• PSS Asia has been awarded the total Turnaround Management of Major Shutdown Maintenance

    PSS Asia has been awarded the total Turnaround Management of Major Shutdown Maintenance for BFPL’s Ammonia Plant in Karratha, WA.. The Shutdown was scheduled to begin on 1 July 2008 and resume Plant production on 17July 2008. Operations reserved handover to maintenance of the facilities from 3 July 2008 and to Turnover back on 15 July 2008. PSS Asia had its schedule for Pre-Turnaround mobilization of Cribs & Office facilities by 15 June 2008 and Supervisors and Pre-Turnaround crew by 20 June 2008. Scaffolding work was planned to start from 1 June 2008.

    All the tools & special equipment was ordered and delivered to site by 29 June 2008 and all personnel were set to begin on 1 July 2008. Unfortunately, due to a gas explosion at the Apache operated Gas facility on Varanus Island in Northwest WA, the gas supply was cut off and the Plant was Shutdown on 3 June 2008. BFPL declared the Shutdown start date is brought forward and Contractors were advised to mobilize as soon as possible to begin the Shutdown maintenance one month earlier than planned.

    PSS Asia contacted various Sub-contractors in light of the emergency mobilization and managed to source the quality and quantity of manpower to meet the requirements of the Plant’s Maintenance Schedule. All employees and contractors were provided with Site Safety and Shutdown specific Inductions, which accredited them with a Blue Card and various other Nationally Accredited Training for ‘Working at Heights’, and ‘Confined Space’ etc.. PSS Asia successfully completed Major Shutdown Maintenance of the largest Ammonia plant in Australia, on schedule Managing more than 12 Sub-contracting Companies with a peak manpower of 260 personnel without any lost time incident.

    Sat 28/06/2008
  • ATS (WA) Pty Ltd- A Subsidiary of PSS Asia - Maintenance Services

    As a result of our hard work, experience, expertise and professionalism, PSS Asia was awarded a long-term Maintenance Contract with Burrup Fertilizers Pty Ltd (BFPL), which includes: General Mechanical, Electrical Maintenance Works, Scaffolding, Coating and Insulation Works at their large-scale Ammonia Plant, located on the Burrup Peninsula in Karratha, WA.

    Although the Total Turnaround Management of BFPL was assigned to PSS Asia, another entity, ATS (WA) Pty Ltd (ATS WA), one of its subsidiary companies, is carrying out the day to day plant maintenance work.

    PSS Asia was also awarded Total Turnaround Management of the planned Major Shutdown at BFPL’s Ammonia Plant, which they rewardingly completed in mid-July 2008. ATS (WA) successfully performed Bolt Tensioning and Torquing jobs. Originally scheduled to begin in July 2008, Shutdown of the Ammonia Plant was brought forward by one month to begin in June 2008. This was due to a Gas explosion at the Apache operated Gas facility on Varanus Island in Northwest WA.

    Major Turnaround for Largest Ammonia Plant, BFPL

    Fri 22/02/2008