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A High Pressure Exchange
Posted: 08/09/2024
Assembling the 1,500T VersaCrane™ TC-24000 off site and moving it via SPMT saved this client 15 days of downtime and allowed the refinery unit to run at full capacity until unit shutdown. During the scheduled outage, Deep South was tasked to replace two coke drums, each weighed 452,800 lbs and were 19’-2” outside diameter and 96’-0” long and were comparable in size and weight to the old drums.
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Haul and Lift of Refinery Combination Tower Goes Off Without a Hitch
Posted: 06/21/2022
Load, haul, roll and set — seemingly simple words unless associated with a 555,000-pound, 160-foot long, 18-foot wide, over 19-foot tall refinery combination tower.
Transporters and Cranes Facilitate Processing Plant Upgrade
Posted: 02/04/2022
The movement and replacement of process plant components are a familiar site in the Texas Gulf Coast region—though not often to the scale and timeline faced by one EPC contractor. Per the client, the contractor was tasked with the haul and lift of two trains of fractionation tower components (debutanizer, depropanizer, splitter and deethanizer) over the course of nine months.
Safety Source: Celebrate American Heart Month
Posted: 02/01/2022
Did you know that people who have close relationships at home, work, or in their community tend to be healthier and live longer? One reason, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), is that we’re more successful at meeting our health goals when we work on them with others. NHLBI launched the Our Hearts movement to inspire us to protect and strengthen our hearts with the support of others.
Creative Thinking Keeps Transport Costs Low and Delivery Quick
Posted: 01/17/2022
As part of a natural gas fractionation project, an EPC contractor needed to transport two large drums to the customer’s facility. The hot oil drum (59’8”L x 17’6”W x 23’3”H) weighs 186,400 pounds and the suction KO drum (53’8”L x 21’W x 21’ H) weighs 222,034 pounds.
Many Lifts, One Solution: Module Lift System Flexes Hydraulic Muscles During Process Plant Overhaul
Posted: 12/08/2021
Deep South crews were challenged to haul, lift, and set 84 modules, including three towers (one measuring 100’ long, 350,000 lbs.), as well as various pieces of process equipment, such as piping, tanks, PDC buildings, and transformers—all within a tight schedule. Many of the modules had offset centers of gravity further complicating the lift and set.
2021 Award Roundup
Posted: 12/07/2021
As we look back on 2021, Deep South is pleased to highlight the following recognitions awarded to our team.
