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Jamnagar Refinery Ph1 DTA
MDA chided him stating" Wnen AR, walking encyclopedia on CCE Rules is there, who asked you to go directly and meet the statutory officials at Nagpur? Hand over all the data/drawings to him and it is his responsibility". MSR accusingly handed over all the documents to me. Rest is history.
When I went to Nagpur, I met Sh Ghoshal only, since I already knew that Indian Statutes do not permit any thing more than 1,00,000 M3 for floating roof tanks in a dyke, where as the drawing produced by MSR was showing 1,60,000M3! During discussions.Sh. Ghoshal made it clear- you have only two choices- 1)If Reliance is particular to go ahead only with 1,60, 000 M3 tank sizing, it requires fundamental rule amendment that too to be cleared by parliament &it may take years that too may get cleared or not, 2)Revise the design to 1,00,000 M3 tank sizing and bring; will be cleared across the table on the same day. As I was the person , considering safety,who prescribed these limits in the preceding year, I took the decision then and there to go for the revised design.
On reaching Bombay, I got in touch with Mr Raghavan, that time MD of M/S VTV, who himself was a tank design specialist. When I explained to him the back ground and our requirement, he was too happy to get involved in these challenging tasks. From fundamentals, he calculated and arrived at the tank sizing of 92MDia.X 20M high floating roof tanks for crude , which are still India's big in terms of a single tank for crude oil service. Then came the MTF layout arrangement issue !! But by that time. the scenario got shifted to Bechtel, London.
With some back ground calculations, Reliance logistic team (led by Sh J Rajaraman) arrived at the total crude inventory of 12,00,000 M3 for sustained operations of the refinery. It is to be noted that the refining capacity was envisaged to be only 9 MMPTA at that stage and no leverage was thought off for the crude mixing/blending/ balancing tank provisions etc.! So Bechtel and the project team led by me, concluded to make provisions for 14 crude tanks in MTF. Then came the challenge in layout meeting all statutory obligations-CCE, TAC, Factory Inspectorate. My dear friend Mr Praful Sanghrajka was present in London during that stage and he came out with a brilliant idea. His suggestion was to stagger each tank forming Z shape layout, so that the tank to tank inter-distance meet the 1D stipulation of TAC and create inter-dyke service roads for emergency fire engine access. Though each tank dyke called for 270X195 M dyke space to meet the 1,10,000M3 spill volume for a tank break down, this zig zag arrangement ensured complete safety and even the statutory authorities got stunned during review. As promised Sh Ghoshal cleared &approved that drawing on the same day.
That cautionary layout came as blessing in disguise in future!That is a different story, which shall be addressed while talking about JERP-Jamnagar Ph2. Contd.......
Key Aspects :- Communication, Conviction, Innovative, Planning, Proactive approach, Responsible
Jamnagar Refinery Ph1 DTA
MDA chided him stating" Wnen AR, walking encyclopedia on CCE Rules is there, who asked you to go directly and meet the statutory officials at Nagpur? Hand over all the data/drawings to him and it is his responsibility". MSR accusingly handed over all the documents to me. Rest is history.
When I went to Nagpur, I met Sh Ghoshal only, since I already knew that Indian Statutes do not permit any thing more than 1,00,000 M3 for floating roof tanks in a dyke, where as the drawing produced by MSR was showing 1,60,000M3! During discussions.Sh. Ghoshal made it clear- you have only two choices- 1)If Reliance is particular to go ahead only with 1,60, 000 M3 tank sizing, it requires fundamental rule amendment that too to be cleared by parliament &it may take years that too may get cleared or not, 2)Revise the design to 1,00,000 M3 tank sizing and bring; will be cleared across the table on the same day. As I was the person , considering safety,who prescribed these limits in the preceding year, I took the decision then and there to go for the revised design.
On reaching Bombay, I got in touch with Mr Raghavan, that time MD of M/S VTV, who himself was a tank design specialist. When I explained to him the back ground and our requirement, he was too happy to get involved in these challenging tasks. From fundamentals, he calculated and arrived at the tank sizing of 92MDia.X 20M high floating roof tanks for crude , which are still India's big in terms of a single tank for crude oil service. Then came the MTF layout arrangement issue !! But by that time. the scenario got shifted to Bechtel, London.
With some back ground calculations, Reliance logistic team (led by Sh J Rajaraman) arrived at the total crude inventory of 12,00,000 M3 for sustained operations of the refinery. It is to be noted that the refining capacity was envisaged to be only 9 MMPTA at that stage and no leverage was thought off for the crude mixing/blending/ balancing tank provisions etc.! So Bechtel and the project team led by me, concluded to make provisions for 14 crude tanks in MTF. Then came the challenge in layout meeting all statutory obligations-CCE, TAC, Factory Inspectorate. My dear friend Mr Praful Sanghrajka was present in London during that stage and he came out with a brilliant idea. His suggestion was to stagger each tank forming Z shape layout, so that the tank to tank inter-distance meet the 1D stipulation of TAC and create inter-dyke service roads for emergency fire engine access. Though each tank dyke called for 270X195 M dyke space to meet the 1,10,000M3 spill volume for a tank break down, this zig zag arrangement ensured complete safety and even the statutory authorities got stunned during review. As promised Sh Ghoshal cleared &approved that drawing on the same day.
That cautionary layout came as blessing in disguise in future!That is a different story, which shall be addressed while talking about JERP-Jamnagar Ph2. Contd.......
Key Aspects :- Communication, Conviction, Innovative, Planning, Proactive approach, Responsible
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