Intertek : partners with Técnicas Reunidas to provide technical inspection services for TOTAL’s Antwerp Refinery
July 18, 2016 at 04:08 pm EDT
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July 18, 2016
Bilbao, Spain
- Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance Solutions provider to industries worldwide, has signed an agreement with Técnicas Reunidas, an international engineering, design and construction company, to provide technical inspection and expediting services for TOTAL's Optara project in Antwerp, Belgium.TOTAL's Antwerp refinery complex modernization project, known as the Optara project, involves the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a new solvent de-asphalting unit, construction of a new mild hydrocracker fractionation unit and the upgrade of an existing atmospheric residue de-sulphuration unit. The Antwerp complex is the company's largest refinery and petrochemical complex in Europe and the third biggest of its kind in Europe.Intertek has been contracted to inspect suppliers' materials such as piping, instrumentation and electrical equipment to confirm compliance with technical and contractual specifications as well as ensure quality and minimize risk. The paint preparation, coating preparation, and final surface condition and assembly will also be inspected. Throughout the project, Intertek will provide expediting services to ensure that deliveries are on time and according to contractual requirements. Visual assessments and document reviews will also take place to verify the quality and suitability of materials prior to delivery to the site.Alfonso Rubio, Intertek Industry Services Business Developer in Spain said 'We are very excited about the opportunity to collaborate with Técnicas Reunidas on TOTAL's Optara project. The technical inspection, expediting and documentation review services we provide throughout the project will facilitate the quality and safety of the materials being used, and also expedite the entire project timeline.'
Contacts:Alfonso Rubio, Business Developer Industry Services - Intertek SpainE: alfonso.rubio@intertek.com T: +34 607 598 394Iker Albestain, Marketing & Communication Manager - Intertek SpainE: Iker.albestain@intertek.comT: +34 94 435 44 60
About Técnicas ReunidasTécnicas Reunidas (TR) is an international general contractor, engaging in the engineering, design and construction of various types of industrial facilities for a broad spectrum of customers throughout the world, including many of the principal national oil companies as well as several multinational companies. Most of TR's business is concentrated on large turnkey industrial projects, although they also provide engineering, management, start-up and operating services for industrial plants.
Visit: www.tecnicasreunidas.es/
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Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 40,000 people in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains.
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Intertek Group plc is one of the world's leading groups specializing in analysis, control and certification of products and systems. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- control and certification services for consumer goods (63.4%): including food, pharmaceuticals, textiles, beauty products, consumer electronics, toys, shoes, home appliances, cars. Also, the group is developing an activity to monitor the certification of international standards;
- monitoring and assessment of petroleum and agricultural products (19.9%). Besides, Intertek Group plc offers inspection services to government system and regulators to support commercial activities, contributing to the movement of goods across borders;
- development of quality assurance solutions (16.7%): for the supply chain of oil, gas, nuclear and mining industries.
At the end of 2022, the group operated more than 1,000 inspection offices and laboratories in the world.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (6.4%), the United States (30%), China and Hong Kong (18.5%), Australia (5.5) and other (39.6%).