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PX Execution Contd.
On request UOP mobilised 5 member team under Mr Don Bell. The leaders were Don Bell, Murphy& Richard. Richard was the instrument specialist and was in constant touch with me and my team. As PTA has been commissioned and running, we could get only DGS, Venkatesh and Baldota from the old team.So we recruited M/S Venkateswaran, Chandra Sekhar, J Balu, Nagesh, Raja Rajan
and strengthened Reliance team. It so happened that all of them were from MIT-some DMIT and others B Tech. We had the full co-operation from M/S Saxena and Ashok Kumar as well as Sh A Venkataraman for all our mechanical works.
On technical front, usual goof-ups of DEC (here also John Brown) was very much prevalent. My team with Richard's help took enough care to address all of them and manage. Here two important items have to be noted- 1 ) Since the control valves actuator was very large in many cases, M/S UOP have particularly recommended to go for 3/8" Cu. tubing instead of conventional 1/4 " tubing but still JB missed them out! So case by case we got them changed with mechanical department help and checked the stroke test carried out for noting the speed of response. 2) In case of Neles Ball valve, Richard was very particular to organise the helium test done for checking zero bubble test. In central work shop Venkatesh and Saxena got them done successfully and Richard praised them very much.
During PX execution, we faced another drama! Those days being Rule Raj existed in India, GOI issued notice to RIL stating that the clearance for PX capacity was only 75000TPA and how come the company have gone ahead with 90000TPA design in some equipment! They deployed an audit party from EIL (under Mr J Rangachari) to completely inspect our premises. The authorities in Govt. did not understand that even EIL puts design margin while specifying the equipment sizing. Since JR being an experienced personality and having worked in L&T before joining EIL, his inspection has really benefited Reliance.
While executing PX only, AR got the opportunity to get exposed on fire fighting systems engg. and field execution. With M/S TechnoFire (Praful Sanghrajka)as contractor, effectively I got involved in Halon system execution for control room and A3 tank farm .fire water network and tank protection by MVWS/Foam injection system. In those days, since TAC were the statutory authorities to rate the insurance premium discount, got introduced to stalwarts M/S Sanjana, TRA Krishnan, Dilip Koimattur &others.That relation still continue with TRAK and Dilip even now; of course Praful is always there.
Here I recollect three important events:
1. A sad one- Mr Verma was recruited as maintenance manager for commissioned PX and for training he was deputed to UK. There on fourth day itself he fell sick and went into coma! It is to be recorded that Reliance Management went out of way to bring him back alive by taking up with Sh Rajiv Gandhi, that time PM to engage a chartered flight with O2 cylinders and executed that challenge.. Unfortunate that Mr Verma did not recover at all and died after several months bedridden in Hinduja hospital.
2. I have to really remember the company's commitment towards employees. Though I took the promise from the management for house loan during my final interview in Dec.'86, due to work pressure on the job, I forgot that issue completely. But the management sent a word through personnel department Sh V Venkatesh that I have completed one year in the company and I can avail the interest free loan. That is how my first tenement at Choolaimedu , Madras was possessed.
PX Execution contd......
Key Aspects : -Incidence analysis, Multi discipline exposure, Motivation, Opportunity, Technical issue,
PX Execution Contd.
On request UOP mobilised 5 member team under Mr Don Bell. The leaders were Don Bell, Murphy& Richard. Richard was the instrument specialist and was in constant touch with me and my team. As PTA has been commissioned and running, we could get only DGS, Venkatesh and Baldota from the old team.So we recruited M/S Venkateswaran, Chandra Sekhar, J Balu, Nagesh, Raja Rajan
and strengthened Reliance team. It so happened that all of them were from MIT-some DMIT and others B Tech. We had the full co-operation from M/S Saxena and Ashok Kumar as well as Sh A Venkataraman for all our mechanical works.
On technical front, usual goof-ups of DEC (here also John Brown) was very much prevalent. My team with Richard's help took enough care to address all of them and manage. Here two important items have to be noted- 1 ) Since the control valves actuator was very large in many cases, M/S UOP have particularly recommended to go for 3/8" Cu. tubing instead of conventional 1/4 " tubing but still JB missed them out! So case by case we got them changed with mechanical department help and checked the stroke test carried out for noting the speed of response. 2) In case of Neles Ball valve, Richard was very particular to organise the helium test done for checking zero bubble test. In central work shop Venkatesh and Saxena got them done successfully and Richard praised them very much.
During PX execution, we faced another drama! Those days being Rule Raj existed in India, GOI issued notice to RIL stating that the clearance for PX capacity was only 75000TPA and how come the company have gone ahead with 90000TPA design in some equipment! They deployed an audit party from EIL (under Mr J Rangachari) to completely inspect our premises. The authorities in Govt. did not understand that even EIL puts design margin while specifying the equipment sizing. Since JR being an experienced personality and having worked in L&T before joining EIL, his inspection has really benefited Reliance.
While executing PX only, AR got the opportunity to get exposed on fire fighting systems engg. and field execution. With M/S TechnoFire (Praful Sanghrajka)as contractor, effectively I got involved in Halon system execution for control room and A3 tank farm .fire water network and tank protection by MVWS/Foam injection system. In those days, since TAC were the statutory authorities to rate the insurance premium discount, got introduced to stalwarts M/S Sanjana, TRA Krishnan, Dilip Koimattur &others.That relation still continue with TRAK and Dilip even now; of course Praful is always there.
Here I recollect three important events:
1. A sad one- Mr Verma was recruited as maintenance manager for commissioned PX and for training he was deputed to UK. There on fourth day itself he fell sick and went into coma! It is to be recorded that Reliance Management went out of way to bring him back alive by taking up with Sh Rajiv Gandhi, that time PM to engage a chartered flight with O2 cylinders and executed that challenge.. Unfortunate that Mr Verma did not recover at all and died after several months bedridden in Hinduja hospital.
2. I have to really remember the company's commitment towards employees. Though I took the promise from the management for house loan during my final interview in Dec.'86, due to work pressure on the job, I forgot that issue completely. But the management sent a word through personnel department Sh V Venkatesh that I have completed one year in the company and I can avail the interest free loan. That is how my first tenement at Choolaimedu , Madras was possessed.
PX Execution contd......
Key Aspects : -Incidence analysis, Multi discipline exposure, Motivation, Opportunity, Technical issue,
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