Issue No.

News

November 2014

CR Asia - Your reliable partner

The Group Perspective

Malaysia has had the best year in the
company's history completing many
successful projects including a large
catalyst handling project for PTTSB, a
tubular job for BASF, a tubular reload at
Shell MDS and the ongoing BASF
contract. The business invested
significantly in new equipment this year
with a new vacuum unit and several new
HPWJ pumps.

The Group continues to have a

great year in 2014.
All companies in the Group have

performed above expectation and we

are on track against our long term
growth targets.

The business has invested

significantly in new equipment,
achieving a record level of capital
investment.
India has completed the latest
Parex project for Reliance, completing
the job in record time with no safety
incidents. India completed many other
projects including a large shutdown for
HPCL, VGO's for Reliance and HMEL
and a Hydrocracker internal
replacement and catalyst reload for
IOCL. The Jamnagar yard is now
completed and the business is poised
for further growth after considerable
investment in equipment and facilities
as it pursues its business plan
objectives.

Having secured the extension of the

Shell Global contract the Singapore
business continued to deliver through the
year matching its record revenues from
last year. Major completed projects
include an initial load for JAC/PEC and a
large volume of catalyst handling work for
the ExxonMobil shutdown. The CDT
business has performed well during the
year securing new customers in
ExxonMobil and Shell Bukom whilst
managing high levels of activity in India,
Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. The
Group has purchased 2 new CDT units
during the year which will further bolster
the growth of this business. The Tubular
business is growing as Singapore invests
in new equipment to place us at the
forefront of this market.
In Thailand the business has exceeded

expectations successfully completing a

number of very large shutdowns including
SPRC, HMC and Bangchak. The ongoing
CUEL project is going well, our offshore
business is growing and the business has
either secured or is well progressed in
securing a number of new term contracts.
The business also delivered several
tubular projects during the year.

Phase 2 of the SITS system is

complete with the release of the
"PADS" system making procedures
accessible to all staff with a
computer through the secure area
of the company web site.
Levels of customer satisfaction
are high in all businesses and our
safety performance has been good
with several safety milestones being
met including 7.5 million man hours
without an LTI and the 5th
consecutive National Safety Award
in Thailand.
"Safety is our First Priority". It is
the responsibility of us all to ensure
that our safety procedures and work
instructions are followed at all times
and that we take care of our fellow
employees.
We will continue to pursue the
business growth strategies identified
in our 2014 business plan which will
see significant new investments in
personnel, equipment and facilities
in 2015.
Once again on behalf of the CR
Asia Board of Directors I want to
thank you all for your efforts in 2014
and confirm our confidence that the
Group will continue to deliver strong
growth over the coming years.
Mark Stansfield
Group Managing Director
CR Asia Group, Bangkok

New breakthrough for Indonesia market

CR Asia Singapore, together
with our agent in Indonesia,
Kotaminyak, have been pursuing an
opportunity for CDT at PT Asahimas
for quite some time. Recently our
persistence paid off when we were
awarded with a pigging project for
their TLX heat exchangers. We were

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only given two weeks to mobilize.

Although it was a very tight
schedule both KMI and CRAS went
all out to make this possible so that
we could assist Asahimas with this
th
first decoking work request.From 17
rd
August to 23 August, my CDT team
members together with KMI's team

executed the decoking project

within their shutdown window to
their satisfaction.

Elvin Low
CDT Division Manager
CR Asia Singapore

CR India GM is full of optimism.

I am very pleased to say that
CR Asia India has had a wonderful
year 2014 with several prestigious
contracts completed and entering
new business to expand service
offerings to customers. When I look
back last year during budget
discussions, the budget was
almost 50% higher than 2013 and I
was thinking that service
companies don't have such growth
year over year. But the convincing
part is the opportunity that we saw
and we took on the challenge.

At the beginning of the year the CR

Asia Board and Mark Stansfield made
a commitment to expand our Business
Development activities by having Ian
Thompson, Group BD Manager to be
based in India to develop strategy, map
our customer base and target potential
customers for new business and new
market. This think tank process worked
really well under Ian who gelled with the
CRAI team and executed strategy by
bringing in a dedicated BDM based in
Mumbai. I must here thank Ian, Mark
and the Board for this initiative.

Between then and now, I can

say that CRAI has evolved itself
into a very different organization,
starting from the employees who
rose up to the occasion to meet
deadlines in execution, working
safely with no LTI, moving from
one project to another from
February to July. With their
support, operational efficiency and
minute planning from finance we
achieved 90% of our budget by
August 2014.

During this year we executed

several projects like PAREX, two
VGO's, OHCU, multiple CDT and
HPWJ jobs. We also executed a
complete shutdown project in HPCL in
18 engineering days, more information
on these projects are available in other
sections.

journey. We also invested in critical

equipment to support our growth
plans.

Overall, I see CRAI is transforming

rapidly to become one of the best T&A
companies to lead the industry in core
services and capture new business
which I will share in my next episode. I
am really happy to lead this
organization with dedicated, motivated
and focused employees. I also would
like to thank all CR associated
companies for their support, CR group
management for guidance and the
Board for their support to grow CRAI.
Thanks to everyone who have
been a part of this journey. This is only
a start, the goal is to achieve or
exceed our commitment given to the
management.

We also moved to a bigger yard in

Jamnagar to accommodate growing
resources and have hired several key
employees to be part of this exciting

Gunavel Rathinam
General Manager
CR Asia India

HMC PDH Plant Oleflex CCR

and Regen Unit Change-out
During June and July CRAT
completed the catalyst and internals
change-out of the Oleflex CCR unit at
HMC PDH plant. The design of this
unit is completely different to the
conventional CCR's that we do.
There are only 8 of these units in the
world and it was the first time for CR
to work on one. There are 4 reactors
in series with multiple components
that need to be swapped out. The
regen side is mostly similar to the
standard CCR's that we work on.
The scope of work included heavy
lifting, cutting, welding, pipe bending,

HPW, dry ice and glass bead blasting

and fitting up and alignment checks on
internals with very small tolerances. This
unit is done every year so it is a good
opportunity for us to be able to perform
this project annually and increase our
work volume. It was a learning curve for
all involved but having done the job once
now I am confident that we can do this
job very effectively when we get asked
back to do it next time.

David Richardson
General Manager
CR Asia Thailand

View of inner and outer screen,

Lifting of surge pot plug distributor
and cover decks

Gunavel Rathinam
General Manager
CR Asia India

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Thailand under pressure - CUEL INPEX

The pressure increases as CR Asia
Thailand's record breaking PPS Project
starts to go full steam ahead at CUEL
Fabrication Yard in Laem Chabang.
The Ichthys LNG project, a joint
venture between INPEX and Total, is
approximately 200km off the coast of
Western Australia. The gas from the
Ichthys field in the Browse basin
experiences preliminary processing
offshore prior to being exported to the
onshore processing facilities in Darwin
via an 889km subsea pipeline.The
project is expected to produce around
8.4 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6
million tonnes of LPG per annum,
along with an estimated 100,000
barrels of condensate per day at peak.

CRAT is now involved in just about

every aspect of the project as the first
four shipments are successfully sailed
to Darwin Australia. The mammoth
project has now incorporated several
of CRAT's divisions on the project
including:- Pipeline Services Division testing, cleaning, dewatering, foam
pigging and drying of all process lines,
function testing of all critical valves;
Specialty Services Division - cold
cutting of process lines up to 52"
diameter, bolt tensioning and flange
management of the same size lines;
Chemical Cleaning Division - full Aquis
wash-down and treatment of all
modules prior to shipment, line
preservation and passivation including
confined space entry.

Safety Milestones - the project is

closing in on 15,000,000 man-hours
without LTI. CRAT has contributed to
that astonishing number by ensuring
that our average of 90 personnel on
site are trained and aware of the job
they are required to do, participating
in JSA's, toolbox talks and several
other safety initiatives.
The CRAT team has adopted
CUEL's Behaviour Based Safety
(BBS) system which includes both
positive and corrective nature of our
daily work. Each employee is
encouraged to submit one BBS card
per month with awards being given to
the best card per month and a lucky
draw for others.

The first of many modules are loaded onto the vessel

for shipment to Darwin Australia as the CR Asia crew
prepare the deck to ensure Aquis compliance

Specialty Services crew start a gigantic 52" cold cut.

Total duration of the cut from start to finish was
completed in a breath-taking seven hours.

CRAT Pipeline Services Lead Testing Engineer

Khun Songkrand Paksi leads by example and
shows his crew that sometimes you need some
muscle to get the job done.

Pipeline Services Lead Supervisor,

Khun Chaiyarit Phuasuwan wins the best safety
BBS card of the month.

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Khun Nattapong Vareecholis

is key to HSE matters onsite and
instructs the many CR Asia crews
prior to performing a task at site
about the hazards they can face
and reiterates that safety is the
responsibility of everyone. The
team representing CRAT on the

CUEL INPEX project have

contributed to the overall safety
culture and records on site by
working over 165,000
man hours without a single
Medical Treatment Incident or
Lost Time Incident. This is a
record that we

are very proud of and intend to

maintain until the end of
project completion.

Chris Grayson
Project Manager (Inpex Ichthys Project)
Pipeline Services Division
CR Asia Thailand

Update from CRAT

on the Module Cleaning
at CUEL INPEX Thailand
Just in time for the first
module load-out. A CR Asia
Thailand "wash-down team"
from the CCD Division was
mobilized to the CUEL Laem
Chabang module assembly
yard.
During the final module
construction period our "ship
loose team" was very busy with
cleaning and preserving shiploose items such as HU-spools,
ladders & walk-ways, which
afterwards will be stowed and
secured into the modules.
Meanwhile, in the modules, a
"sealing crew" cleaned and
sealed all vent holes in handrails
and pipe-supports, gaps
between flanged joint
connections, valves, lighting
systems and electric junction
boxes, basically any place
where BRM (Bio-Risk-Materials)
could have landed and remain
hidden. A "module
housekeeping team" performed
maintenance dry-cleaning tasks
in order to shorten the duration
of later wash-downs.
On the day prior to load-out,
CRAT performs a final clean of
the entire module, to a standard
that will satisfy a thorough
inspection by the Quarantine
Coordinator and his team.

4 out of 28 voyages completed.

Lots of works still ahead for all of us.
SAFETY FIRST!!!

cleaning activities a vessel

will come in to berth and the
new grillage already cleaned
by our "ship loose crew" will
be installed.Once the module
has been transported
onboard the vessel and after
completion of all seafastening activities,the last
task for our "marine-crew"
consists of dry cleaning of
the entire ships-deck ready
for a final inspection in order
to be ready for "sail-away".
The above circle is repeated
as the next modules are
close to completion. No time
for R&R.

CRAT play a key role in

supporting CUEL to ensure
cargo to Australia is as 'clean
as new' and satisfies the
Projects and DAFF
standards. Non-compliance
can cause harm to humans,
fauna and flora and will
eventually result in damaged
reputation, delays to the
project schedule and
additional costs.

Where the module cleanliness is

acceptable, the entire module is
sprayed with insecticide. In parallel
with the module completions and

Karl (Charly) Dettke

Senior Project Manager
CR Asia Thailand

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CR Asia - Conbit form a good flare tip

replacement team
PTTEP, the Thai national oil
company, entrusted CR Asia and
its partner Conbit with the task of
replacing two of their flare tips on
the Bongkot North Platform.
The combination of CR Asia

Thailand as a general contractor

and the special-lifting capability of
Conbit is of great benefit to the
client. By awarding the project to
CRAT/Conbit, the platform operator
can be sure the shutdown will be as
efficient and safe as possible.

The project for PTTEP

further strengthens the
continued partnership between
CR Asia and Conbit in the
South East Asian region.

Surasit Wong-on
Operations Manager
Offshore Department
CR Asia Thailand

Bangchak Refinery Turnaround 2014,

Thailand
CR Asia Thailand was awarded
the Bangchak Petroleum Co Ltd
turnaround. We were given quite a
short period for preparation,
however, with the experience that
CRAT has for delivering turnaround
projects we were prepared to give
our best effort to achieve the goal of
this project regarding safety, quality
and the schedule required.
The turnaround schedule
included the pre-shutdown period in
April, actual shutdown in May and
post-shutdown in June 2014.
After the mobilization of
equipment to Bangchak Petroleum it
seemed like everything was under
control by CRAT until we received
information from the client that we
were required to handle the

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additional work to remove

internal parts and carry out
internal cleaning on the
fractionator. Although this was
initially unforeseen CRAT
reacted to the challenge and
set out to solve the problem.
Some lessons were learnt and
we able to carry out the work
which we realize can be part of
our normal expectations.

Finally, the job was

successfully completed to the
satisfaction of the customer,
thanks to the effort from Khun
Trakool and his teams to work
closely with the client. We will
look towards the future with
Bangchak Petroleum where we
hope to support them for their
next turnaround.

Patcharin Sermkit
Operations Manager
Mechanical Services Department
CR Asia Thailand

Major shutdown for CRAI at HPCL Vizag

CRAI was awarded the complete
turnaround and shutdown of FCC NHT in the month of Feb 2014 with
the job due to start in 40 days. This
required a herculean task of
planning, organizing, allocating
resources amidst ongoing PAREX
job which had consumed some of
our most experienced mechanical
crew.
Workforce deployed was in
excess of 700 people and as
planned we mobilized on site to

execute this project which included

catalyst change out, column revamp,
vessel revamp, heat exchanger cleaning

and reinserting, fin fan cleaning,

valve replacement and several other
mechanical and piping jobs. There
were a total of 18 engineering days
and we handed over the plant back
as per schedule. Jagajjeevan, our
Operations Manager and his team
executed the complete job with zero
incidents. Great job execution and
the client was very pleased with our
performance.
Gunavel Rathinam
General Manager
CR Asia India

CRAT Executes IRPC Wet Dump

CR Asia Thailand were
recently called into IRPC to
discuss the unloading of 30R001
at the VGO/ HT plant.

Decanting catalyst

We were unable to unload under inert

atmosphere due to technical issues. So
having recently completed wet dumping at
another job site, we presented the client
with this option, which they approved. The
vessel was first given a chemical treatment
to try and reduce the amount of residual
product in the vessel. After that we filled
the vessel with water and using our
specialist equipment performed the
unloading. The unloading was done safely
and quickly with no spills. The water was
recirculated into the vessel to minimize
waste and we stopped intermittingly to
open trays.
The crucial part of wet dumping is that
you have to make sure the water level is
always above the highest point of catalyst

Water separation bins

to prevent it drying and self-heating
and this was able to be done with
our specialist personnel, equipment
and procedures.
David Richardson
General Manager
CR Asia Thailand

IOCL Panipat - OHCU job for CRAI

IOCL Panipat awarded 3
hydrocracker change-outs of catalyst
and internals to CR Asia India. This
job was again back-to-back with the
completion of the major HPCL Vizag
turnaround. CRAI operations with
their meticulous planning and support
from procurement mobilized as per
the client requirements. The job
schedule was 25 days with 120

personnel on a 24/7 basis. The team

executed the job 2 days in advance
as per the clients' wishes who
expressed their appreciation for
CRAI's dedication to complete ahead
of schedule.
Gunavel Rathinam
General Manager
CR Asia India

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PROJECT
UPDATE
Client

: Shell Eastern Petroleum

Singapore
Project
: HCU & HMU
Scope
: Catalyst change out of HCU
and HMU reactors
Period
: June 2014
Manpower : 40+
Executed by : CR Asia Singapore

In June CR Asia Malaysia

was asked to bid for the CAA
turnaround at BASF - Petronas
Chemicals (BPC).The scope of
work wasn't only for the catalyst
replacement in their tubular
reactors but also included all
the mechanical work, lifting
work and cleaning of certain
equipment items in the CAA
unit. The mechanical work

CRAM completes
Crude Acrylic Acid plant
nd
2 stage turnaround
consisted of isolating the 2nd
stage reactors, lowering one of
two exit coolers, replacing 2 salt
coolers and a third salt cooler
needed to be lifted for inspection.

A 400T crane was needed to

lift the top dome off the reactor.
After the removal of the top
dome a cat house was placed on
the reactor to provide all the
necessary utilities for the catalyst
unload/reload. Due to a layer of
coked up catalyst the unloading
was hard and labour intensive
work. With some adjustments to
the unloading tubes it became
easier and we were able to gain
time by combining several steps
of the schedule. We gained
almost a full day on the
schedule.

The loading of the fresh catalyst

started slowly because of some
minor issues and after replacing
some machines the progress pick
up greatly improved. After the
pressure drop all that was left to do
was sweep in the last layer of
inerts. The top dome was lifted
back onto the reactor to complete
the job 2 days ahead of schedule.
There were set-backs during
the project that were overcome
with team work and honest
endeavor. The pro-active mindset
from both CR and BPC were key
to the overall success of this
project.

Robert van Oversteeg

Division Manager Tubular Services
CR Asia Singapore

Initial Loading Project in Singapore

CR Asia Singapore was awarded

the initial loading of 37 reactors for a

new Aromatic Complex at Jurong
Island in Singapore. The first
discussions were held in August
2013 and the contract was awarded
to CRAS early January 2014.

It was the intention to start the

actual loading in February 2014 but
as quite often happens with new
plants the starting date was delayed
a couple of times until May 2014.
A lot of work has gone into the
planning and preparation for this job
not to mention the additional training
requirements for all our staff for this
new customer.

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Finally on July 31st 2014

CRAS completed the initial

loading of these 37 reactors. In
3
total approximately 1,400 m of
catalyst, clay, adsorbent and
ceramic balls have been
loaded into several types of
reactors whereby most of the
catalyst was loaded using the
sock loading method while two
reactors were dense loaded.

The work was mostly

executed in dayshift under the
supervision of Dennis Pua and
was completed after 3 months
of hard work. Although we had
during a few occasions two or

even three teams working at

the same time, Dennis has
been on the project for the
whole 3 months duration. The
work was executed without
any safety incident and with
the quality CRAS is well
known for. Well done to
Dennis and his team and of
course also a big thank you for
the support from our guys and
girls in the office and yard.

Jelmer Bolt
General Manager
CR Asia Singapore

Air Cooler Condenser

(ACC) Cleaning from CRAM
Since 2011, CR Asia Malaysia has
been completing the yearly fin fan
cleaning job at NUR (Northern Utility
Resources Generation Sdn Bhd).
CRAM completed the ACC cleaning
for NUR on its A-frame finned tubes
located at Kulim, Kedah in May 2014.
The cleaning works were completed
one day earlier than planned.

To determine the effectiveness

of this cleaning method, CRAM
has introduced an air monitoring
system where data is collected and
recorded before and after the
cleaning work completed. This
data is submitted to the customer
for future reference.

Saiful Azman Yusop

Project Engineer
CR Asia Malaysia

Post Operational Boiler Cleaning in Pakistan

Every trade has its favourite type of
project and for chemical cleaning it is likely
the post operational cleaning of large power
station boilers. Post operational chemical
cleaning is performed on these boilers either
as preventive maintenance or after
accidental ingress of foreign substances
such as, seawater.
An important factor in the success rate of
the tendering process is references of
similar jobs done previously. Although CR
Asia has been cleaning boilers, this
particular type of cleaning, and especially
the capacity, could not be backed-up by the
often required case studies until recently. In
mid-June 2014 our agent and working
partner in Pakistan, Reets International,
received an urgent call from a 1200 MW
thermal power station in Hub Province,
Baluchistan. They asked for assistance in
chemical cleaning of their 323 MW natural
circulation Boiler Unit 1. The power station
had planned for the clean to be started on
the 1st of July. Their appointed European
contractor wasn't able to supply the
complete requirement in time, mainly due to
the ongoing political and security situation in
Pakistan. As the plant did most of the
engineering and piping works by
themselves, the requirement for CR Asia
consisted of the supply of pumping and
chemical mixing equipment together with
technical consultancy. This meant that less
than ten days were available to get
manpower and equipment to site. A
considerable part of the equipment just
came back from chemical cleaning works at
Engro Chemicals and was still under

repair. Repair works went on almost

around the clock to get the equipment
ready and at site. Due to various reasons
the job execution saw quite some delay
but in the end was completed
successfully. It was a very good
experience for our crew but for the next
project more preparation time would be
welcome.

At the time the job in Baluchistan was

about to finish, we reached an agreement
with another Independent Power Supplier,
this time in the Punjab for the
engineering, supervision and equipment
supply for the post operational chemical
cleaning of their 325MW forced circulation
Boiler Unit 1. The job schedule was under
pressure due to logistical problems
caused by severe floods and it took a lot
of effort to start the cleaning operation as
planned. However, the actual chemical
cleaning of Boiler Unit 1 at Lal Pir Power
Ltd was finished in the record time of
seven shifts, including equipment set-up
and dismantling.
The client's staff and CRAS/Reets
personnel worked together as one
experienced team, as if they had worked
with each other for many years. The job
result was excellent, achieved within
record time and without even the slightest
safety issue.
With these two jobs, CR Asia has

placed itself firmly in the market for post

operational chemical cleaning of large
power station boilers.

Harry Vandermeer
Manager, Industrial Cleaning
CR Asia Singapore

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Message from the Group

Safety & Catalyst Manager
2014 continues to race by at a
great rate of knots. Project after
project and with many overlapping,
across the Asian region are being
executed and involving high numbers
of staff.
Safety is, and always will be, our
top priority and this must remain our
key focus, ahead of schedule and
profit. The cost of taking 5 minutes to
think through your intended actions,
to double check that isolation blind or
that electrical lock out tag, is
minuscule in comparison to the
potential consequences of not being
diligent and safety conscious. The
well-worn phrase of "Take 5 and Stay
Alive" is far closer to the truth than
you may realise. In fact, I would go so
far as to say that if everyone adopted
this mantra and applied it prior to
starting every task, the possibility of
eliminating all safety incidents is very
real.
Scenario - You and your team
have attended the clients safety
induction, you have carried out an
immaculate HIRAC (Hazard
Identification Risk Analysis & Control)

study, you have a signed and

valid permit to work, you have
completed all required gas
testing, personnel are wearing
all of the requisite PPE, the
team has done the same job
100 times beforeNow, whilst
all of these pre-working
precautions are absolutely vital
to a safe job execution, none of
them will save you or your team
if firstly, all of the precautions go
unheeded and secondly, if you
do not take 5 to double check
the minor details that if left
unchecked could cause harm or
ultimately a fatality.

Safety is driven by behaviour

and attitude. In most cases,

these two personality traits are
attributed as contributing or
direct causes of safety
incidents. CR Asia Singapore,
have for some time now, been
piloting a Behavioural Based
Safety (BBS) program.We have
created and finalised an
opportunity to prepare ourselves
and take the next step towards
expanding this program, across

BBS "Train the Trainer" Team

the whole CR Asia Group. In August,
the Singapore based training provider
for BBS conducted a "Train the
Trainer" course. This was held for
nominated delegates from each of our
CR Asia Group companies. Those
company delegates will benefit by
gaining knowledge through the course
that will equip them to set up their own
BBS programs back at their home
base companies.

I look forward to seeing some

positive results from this training and
the BBS programme's consequent
expansion across the Group. Driven
by improved behavioural attitudes and
a rock solid safety culture, we can
strive even closer towards our
ultimate goal of "Zero Harm".
Work safe, play safe and live life to
the full.
Pete Cheshire
Group Safety & Catalyst Manager
CR Asia Group

CRAI opens new yard in Jamnagar

CR Asia Board of Directors and
the Group Managing Director
visited the new yard in Jamnagar to
officially inaugurate and dedicate
the yard to CRAI. Although the yard
started functioning since Feb 2014
the official opening was held on
th
19 August 2014.
Santosh, Yard Manager and his
entire crew prepared for this event
from the time the Board arrived at
the yard. The proceedings started
with an introduction of the
Jamnagar staff to the Board,
followed by ribbon cutting and
lighting the lamp - one of the Indian
traditions.

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Yuvraj, Project Engineer gave a

welcome speech and bouquets were
exchanged. The Board took a walk in
the yard and was very pleased with
the set up and especially the staff.
It was a great experience for the staff
to meet the owners of CRAI which
does not happen so often. The Board

then visited the Mumbai office to meet

with the staff. Thanks to the Board for
making the effort to visit the yard and
office which strengthens the
commitment the owners and
management have on CRAI.

Gunavel Rathinam
General Manager
CR Asia India

Integrated Management Systems

(IMS) update
CR Asia Singapore has certified for 3
IMS systems since July 2008. This year
rd
(2014) is the 3 re-certification audit for
them and with all support from each
member of their team. They again
passed re-certification audit in April
2014 without any Non Conformances.
New certificates for 3 systems have
been delivered and are valid until
August 2017. Congratulations to all of
them!!
Since August 2002 we first achieved
ISO 9001 certification for CR Asia
Thailand, followed by the ISO 14001
certification in January 2003 and then
OHSAS 18001 in December 2004. Now
rd
in 2014 CRAT has just passed their 4
re-certification audit for ISO 9001:2008
and 14001:2004 in July 2014 without
any NC's. Both certificates will be valid
until October 2014.The OHSAS
18001:2007 is still valid until December
2016.
Recently CR Asia India also passed
rd
their 3 re-certification audit for ISO
14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 in
July 2014. Although there is some room

for improvement with 9 NC's, the new

management is fully committed to
maintaining the systems and paying
more attention to systems
improvement.
In the last quarter of 2014 CR Asia
rd
Malaysia will conduct their 3 recertification audit for ISO 14001:2004
and OHSAS 18001:2007, which is
targeted by the end of October. This will
be an additional challenge for them as
they have just recently employed a new
QEHS Management Representative in
July 2014. The CRAM ISO 9001:2008
is still valid until January 2017.

The QEHS Management

Representatives for each CR
Asia business are: Mr Ragavan
Nair (HSEQ Manager, CRAS);
Mr Poonpipat Chathaisong
(Quality Systems Assistant
Manager, CRAT); Mr Swapnil
Patil (Quality Engineer, CRAI);
and Miss Ruqyyah Mohamad
(HSEQ Engineer, CRAM)

Nuchanart Lapasanoi
Group Quality Systems Manager
CR Asia Group

2 more jobs for CR Asia India

Reliance VGO
HMEL VGO

CRAI was awarded the catalyst changeout of a VGO reactor, main reactor and guardbed reactor. The execution time was 17 days.
Again this was scheduled at the back end of
completion of the hydrocracker job in Panipat.
CRAI deployed over 100 personnel with the
anticipation of fused catalyst, but fortunately it
wasn't. CRAI executed the job in 15 days thus
saving 2 days for Reliance. We have set
another benchmark with RIL. This happened
due to complete synergy of Reliance
operations and the CRAI team. A great job..!!

After a plant trip off at HMEL, the

customer changed our scope from just the
change of the first bed of catalyst to a
complete change-out. As we embarked on
this change in scope we ended up doing the
complete mechanical and catalyst changeout in 24 days with 90 crew members.
Another great job executed by CRAI.
Gunavel Rathinam
General Manager
CR Asia India

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Equipment Update - CRAS

CRAS has procured a large
capacity vacuum unit to
address the common problem
of the lack of vacuum capacity
due to the relative large amount
of people inside the vessel
when unloading tubular
vessels. This is part of the
ongoing commitment to
develop local capabilities for
the Tubular Services division.
The vacuum unit arrived in
August and is containerized in
a 20ft container with a blower
capacity of 8000m3/hour. This
capacity will allow us to unload
tubular reactors easily while
having 8 to 15 people inside
using vacuum. Inside the
engine and blower area extra
safety filters are installed to
ensure no dust will go into the
blower. Safety valves are
installed and will open
automatically if the unit reaches

maximum vacuum. Both

these safety measures are
installed to increase the
lifetime of the unit. The unit
also generates its own
compressed air and electricity
which is needed to operate
the filter unit.

The filter unit is designed

to withstand the big capacity
airflow generated by the
vacuum unit. It has an
electronically controlled
cleaning system for the filter
bags which will give a burst of
air every few seconds. Added
pneumatic vibrators on the
side of the filter ensure easy
discharge of the catalyst dust.
With adjustable legs the unit
can be set to the correct
height to allow the ground
support easy access
underneath to remove big
bags or drums.

Robert van Oversteeg

Division Manager Tubular Services
CR Asia Singapore

Equipment Update - CRAM

CRAM took delivery of two brandnew high pressure pumps in May 2014
to support its High Pressure Water
Jetting (HPWJ) Term Contracts at
BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Bhd
(BPC) in Gebeng, Malaysia. The
pumps are from NLB with 15,000 psi
(1,000 bar) at 110 lpm flow rate with
305hp Cummins engine. With the
arrival of these pumps, CRAM now
has six HPWJ pumps in its fleet.

Mohd Saifudin Abd Aziz

Plant Engineer
CR Asia Malaysia

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Soda Blasting Unit Commissioned

CR Asia Singapore has
recently commissioned the
MCO-Gritco soda-blasting unit,
designed for the (on-line)
external cleaning of Air Cooled
Heat Exchangers or fin-fans.
Two MCO experts, Jasper
Rietveld and Martin Heijnsdijk,
came over to give the required
explanation and operational
advice. The unit was first used
for the removal of paint on parts
of equipment due for load

testing. The baking soda blast

method is very suited for this
application as the base material
is totally untouched - no impact
whatsoever.

After the required

adjustments we used a make
shift "finfan" bank by stacking a
couple of roller-tracks on top of
each other to simulate the tubes
in a bundle. The baking soda
was blasted through the bundle

from the bottom under the right

angle to remove all debris. For
the application of flat surfaces,
like machinery and concrete
walls, water can be applied to
reduce the dust. Soda blasting
has many applications and can
be a great aid to the CR Asia
services.
Harry Vandermeer
Manager, Industrial Cleaning
CR Asia Singapore

New SPU's for CDT fleet

Due to the overwhelming
demand for heater decoking
projects in Asia over the last few
years, three CR Asia branches'
pigging machines were fully
occupied at customer sites.
Hence, the Singapore and
Thailand businesses decided to
expand the CDT (CR Asia
Decoking Technology) fleet by
adding one new SPU (Single
Pumping Unit) to each of their
respective areas to better serve
our customers.
CRAT will now have a total of
two units and will be able to serve
all their customers in Rayong,

We have acquired these

new pigging machines from
Europe, as we believe in
choosing the right vendor which
can deliver high-tech and good
quality pigging units to serve
our respected and valuable
customers.
Map Ta Phut and Sriracha area of
Thailand in double quick time.
CRAS will now have six units for
Singapore, Malaysia, and all other
SEA region's refineries, etc. CRAI
currently have four units to cater
for RIL's and Essar's plants in
Jamnagar and all other refineries
in India.

Elvin Low
CDT Division Manager
CR Asia Singapore

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People Update
Vaibhav Gajbhiye
Vaibhav Gajbhiye joined CRAI
as National Business Development
Manager based in the Mumbai
Office on 23rd May, 2014.
Vaibhav holds a Mechanical
Engineering Degree along with
Diploma from Yashwantrao
Chavan College of Engineering,
Nagpur. He is an MBA in Oil &
Gas Management from University
of Petroleum and Energy studies,
Dehradun.

He has 8 years of multifarious

experience in the oil and gas
industry covering 5 years in
upstream and 3 years in
downstream segments in the
value chain in various
geographical locations in the
country. Vaibhav was heading
the Sales & Business
Development Division with
Sulzer Chemtech, Mumbai
corporate office, prior to joining
our organisation.

Santosh Jadhav
Santosh Jadhav joined CRAI
as Yard Manager, Jamnagar on
9th June, 2014.
Santosh holds a Mechanical
Engineering Diploma along with
degree from Mandar Education
Society Mumbai. He has 4 years

of diverse experience in spiral

wound metal jacketed gaskets for
the oil and gas industry. He also
worked for 5 years in the
machine building industries for
printing newspapers and 7 years
for chemicals and fertilizers
manufacturing industries.

CR Asia India celebrate 3 weddings

Pradeep Solanki, Electrical

Engineer married Manisha in Melana,
Gujarat on 10th February 2014.

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Vinayak Nair, Project

Engineer tied the knot with
Akhila on Wednesday, 16th April
2014 in Kerala.

Jayapalsinh Solanki, Mechanical

Engineer got married to Sukeshaba
on Saturday 3rd May 2014 in
Ahmedabad.

CRAT receives award

from TTM

NEWS UPDATE
Shell award
for CRAS

CRAT General Manager,

Dave Richardson, Operations
Manager Virote Sawangsri and
Chatchai Phaksukhi travelled
down to South Thailand in
September to collect an award
in Chana, Songkhla.
CR Asia Thailand received
"Best Performing Contractor" for
the recently completed
"Columns and Catalyst"
shutdown at the Trans-Thai
Malaysia Gas Separation Plant.
The job was completed with 120
personnel without any safety
incident.

Jefri Yasin receives award

for dedication, commitment
and performance contributing
to the successful completion
of the LRRCU Shell
Turnaround 2014 without any
recordable injuries.

Chatchai Phaksukhi
Catalyst Handling Division Manager
CR Asia Thailand

HSEQ Information - CRAT

on July 3, 2014 CRAT General

Manager, David Richardson

received the National Safety
Award from the Privy Councilor at
BITEC Bangkok. CRAT is one of
only 56 companies throughout
Thailand which were presented
with this award. This is the fifth
national safety award received by
CRAT.

This Stop Card is a result of the

Group BBS program for "change
agents training" in Singapore during
19-21 August 2014.
CRAT has launched a "Please
STOP" program for intervention and
observation on job sites. This will
improve the focus of Site Supervisors
and motivate their confidence in
supervision.
Saenpithak Dechpanyarat
Senior HSEQ Manager
CR Asia Thailand

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CRAS long service awards

On Saturday, July 19th 2014 CRAS

held their company dinner. One of the

reasons to hold this company dinner
was to highlight and hand over long
service awards to some of our staff.
Co-incidentally, all of them were
receiving their 10th year service

award. They are namely Hoh See

Onn, Reena Ting, Ben Griessel
and Goh Swee Peng.

Both Hoh See Onn and Ben

Griessel have been working with
the Catalyst Handling Division

while Goh Swee Peng has spent

most of his time with the CR Asia
Decoking Technology Division.
Reena Ting has been our strong
driving force as receptionist first
and later with the Administration
Department.

All four of them received their

10 years long service plaque that
evening together with an
additional bonus as a token of
appreciation for their good work
and loyalty. Needless to say that
CRAS is very grateful for their
excellent contributions during the
last 10 years.
1st January 2014

1st August 2014

1st July 2014

1st September 2014

Unfortunately it was also a bit

of a sad occasion as we had to
say goodbye to both Ben and
Reena who had decided to leave
the company for very personal
reasons. In the meantime, Ben
left CRAS by the end of July
while Reena had her last day
with CRAS on August 28th 2014.
Jelmer Bolt
General Manager
CR Asia Singapore

CR Asia Group
Regional Office for Asia
17th Floor Unit 1706,
142 Two Pacific Place
Sukhumvit Rd Klongtoey,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
tel: +66-2-653 3913/5
fax: +66-2-653 3916
email: crag@crasia.net

CR Asia Singapore
28 Jalan Buroh,
Singapore 619484
tel: +65-6268 0255
fax: +65-6268 3369
email: cras@crasia.net

CR Asia Thailand
15/1 Moo.3, Bankoh-Mabkha Road
T. Mabkha, Nikhompattana
Rayong 21180, Thailand
tel: +66-38-698 399
fax: +66-38-698 398
email: crat@crasia.net

CR Asia India
404, Baba House,
86 M.V. Road, Andheri (East),
Andheri (East),
Mumbai -- 400 093, India
tel: +91-22-6570-1556/57-6692-4221
fax: +91-22-2682-1317
email: crai@crasia.net

CR Asia Malaysia
Lot No. 1, PT 8250-1,
Teluk Kalong Industrial Area,
24000 Kemaman,
Terengganu Darul Iman, Malaysia
tel: +60-9-863 2325 to 26
fax: +60-9-863 2328
email: cram@crasia.net

CR Asia Malaysia (Branch Office)

No. 54, BBC Industrial Estate,
Bintulu-Tatau Road,
97000 Bintulu
Sarawak, Malaysia
tel: +60-86-331-569
fax: +60-86-331-585
email: cram@crasia.net

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