbed In choosing the sites and putting up temporary
the ‘Empty Quarter’. It is a part of the construction facilities, local environmental
T SGD Program, and consists of three conditions have been given great consideration
pipelines running in parallel– one 36” pipeline throughout. Careful attention has also been paid
(figure 4) of around 127 to waste management,
km in length, and two storage of fuel and
16” pipelines, each of 66 Local environmental conditions have other hydrocarbons,
km - built to transport been considered in choosing the and dust control. Finally,
respectively from the sites for temporary construction facilities vehicles have been
Shah Process Plant the closely monitored in
Sales Gas in the existing order to limit access for
networks. In addition, 6 Scraper Launchers with 6 non-authorized off-road excursions in case of
Mainline Block Valves has been constructed and emergency.

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