Sarens performs four heavy lifts in Egypt

“This was one of the biggest and crucial heavy lift operations ever performed in Egypt,” said Sarens.

BP's West Nile Delta onshore gas processing terminal at Idku City, north east of Alexandria, is one of the landmark projects of Egypt. Once completed, the plant will provide processing capacity of around one billion cubic feet of gas per day which equals to approximately one quarter of Egypt's current output.

Sarens' specialised twenty member crew worked during the entire Ramadan period, managing shorter working hours, to successfully lift the four main absorbers at the plant. In the process, the team deployed the following equipment: a Demag CC4800, a Liebherr LR1350, two Terex-Demag AC200, two Liebherr LTM1100, a Sany SCC1500, a Sany SCC1000, a Grove RT9130 and a Demag CC4800.

The Demag CC4800 was in Superlift configuration with 48m main boom and worked as the main crane supported by LR1350 (tailing crane). The CC4800 was transported from Thailand and in order to meet the tight schedule rigging tackles were imported via air freight from Europe, South Africa and Middle East.

Each of the four absorbers, weighing 384t each, were lifted at a pick-up radius of 18m and a final radius of 16m. The crane did not move during the entire liftingoperation, it only boomed-up and slewed to final position. Prior to the fourth lift, Sarens reached 10,000 safe working man hours on the project.