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[N .- Under the ships of the metallo-mechanical joint venture Pdvsa Industrial-Vhicoa, hundreds of men and women engaged in the development of the country are working tirelessly day and night to reach the 39 excellence and support the increase in production The oil company Hugo Chávez, from the Orinoco oil chain, thanks to the one hundred percent Venezuelan manufacture of larger and larger capacity equipment imported before, essential for the maintenance of the main energy industry
. Venezuela, SA (Pdvsa) recently successfully completed the transfer of land from Guayana to the state of Anzoátegui, two large oil desalters built by Venezuelan talents in the workshops of PDVSA Industrial-Vhicoa, to complete Production Facilities Center At the beginning of Petromonagas, project with a 65 percent advance located in the heart of the oil belt of Orinoco Hugo Chávez, in the Carabobo division, with the participation of the company Schlumberger.
Vhicoa, a member of PDVSA Industrial, was responsible for the simultaneous manufacturing and in 11 months of two huge identical containers of 159 tons weight, 28 meters long and 8 meters high and 5 meters wide, which will help to increase the current production of the Petromonagas (Copem) Production Operations Center by 52,000 barrels per day (MBD), currently estimated at 120 (MBD). The main function of these desalters is to subtract water and salt from heavy oil, a process that reevaluates the price of the black gold. Work has a 65 percent advance.
Copem currently operates under the joint venture figure where PDVSA shares with the Russian oil company Rosneft, operations and shared profits.
With great professionalism, mystical work and standards of international quality, the rough desalters have been certified by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) inspectors from Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, who have checked the welds excellence, indispensable for the union of steel sheets of 22 mm thickness, able to withstand very high pressures and temperatures.
Vhicoa also provided Petromonagas with other equipment for the new heavy oil processing center in the Orinoco belt, Hugo Chávez. These are: a three-phase separator of gas, water and crude, with the following dimensions: 70 tons of weight; 16 meters long, 8 meters
high and 5 meters wide. The scope of this impeccable effort also included another smaller gas separator (part called KO DRUM). It weighs 33 tons, is 13 meters long, 4 meters wide and 6 meters high.
In total, about 50 workers (for each discipline) were involved in the manufacture of each team's ships, structures, platforms, thermal insulation, electrical and pipe and instrument assembly. Approximately 55,600 hours of work were invested in the overall project
PDVSA is aware of the new challenges it faces in the present times, where, thanks to an unprecedented international economic and financial blockade against the Nation it is hindered access to spare parts and equipment specifically designed to consolidate the processes of exploration, production and refining of crude oil. For this reason, efforts to maximize industrial development with definitive responses at the structural level that reinforce the "Made in Venezuela" are intensified.
Vdco, a partner of Pdvsa, has become a leading metallurgical reference in Latin America. And this is not an exaggeration. Located in the industrial heart of Guayana, in the state of Bolívar, this nationally owned company has more than a thousand employees, among skilled workers, technicians and engineers with a long career, who work in two shifts, until 7 am until midnight, day after day, in the most modern workshops of the country, where they are able to manufacture from the smallest piece to the heavy equipment more than 200 tonnes, with special steel alloys for use in oil fields and refineries. It is not in vain that the workers of Vhicoa often say with pride that "in times of crisis, the Venezuelan is still growing up."
This social enterprise of the state oil company owns 1 pre-production ship, 5 production halls and another operates the finished goods shop, where they undergo a treatment to finish the pieces of metal working, with special cleaning and painting aided by robotics.
In addition, it has 200 thousand square meters for the storage of raw materials and 150 thousand meters more for digging finished products, as well as a reinforcement yard and a strategically located dock 5 kilometers away. above the south bank of the Orinoco.
"I am proud to work at PDVSA Industrial-Vhicoa," says quality inspector Keny Maita, with over 20 years of experience in certifying quality metalworking processes.
For its part, the According to the metallurgical engineer Hormedo Rodríguez, all the quality procedures of PDVSA in the manufacture of equipment and large-format parts at Vhicoa are recognized worldwide because they comply with international standards that guarantee excellence.
history because before most of these pressure vessels were imported, "says engineer Hormedo Rodríguez
The chief engineer of this project successfully executed for Petromonagas, Luis Cuenca, assures that this new experience allows Vhicoa to directly support the increase of heavy and extra-heavy crude, indispensable for the country at the moment, but also ensures that before these pressure vessels have been delivered clean, bare. "Now," explains engineer Luis Cuenca, "we packed the pressure vessel, because we deliver ready to be connected in the oil installation, after strictly adhering to other additional processes such as manufacturing of platforms with their ladders, thermal insulation, electricity and assembly of pipes and instruments. "
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Completed the phases of manufacture and of Packaging of these equipments The large-scale transport logistics has taken the central place to ensure the delivery of these oil equipments to its final destination, workshops of VHICOA, in the industrial zone of Guayana (Matanzas) to the municipality Independence of the 39 Anzoátegui State, Carabobo Division, where the Petromonagas joint venture, consisting of PDVSA and its Russian partner Rosneft, is working tirelessly on a first crude oil production strategy based on a multi-rod system.
With the invaluable support of Transportes Montejo, an international heavy and extra heavy lift and transfer company, the bridges have been reinforced and the high and medium voltage lines have been checked. It has a wide range of roads, gauge , trees, traffic lights, unstable terrain, among other key aspects of this rarely seen logistics, in 120 kilometers of total road, in order to eliminate the incidents.
Similarly, a special operation was designed and executed. road safety with the support of the Bolivarian National Guard of the State of Bolívar, to control car traffic throughout the course. The transfer, at a maximum speed of 20 kilometers per hour, lasted three days
All equipment reached its smooth destination, even when the total load transported only for the case of each desalinator d & # 39; hydrocarbons, exceeded 268 tonnes since two counterweighted balance trucks totaling 60 tonnes in total are to be included, and the modular transport of oil-based desalinators has a load of 58 tonnes.
With the manufacture of these two new desalinators supporting the increase in production in the Orinoco Hugo Chávez belt, it is demonstrated that the strategic alliance between PDVSA Industrial and VHICOA, has been successful. It also shows that Venezuela has a human capital of great experience, a high level of commitment and ingenuity, able to place the national oil industry in highly competitive scenarios around the world.
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Deep Refinery Conversion Project of Puerto La Cruz
The Pdvsa Industrial-Vhicoa joint venture was also responsible for the manufacture in eight months of two other fully pressurized tanks. equipped with the instruments, pipes and autonomous electrical systems necessary for their use, historic milestone for the national oil industry.
70 workers invested 55,600 working hours in the manufacture of these pressure vessels of 237 tons each.
The function of these gigantic structures will be to remove the water and salt with heavy oil of about 16 degrees API, better known as the raw Merey, "desalters" that will be used teenagers in the Puerto La Cruz refinery, once the deep conversion project is completed, where they will be installed in the development of the construction of 25 new main process plants and auxiliaries that will enable the establishment of Venezuelan technological pride of PdvsaIntevep, HDHPlus®, capable of producing ultra-clean products of high commercial value, from the processing of heavy and extra-heavy crude from Hugo Chávez's Orinoco oil belt
These two desalinators were transported to the Puerto refinery La Cruz after an impressive fluvio-maritime logistics. 3 days, with a total load of over 500 tons aboard the Paramaconi houseboat, crossing the Orinoco River, pier Alianza do Vhicoa, which crossed the delta to access the waters of the Caribbean Sea to arrive at Pier 7 The extra heavy cargo in the Bolivariana de Puertos de Guanta facilities, in Anzoátegui, also built by Pdvsa with Vhicoa also works to the delivery of a hundred pipes ("pipe rack") commissioned by Deep Conversion and in the supply and the installation of metal structures for Sinovensa, in the Industrial Complex. oil and gas company "José Antonio Anzoátegui", located between Puerto Píritu and Barcelona, state of Anzoátegui and at the headquarters of Sinovensa in Morichal, Orjaco, oil belt of the Orénoque Hugo Chávez.
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