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CUC: Tank 102 shell welded, 90 pct of fuel pipeline placed
The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. said it was able to achieve a milestone on their Tank 102 and pipeline project.
Technical manager for oil Maximino Simian reported to the board that for the Tank 102 construction, they were able to install the tank shell completely.
“Tank shell has been completely welded and tested by radiography and visual examination,” Simian said.
“That is a bit of a milestone we’ve achieved,” he dded.
Simian said among the current work that is being done now with the tank involves the roof structure.
The Tank 102 project involves a 500,000-gallon diesel fuel tank that will replace Tank 010, which has been found to be a source of pollution and is non-repairable.
CUC is also about to finish with the placing of eight-inch fuel pipeline for the pipeline project under Task Order 2.
The oil pipeline project is an 8-inch aboveground receiving pipeline that delivers diesel fuel from the Mobil Oil Marianas facility to CUC Power Plants 1 and 2 in Lower Base. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had stated that until the pipeline is properly repaired or replaced, it poses a threat to the adjacent ocean.
“We have 90 percent of the pipeline placed on the ground. The remaining tasks are mostly installation of the above ground hardware,” Simian said.
“There is some remaining tie in connections of different portions. Some of them are placed by trenching and others that were placed by drilling,” he added.
Included in the above-ground hardware that they need to install is the testing equipment. They will also do a commissioning which will be including pipe cleaning, pressure test, and other tests and then final connection.
Due to the World War II unexploded ordnance found at the site last week, CUC has encountered a three- to four-day delay on the project.
Simian said they are anticipating completion of the project sometime in April.
