Safety studies for a large international desalinization project
Tema Iberia has been a key contributor in different desalinization projects abroad.
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At Tema we are currently working on an ambitious desalinization plant project in an Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The plant’s main objective is to supply desalinated water to a Petroleum Company at various locations to support drilling and fracking activities as well as an electrical utility, where it will be required as high-quality feed to a Cogeneration Plant.
The service TEMA provides has comprehensively analyzed risk scenarios and proposed design adjustments and other risk management actions for the following systems:
- Electro chlorination plant
- Neutralization Pit
- Dissolved Air Floatation train
- Waste management
- Dual Media Gravity Filter
- Common Oily water sumps
- SWRO Train
- Sewage Treatment plant
- SWRO Permeate tank
- Electrical and control building
- Desalinated water Tanks
- Chemical farm and warehouse
- Potable Water Storage tank
- Administration and social building
Tema plays an important role in this project by being responsible for the process hazard analysis (PHA), the functional safety instrumented systems integrity (SIL/LOPA) and the building risk assessment (BRA). These activities are essential to ensure the plant safe operation, minimizing any potential risk to both people and the environment while securing operational performance.
This is not the first desalinization project where TEMA implements its experience and capacity. We have carried out similar studies for other desalinization plants in Saudi Arabia earlier in 2023, systematically reviewing a mature design, identifying potential hazards and operational problems, and working on improvements, with the aim of ensuring safe and efficient operation.
These experiences and similar services allow TEMA’s consultants to effectively address major challenges in any international & multicultural context. The ability to adapt to different scenarios and meet the highest safety & operability standards is one of our distinctive strengths.
With this core capability, we reaffirm our commitment to excellence and safety in the development of critical infrastructures, consolidating our global position as a benchmark in industrial safety and for the desalinization and water treatment sector, in particular.