Yibal Expansion Project
Yibal is the oldest oil producing station in Oman. The project is designed to refurbish and repair the existing plant and expand and modify it to cope with a water cut of 80+% due to mature reservoir.
Highlights include deep excavation in unstable ground in an area of high seismic activity, NORM desludging, cleaning,  repair and GRE lining of existing tanks and vessels, transport and installation of the largest horizontal separators in the Middle East, work on a fully live oil station in continuous production, environmental clean up of 500M3 oil spill from ruptured header - confirmed fully satisfactory after inspection by Oman Ministry of Environment Experts.

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Project notice board recording first million hours without Lost Time Injury, repeat as required.
At the end of this project my running total for work under my direct influence will be 13 - 14 million consecutive hours without LTI, spanning three projects over three and a half years in Oman.		 One of the two largest horizontal separators in the Middle East. Arriving on site in Yibal after 400 km journey from Muscat.
16 axles, 8 wheels per axle, roughly 400 grams per square centimeter ground load.
Cranes cost money, big cranes cost big money.
Hydraulic jacks provide a simple and cost effective alternative.
36 meters long, 130 tonnes.
Contractors site managers, I am the European in red coveralls.
Contractors HSE Advisors, I am client HSE Advisor. This project was notable for the development of a genuine team, across contractor and client boundaries.
Deep trenching, in this area there is stable ground. Other areas required significant additional work to make safe in the presence of numerous earth tremors. Pipework is large bore GRE.
Computer generated isometric of the finished project.
Top left - construct two separators, two free water knock out tanks and transfer pumps.
Foreground - cleaning and GRE lining of three skim tanks and install five water injection pumps.
Far right - construct new control room and additional electrical sub station.
Not shown - off plot GRE piping work, multi selector valve skids, well work over and ESP installation.
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