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March 24, 2006

New process plant for petrochemicals

Structural steel fabricator Cosira International has been appointed to fabricate all structural-steel components, includ- ing equipment-support steelwork and pipe-rack steelwork, for Sasol’s new 1-octene process plant in Secunda...



This will be the petrochemicals group’s third 1-octene plant in Secunda, and is being constructed in order to meet growing demand for 1-octene by plastics manufacturers. Cosira will be fabric-ating between 1 200 t and 1 300 t of steel for the structure at its ISO-accre-dited plants in Heriotdale, Johannesburg. Fabrication of the structural steel on this fast-track project began in mid-January. The practical completion date is set for December 1, and the plant will be commissioned early in 2007.

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Posted by bernievn at March 24, 2006 1:04 PM