Shell Houdini MEG Project

Project Summary

Country Singapore
Decade 2000s
Sector PlantPortReclamation
Client Shell Eastern Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Key Services

This is a downstream project by Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte. Ltd. whereby a secondary refinery was developed in the PCS Refinery Complex in Pulau Ayer Merbau, Jurong Island. The project entailed a temporary nearshore loading bay adjacent to the development, several large reactors, tanks, various refining facilities, etc. in support of the main refinery complex in Pulau Ular and Pulau Bukom Islands. This is also a fast-track project in which Soil Investigation works were conducted in concurrent with the foundation design whereby the piling materials and their quantities were ordered in advance to expedite the development of this Shell Houdini MEG Project. In this project, the bearing capacity of the surficial fills was investigated for the special crane movement for lifting the heavy reactors and prefabricated plant modules into position. Environment Baseline Study was also conducted as a legal requirement to be submitted to the main land lease, M/s Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore.

3Project NameShell Houdini MEG Project
Owner NameShell Eastern Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Year2006 to 2008
LocationPCS Refinery Complex, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Singapore
CapabilitiesGeotechnical & Foundation Engineering Works
Job ScopesLand and Marine Soil Investigation, Environmental Baseline Study, Instrumentation & Monitoring
and Foundation Engineering Design