New Jetty "El Palito" Refinery (Project NUMREP) 

for Corpoven, S.A., Carabobo State, 1996

The detail engineering for the New Jetty of El Palito Refinery included the design of all the civil, electromechanical and instrumentation works.

The following products are handled: Crude Oil, MDO, Jet Fuel, Kerosene, Lubricants, Benzene, Methanol, Bunker C, VGO, Fuel Oil, leaded and unleaded Gasoline, Naphtha, Isobutane and Lead Tetraetilium.

Civil works included:

  • A bridge of 1267 m long and 20,60 m wide
  • 2 platforms of 39 m x 18 m
  • 4 berthing dolphins with fenders to absorb 332 t-m
  • 8 mooring dolphins with 120 t capacity quick release hooks
  • Auxiliary platform for fire fighting equipments

Mechanical works included:

  • 8 loading arms in each platform : 1x8”, 1x10”, 6x12”
  • Pipes, valves and accessories for products loading and unloading. The two platforms are interconnected.
  • Fire detection and fire fighting systems, compressed air, Nitrogen and ballast reception, hydraulic ladders to access ships.

Instrumentation works included:

  • Field instrumentation, Supervision and Control System, Distributed Control System I/A, Information Transmission System (voice and data) by optic fiber from the jetty to the mainland.

Electricity works included:

  • Electric supply, distribution and protection for the jetty and the mainland
  • Design of a new substation of 3.750 KVA