Located 55km south of Baku, the Sangachal Terminal is a vital link in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas industry.
An oil and gas terminal that receives, processes, stores and exports crude oil and gas produced from the Azerbaijan's offshore oilfields in the Caspian Sea. Treated crude oil and gas at the terminal are pumped to storage tanks and finally pumped to export pipelines for onward shipment to the world's markets.
Sangachal Terminal covers an area of 500 square km, which makes it one of the world's largest oil and gas terminals, and consists of two main parts: the Early Oil Project (EOP) and Sangachal Terminal Expansion Programme (STEP).
MICROPACK have been deeply involved in the development of Sangachal's state of the art fire and gas detection system. We have six Engineers based on site, on a rotational basis carrying out the Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Commissioning and Operation of the full fire and gas detection system.
Detector Used
They are currently undertaking a colossal project of upgrading the entire flame detection system, to the MICROPACK FDS301 Visual Flame Detectors, as well as maintaining the full fire and gas detection system on site.
The engineers work on a rotational basis with three engineers being on site at all times.The full work scope is divided between the following roles:
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Fire & Gas Operations Engineer
- Fire & Gas Installation Team
- Fire & Gas Project Engineer
In summary, MICROPACK have been involved at FEED stage, right through to operations, at not only onshore Sangachal but nearly all of the offshore Oil and Gas processing platforms within the Caspian Sea.
By detecting flames visually, the FDS301 delivers unrivalled false alarm immunity in comparison with competing technology.
Review process
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Hazard Identification & a site-specific risk assessment.
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The philosophy is defined.
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Selecting the mapping technology.
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Analysing the site and calculating coverage
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Performance target review and a findings report.
