A complete fire detection and Skum foam firefighting system has been supplied to UAE-based Consilium Middle East (FZC).

It has been installed to protect the new Emoil petroleum storage and the new Emdad aviation fuel storage and distribution terminal at the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai.

It comprises foam skids, foam tanks, foam pourers, bund pourers, a deluge system, an LHS linear heat sensor detection system, and a hydrant system, together with foam and water monitors and AR-AFFF 3x3 alcohol-resistant aqueous film-forming foam concentrate.

Installed primarily to protect hydrocarbon storage tanks, pump houses and truck loading bays at the storage terminal, the integrated installation also safeguards the pipeline that supplies aviation fuel to Dubai International Airport.

Emoil is a joint venture between Emarat (Emirates General Petroleum Corporation), BP Global Investments, and Trafigura Beheer, while Emdad is a joint venture between Emarat, Air BP and Shell. 

Installation of the Skum equipment was undertaken by the Italian engineering, procurement and construction specialist, Belleli Energy. 

The facility is being used for both blending and storing gasoline products to meet Emarat's own requirements for high quality gasoline, as well as supplying local and regional markets. 

Built on a 46,000 square metres site, it includes nine storage tanks with a total capacity of 228,000 cubic meters. Of this, the aviation fuel storage facility has a 155,000 cubic metre capacity tank farm and includes a 57-kilometre cross-country 300mm diameter pipeline to transport the jet fuel direct to the airport.
 
“Health, safety and environmental issues are very important in an environment such as this and we have very high standards, which are strictly enforced, according to both industry standards and those of the joint venture partners,” said operations manager for the terminal M M Usman.

The Skum brand is recognised globally as the industry’s leading provider of dependable and efficient firefighting solutions for high value, high risk petrochemical, aviation, marine and power plant applications. – TradeArabia News Service