Officials of RasGas during the opening ceremony of the state-of-the-art warehouse at its Ras Laffan premises.
Doha: RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) recently opened a state-of-the-art warehouse at its Ras Laffan premises.
The new warehouse provides support and services for all internal and external user departments of RasGas that include its onshore and offshore facilities.
“As a world-class energy supplier striving for excellence, we always ensure that we remain top class in all departments, be it in production, storage or maintenance. To match with the most advanced technology used in our production facilities, we have made it a point to bring the most innovative techniques in the field of storage too,” said Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, Chief Executive Officer of RasGas.
He congratulated the Supply Department and the Project Section in the Facilities Management Department under the Management Services Group for the safe and successful completion of this vital project on schedule and with zero lost-time incidents. Al Mohannadi also thanked the contractors, Imperial Trading and Contracting Company for the successful delivery of the project living up to the safety standards of RasGas.
Abdulla Al Mahmoud, Supply Department Manager said the Warehouse Expansion Project was initiated in 2009 and all works of the warehouse were completed, tested and commissioned by April last year. The warehouse complex comprises a receiving office, shutdown and logistics office, pallet racking, mobile racking, indoor laydown area, preservation area and cantilever for storing tubes.
Other facilities in the complex include chemical storage, equipment-charging, liquid chemical store, air-conditioned lab chemical store, general store and the Gas storage with detectors.
All fire detection and prevention systems have been provided in accordance with National Fire Protection Association and Qatar Civil Defence requirements.
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