COMPANY PROFILE
2015
Chemie Tech LLC
www.chemietech.com | +971 6 5530 776
200 storage tanks installed and counting Editorial: Ajuanne Payne
A global EPC and project management contractor, with a presence in 36 countries and over 2,000 permanent staff – Chemie-Tech LLC is a leader in its field and a specialist in bulk storage installations for the oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Chemie-Tech’s Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. M.K. Saiyed, speaks to Total World Energy about the successes of the company and its plans for the future. Headquartered in the UAE, Chemie-Tech is a global EPC multidisciplinary services provider with the breadth of technical expertise to respond to a complex variety of challenges. The company services projects for bulk liquid
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storage tank terminals and depots. It also services off-sites and utilities, topside facilities and industrial construction projects worldwide with activities mainly in The Middle East, Africa, Indian Sub-Continent, Australasia and Americas.
With a 17 year history and a track record for providing highquality turnkey solutions, ChemieTech’s offerings encompass the whole project lifecycle. The company provides services for the design, construction, project
Chemie-Tech LLC management, commissioning, operations and maintenance support of customized industrial projects. Chemie-Tech has the in-house capabilities to provide full project solutions for the oil and gas sector; anything from technology selection to complex front end engineering design. For their clients this means a single interface throughout construction, significantly reducing the risks, costs and time involved when dealing with multiple vendors. Originally founded in India in 1998, the company started life as Chemie-Tech Projects Ltd and began trading globally in 2003 with its international division, Chemie Tech LLC. It has since completed over 30 turnkey projects across the Middle East, North America and Africa. In total the company has completed over 100 turnkey projects in locations around the world and installed over 200 storage tanks. With their focus being very much on bulk storage tanks for the oil and gas sector, petrochemical and process plants, power and water treatment facilities, Chemie-Tech has grown exponentially over the last decade in both expertise and size. “We also construct on mini refineries, general industrial construction and other civil and infrastructure construction projects,” states Mr. Saiyed. The company has a presence in 36 countries over four continents and has plans to expand further – with key projects currently under construction in Yemen, Iraq, Australia and Ghana. “Currently we have our headquarters in Sharjah,” explains Mr. Saiyed. “We have a multidisciplinary engineering office in India and other main offices in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria,
Mr. M K Saiyed
Australia, Houston and Hong Kong.”
SERVICING THE MARKET Due to increased international trading in the oil and gas sector in recent years, there has been a paralleled rise in the logistics activity servicing the market. As a natural result of this, the demand for bulk storage facilities has grown also - with major projects, such as the Fujairah Terminal in UAE, Jurong Rock Caverns in Singapore and the Pengerang Deepwater Terminal in Malaysia, being commissioned to meet the demand. Because of the high levels of import and export activities, three strategic regions for bulk storage facilities in the petrochemical, oil and gas industries are South
East Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Chemie-Tech is already positioned to service all these large market areas and in an extremely competitive arena, the company continues to consistently win new business. “The global market is very competitive. We are ready for the competition and currently we are already delivering projects in a very competitive environment,” explains Mr. Saiyed. “All our contracts have been taken in competition with large global contractors. I think we are a really competitive contractor.”
KEY PROJECTS “One of the key contracts we’ve got is we are delivering a project for the Republic of Yemen,” explains Mr. Saiyed. “This is the Ras Issa Oil Terminal
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Project. This project actually has a lot of strategic importance to the country because the country exports the crude oil and so is dependent on this project. The key thing about this project is that the terminal is modern in nature with all automation facilities and has large tank farms. Each tank is 85 meters in diameter, which is almost the size of a football field.” The Ras Issa Oil Storage Terminal Project will boost the country’s ability to export and is crucial for the development of Yemen’s oil infrastructure. The facility will have a substantial capacity of 2.2 million barrels and is owned by SEPOC, Yemen’s national oil company and the government of Yemen. Another important project Chemie-Tech is currently working on is an oil terminal project in
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“We have an engineering office in India and other offices in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Australia, Houston and also in Hong Kong”
Ghana for Quantum Terminals Ltd. Chemie-Tech’s role in the engineering, procurement and construction of the storage tanks is one part of a larger drive by Quantum Terminals. A subsidiary of Quantum Group, they aim to provide the vital integrated infrastructure needed to import, store, re-gasify and deliver LNG to large-scale users in Tema, Ghana by 2016. “We are delivering an oil terminal in Ghana, which is also a key project for the country itself because the terminal will be responsible for the delivery of the demand for diesel and other petroleum products which the country needs,” states Mr. Saiyed. The US$32 million project for Quantum Terminals will have a total capacity of 75,000m³.
Chemie-Tech LLC TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND QUALITY Chemie-Tech has cemented its place in the market over the past 17 years, making a name for itself as a contractor able to provide tailor-made turnkey solutions. As well as using more conventional methodology, the company has embraced the use of the jacking up method for its storage tank projects. Mr. Saiyed explains further: “We are utilising the jacking method technology for the construction of big storage tank farms. This jacking method saves us a lot of manpower and there is less risk and a shorter timeline also. We can say tentatively that we are saving 40% of the resources in terms of the cost, in terms of the timeline and in terms of the manpower by utilising this technology.” Although less straightforward than the more traditional method of essentially building the tank from the bottom up, the jacking method uses hydraulic jacking systems to lift the tank walls as they are constructed on the ground. This technique eliminates any need for working at height and greatly reduces the risk of accidents, creating a safer environment for the company’s employees. Mr. Saiyed explains: “It is actually our commitment. We are a company which does not take HSE or safety seriously by compulsion; we take it seriously by choice.” In order to achieve the strong growth that Chemie-Tech has displayed over recent years it is clear they have had a genuine focus on quality work. In such a competitive market, reputation is everything and Chemie-Tech has ensured its long-term success by showing a real passion for high standards and superior workmanship. “We are a company which has been sustaining in a competitive environment for more than 17 years,” explains Mr. Saiyed. “It is the leadership of the
company. The company is led with the immense industry quality of myself, Mr. Bawa, and Mr. Hiren Adhiya - as well as its employees. We are very glad that we have very dedicated employees and the company has a very good employee-friendly environment. So altogether the leadership, the employees, the environment and the resources, is what has brought the company to this level.” Looking to the future, Chemietech envisions continued success and growth within the market. The company is in an ideal position to increase its reach with plans to expand further into GCC, North America and
Australia to better serve its customers. With a strong track record and a focus on quality work, Chemie-Tech will continue to deliver the types of projects that provide the foundations of the oil and gas industry. “We want to be the global preferred contractor for oil and gas projects and we want to be the global preferred contractor which delivers a project within the time and to a high quality. We are looking forward and aim to have our business in each and every continent wherever we are present. We want to be around a billion dollar company in the next two to three years,” concludes Mr. Saiyed
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