5th October 2007.
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Safety Award for CECA's Perlite insulation.
CECA's Perlite Insulation team in the spotlight on the GDF LNG Terminal site in Fos Cavaou (France).
The Perlite Insulation team were presented an award on the Gaz de France LNG terminal site in Fos Cavaou at a ceremony at the end of September for their on-site safety expertise and management. CECA has just completed this STS (SAIPEM/TECHNIGAZ/SOFREGAZ) contract which entailed the insulation of three Liquefied Natural Gas tanks using the CECAPERL® CY perlite grade.
CECA [www.ceca.fr], a subsidiary of the ARKEMA Group, is the world's specialist in perlite insulation, a reliable and cost-effective cryogenic insulation technique using expanded perlite. These are huge tanks, some 25 meters high. The profiles of tiny shadows can be seen at the top: these are men wearing protective suits rigged out with tools. Surely they are not mountaineers… They are in fact CECA's cryogenic insulation specialists. To fulfil their duties, the management of safety has to be flawless. This reward is a recognition of CECA's safety approach on the site. The award was presented by Mr Philippe JAN, Director of the STS (Saipem/Technigaz/Sofregaz) site, and Mr G. AQUINO, the site's HSE Correspondent.
What is Perlite Insulation ?
Developed by Ceca some 40 years ago, the perlite insulation technique is a reliable and cost-effective process. Perlite is a rock of volcanic origin. The rock is crushed into a powder and heated to 900°C, when it expands to up to 20 times its original volume. This is expanded perlite, a totally inert thermal insulating material, ideal for the walls of liquid gas storage tanks as well as propane and methane carriers.
Photo copyright: reproduced with the kind permission of STMNC.
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