In 2008 a project manager at a major energy company came to us with an interesting request. The manager was responsible for overseeing a quarter of one of the large processing facilities located in the boreal region north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. A challenging problem On his section stood an array of 200 valves through … Read more
Making an ambient environment for employees and their work Shawcor CSI Services is a pipe coating facility located in Nisku, Alberta. Nisku is one of the largest industrial parks in Western Canada, but the summer season is short and the minimum temperature stays above 10°C (50°F) only about 5 days in the year. In 2011, … Read more
For the construction of the Jackfish 2 plant in the boreal forest of Alberta, the client was hired to sandblast the insides of two oil tanks and install a protective coating. Two tanks were worked on simultaneously. The challenge was to keep the temperature of the steel above 15 degrees Celsius (59°F) in this cold … Read more
If you want to heat two or more environments simultaneously, there’s a very good chance you’ll benefit from an optimized heating solution. Here is an example that involved two large storage tanks sitting side by side. This configuration requires the use of cube heaters. They have the necessary electronic mechanisms that can automatically keep the … Read more
For the construction of the Jackfish 2 plant in the boreal forest of Alberta, the client was hired to sandblast the insides of two oil tanks and install a protective coating. Two tanks were worked on simultaneously. The challenge was to keep the temperature of the steel above 15 degrees Celsius (59°F) in this cold … Read more