ExxonMobil Refinery
Berths
1 Major Maintenance Improvement Project
Structural
condition surveys, analysis, design, risk assessments,
repair prioritization, and construction sequencing for replacement
of corroded steel with efficient bracing arrangements for installation
during continuous tanker operations.
Thermal spray coatings and
pile cathodic protection jackets designed for piles to
remain in service
indefinitely. Construction planned over several years of low
water
seasons starting in 2010………………………………………………………… $12,000,000
Berths
1, 2, 3, & 4 Dock Congestion Reduction Project
Structural
condition surveys, analysis and design to upgrade
Berths 1, 2, 3, & 4 to handle 3‑800
FT 96,000 DT tankers and
barges on inside simultaneously. Original facility constructed
in 1940's.
Extension of Berth 1 and addition of
turning dolphin;
upgrading capacity of mooring
hooks; extension of barge fleeting dolphins; bridge access
to captive barge
facility. 1992, 1993, 1994 ........................................................... $12,000,000
Berth
5 Condition Survey and Repairs
Field
condition survey, structural analysis and design of
emergency repairs to
trusses, bents, drift fender in Berth 5, 1990.
Construction documents for upgrades in
Phases, 1990, 1991, 1992......................... $1,200,000
Overall
Dock Maintenance Program
Annual
structural condition surveys; above & below water metal
thickness readings, planning and prioritizing repairs;
upgrading
mooring equipment and structure to handle large ships;
design
strengthening of dock structure, concrete deck surveys,
reinforcing
steel corrosion repairs, deck sealing, 1990 to present………………...…Continuing
Engineering
Upstream
Berthing & Mooring Dolphin
Analysis
and design of new replacement dolphin to handle
berthing and mooring of 4 barge coker feed tow at upstream
end of refinery dock, 1996........................................................................................ $1,000,000
Ship
and Barge Dock ‑ Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
ExxonMobil
Refinery (continued)
Dock
Office Protection Dolphin - Liquid Logistics Project
Analysis
and design of dolphin to withstand low velocity, ninety
degree impact of barges on inside of refinery dock at
intersection
with dock operations office, extension of fender system and
installation
of Chem Plant Loading Arm; 1995............................................................ $750,000
Xylene
Project - Loading
Arm & Hoist Towers
New
hose handling hoist / light towers and support for
Xylene
loading arm, 1996............................................................................................. $250,000
Barge Mooring Improvement Project
Engineering
analysis and design to provide safe barge
Mooring
& access on Outside of Berths 1,2,3,4,5 and Inside
of
Berths
1,2,3 for high water and low water considerations,
Approx
744 mooring points provided;
2000 – 2001............................................... .$3,000,000
Coke Terminal Facility – Mississippi River
at Baton Rouge
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge
Refinery
Structural and marine conditions survey of original Solvay
shipping
terminal constructed in 1935,
converted for coke handling use by
ExxonMobil. Survey of floating dock barge and bridge
barge, long
span riveted access bridge, emergency
righting of barges, design of
new floating mooring system for
dock barge, structural repairs of
upstream structure, coordination of
underwater pile repairs with
diver assistance, new fender system
for upstream structure, evaluation
of repairs vs replacement of barge
components, design of safe barge
access, cargo barge mooring;
2008-09-10.……………………………………ongoing $1,200,000
Coke Dock Facility – Mississippi River at Gramercy, Louisiana
Carbon CII (Formerly Owned
by Kaiser)
Coke
Handling Gantry ‑ Analysis and repairs of gantry handling
ship and barge traffic.
Analysis involved plate theory following
a number of failures in tower legs, 1974....................................................................... $150,000
Coke Dock Facility – Mississippi River at Gramercy, Louisiana
Carbon CII (continued)
Coke
Dock Underpinning ‑ Design of emergency repairs to
support dock structure following riverbank slide failure,
1973.................................... $350,000
Coke
Dock Improvement Plan ‑ Preparation of overall dock
improvement plan for existing facility handling raw coke and
calcinated coke.
Study covered fendering systems for barge
and ship usage; barge pulling, mooring, and breasting
systems; ship and
barge access systems; barge hatch cover Engineering
Study
handling means;
improved maintenance lifting systems; $3,750,000
evaluation of
approach ramp capacity, 1977..............................................................
(Estimate)
Ship
and Barge Access Installation ‑ Preparation of contract
drawings for implementing barge and ship access systems and
required fender protection, 1980.................................................................................. $600,000
Coke
and Coal Handling Facility ‑ Preliminary design
and cost estimate of dock expansion to
handle combined Engineering
Study
coke
and coal, 1980................................................................................................... $4,200,000
Fuel Oil
Dock – Mississippi River at St Gabriel
Entergy, Willow Glen Station
Berthing
& Mooring Dolphin No. 7 – Design of upstream
dolphin to handle berthing and mooring of multiple
barge tow, high current conditions, addition of barge
mooring hooks to provide safe operations over full range
of river elevations, 2003............................................................................................... $250,000
Main Platform &
Dolphins 3 & 4 Fender Systems - Rehabilitation
of
hanging fenders systems; change to state
of the art
fender
elements; addition of barge mooring
capacity,
addition of barge access gangways, 2003.................................................................... $550,000
Bauxite Unloading Facility – Mississippi River
at Gramercy, Louisiana
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp.
Dock
Structure Repairs ‑ Failure analysis and design
of emergency repairs to dock structure supporting
traveling gantries;
Repairs completed, 1989............................................................. $2,000,000
Bauxite Unloading Facility – Mississippi River
at Gramercy, Louisiana
Kaiser
Aluminum and Chemical Corp. (continued)
Gantry
Additions & Dock Load Distribution Study – Addition
Of
pollution control equipment to Gantries; Evaluation of load
distribution and deflection of dock structure, 1976...................................... Engineering
Study
Mooring
Dolphin - Design of new ship Mooring Dolphin
to replace collapsed dolphin, 1994............................................................................... $250,000
Barge
Access System - Design of additions for multi-level barge access
to provide safe “walking” access to barges, 1995........................................................ $150,000
Overall Dock Maintenance
Program ‑ Annual
structural condition
surveys; planning
and prioritizing repairs; upgrading of mooring
equipment to handle large ships; design of strengthening
of dock structure, 1991 to present......................................................... Continuing
Engineering
Ship
Mooring Evaluation
Mooring
analysis for larger vessels, condition survey
of existing mooring equipment and structural framing,
recommended improvements, final design
and contract documents, 2002.............................................................. Continuing
Engineering
Ship Loading Facility – South
Shore Jamaica,
W.I.
Alumina Partners of Jamaica
(ALPART)
Ship
Pier Evaluation
Condition
survey of Alumna loading and fuel oil
unloading facility, recommended priority
of
repairs, 1991.............................................................................................. Engineering
Study
Mooring
analysis for vessels calling on port, berthing
analysis of existing pier structure, condition survey of
main pier frame, mooring equipment and concrete deck,
recommended repairs, 1998........................................................................... Engineering
Study
Ship and Barge Terminals ‑ St. Croix,
V.I.
Virgin
Islands Alumina Corp.
Fender
Repairs ‑ Condition survey and repair recommendations ‑
Ship
unloading and loading terminals, 1989................................................. Engineering
Study
Ship and Barge Terminal – Mississippi River
at Burnside, Louisiana
Ormet Corporation
Sheet
Pile Cell Repairs ‑ Field condition survey and design
of repairs to cell support structures damaged by barge
traffic,
1986.............................................................................................................................. $500,000
Fender System ‑ Preliminary
design for new continuous Engineering
Estimate
fender system for barge traffic, 1988........................................................................ $1,300,000
Dock
Structure Repairs ‑ Repairs to plate girder-rails
supporting traveling gantries, 1990............................................................................... $150,000
Barge Terminal – Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Stauffer Chemical Company
Terminal
Modifications ‑ Addition of upstream dolphin,
including barge access platforms; repairs/addition of
dolphin following barge accident and loss of
structure, 1976.............................................................................................................. $400,000
Barge Unloading Facility – Intercoastal Canal at Port Allen
Ramsay Scarlett
Sheetpile Bulkhead
Structure Barge Docking Facility – Corp
of
Engineer permit documents for bank preparation, design of
sheet
pile structure for earth retainage plus crane surcharge, 1977......................... Engineering
Study
Barge Unloading Facility – Bayou Casotte at Gulf of
Mexico
Pascagoula Mississippi
Mississippi
Chemical Corporation Fertilizer Plant
Barge
Loading Dock ‑ Condition survey and recommended
repairs to
concrete structure, 1978................................................................. Engineering
Study
Tanker Dock – Mississippi River at Convent,
Louisiana
Marathon Oil Co., Finley,
Ohio
Engineering
study and preparation of permit documents
For 80,000
dwt tanker dock (alternate site for Marathon
refinery prior to purchase of ECOL refinery, the present
location).......................................................................................... Estimated
Cost $2,500,000
Barge Loading Dock – Mississippi River at Mt. Airy, Louisiana
Apex Oil Co. (formerly
Mt. Airy Refining Co.)
Master
Plan ‑ Engineering study to develop master plan for dock
expansion, 1979............................................................................................. Engineering
Study
Dock
Expansion ‑ Addition of mooring dolphins to existing dock;
additional berthing dolphins and loading platforms including
connecting walkway & pipe supports, 1980................................................................. $400,000
Barge and Tanker Dock – Mississippi River
at Sunshine, Louisiana
Coral Petroleum, Houston
Texas
Preparation
of permit documents and preliminary design of
combination barge and tanker dock, 1979..................................................... Engineering
Study
Tanker Dock – Mississippi River at Sunshine,
Louisiana
Petro United, Memphis, Tennessee
Feasibility
study for the conversion of an existing barge
facility to a 70,000 dwt tanker dock, 1981................................................... Engineering
Study
Dock
Expansion ‑ Engineering study and preliminary design
for the expansion of an existing barge dock to a 40,000 dwt
tanker dock, 1991......................................................................................................... $500,000
General Cargo Dock ‑ Lower
Old River
at Simmesport
Pt. Couppee Parish
Port Commission, New
Roads, Louisiana
Barge
Facility ‑ Preparation of contract documents for
construction of concrete general cargo dock,
1975........................................................................................................................... $1,000,000
General Cargo Dock ‑ Saudi
Arabia
U.S.
Partners, Houston, Texas
Engineering
feasibility study for a precast concrete general
cargo dock, cast in U.S. and shipped to site for
construction,
1977............................................................................................................... Engineering
Study
Barge Dock Facility – Mississippi River at
Port Hudson, Louisiana
Ramsey
Scarlett (Georgia Pacific Mill)
Site
Feasibility - Preliminary Design - Site evaluation, preliminary
design and estimate for barge facilities handling wood chips
to Engineering Study
include 4000 linear feet on conveyor, 1988..............................................................
$3,500,000
Barge and Ship Bulk Handling Dock – Mississippi River
at Davant, Louisiana
Electro-Coal Terminal
Conveyor Tower Cell Structure - Design
of supplemental
pile and concrete structure to relieve conveyor transfer
tower loads from damaged sheet pile cell, 1995.......................................................... $250,000
Fender
System Upgrade
Design
of replacement fender system for barge traffic,
to be installed in phases over several years, 1996 - 2000........................................... $1,000,000
Dolphin
Improvements
Design of upstream and downstream dolphins to
protect captive
Barge for coal unloading operation, 2000.................................................................... $300,000
Wharf
& Terminal Structures – Bayou Casotte at Gulf of
Mexico
Port of Pascagoula, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Terminals E & F and G & H
Structural condition survey, concrete testing and
evaluation,
design and rehabilitation of Terminals E & F, G
& H,
repairs To 250,000
SF of pile supported structure
over water, 1998 –
2000.............................................................. Estimated
Repairs $6,000,000
Wharf
& Terminal Structures – Bayou Casotte at Gulf of
Mexico
Port of Pascagoula, Pascagoula, Mississippi
(continued)
Terminal
G & H Piling Corrosion Evaluation - Condition
survey, structural analysis of wharf and terminal steel
pipe pile conditions in salt water environment; evaluation
of performance of steel pile wrap systems; evaluation of
need for cathodic protection; 2003............................................................... Engineering
Study
Wharf
& Terminal Structures – Pascagoula
River at Gulf of Mexico
Port of Pascagoula, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Terminal A Fender System Evaluation
Fender System
evaluation, condition survey &
Analysis of
problems with recently installed
Fender System, recommended
fender improvements, 2000......................... Engineering
Study
Container
Loading Structure
Port of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, La
Structural analysis of existing pile supported deck exposed to
225,000 pound axle loads of container
loading equipment.
Analysis
of roadway mat foundation;
recommended details for
transition between pile supported deck and mat roadway,
2003.................. Engineering Study
Fuel
Oil Dock – Mississippi River at St Gabriel
Entergy, Willow Glen Station
Berthing
& Mooring Dolphin No. 7 – Design of upstream
dolphin to handle berthing and mooring of multiple
barge tow, high current conditions, addition of barge
mooring hooks to provide safe operations over full range
of river elevations, 2003............................................................................................... $250,000
Main Platform &
Dolphins 3 & 4 Fender Systems - Rehabilitation
of
hanging fenders systems; change to state
of the art
fender
elements; addition of barge mooring
capacity,
addition of barge access gangways, 2003.................................................................... $550,000
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