TIMEC Press Releases
WWW continues to provide support to ShellLa Porte, February 19, 2008 – TIMEC's affiliate World-Wide Welding, Inc. (WWW) said today it continues to provide turnaround welding and mechanical services to the Shell refinery located in Deer Park, Texas, marking a successful business relationship of nearly 13 years with the producer. "WWW personnel began planning of the project last July, with prefabrication starting on November 26 and major work commencing on January 21," said WWW Operations Manager Rick Clark. "Mark Carlson, Rick Brooks and Kevin Melton are doing a great job of keeping our people safe and productive. Quality has been very good with an overall weld reject rate of 1.68%," Clark added. The target completion date for the project is February 21. However, start-up support and additional fine-tune activities will require for a small TIMEC crew to remain in place monitoring the unit through February 28, yielding a man-hour estimate of 18,000. The work at the refinery encompasses revamping and modifications to two heaters, pulling of 288 tubes, installation of 18 new chrome jumpovers and 24 expansion joints. TIMEC is a leading global provider of maintenance, turnaround and construction services in a diverse range of industries including oil and natural gas; petrochemical; water and wastewater; and food, among others. TIMEC, jointly with its parent company Transfield Services, has over 20,000 employees, working across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South East Asia, and India.
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