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Technica have been appointed by Excelerate Energy to conduct the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) work for the development of the first floating gas liquefaction facility in the United States utilising its Floating Liquefaction Storage Offloading vessel (FLSO™) technology. The project will be situated on the Texas Gulf Coast, and will be designed to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to markets worldwide by 2017.

FLSO comprises 4 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of production capacity, 250,000 cubic meters (m³) of LNG storage, and a fully integrated gas processing plant. With this gas processing capability, the FLSO can accommodate a wide range of gas compositions at its inlet making it well suited for virtually any application near shore or offshore. For those situations where gas processing is not required due to presence of existing processing facilities or where pipeline quality gas is used as the feedstock, the processing equipment can be removed and liquefaction capacity increased to 5 MTPA.

The FLSO will measure 338 meters in length, with a breadth of 62 meters. The FEED is in an advanced phase, co-ordinated from our Grimsby based office, with our client entering into discussions with potential off takers and natural gas suppliers as well as investors and potential sources of finance to take the project forward. We expect FEED to last until the end of 2012, and following its completion and successful permitting project delivery will take approximately 44 months from final investment decision (FID).

Two of Technica’s engineers have recently achieved TÜV Functional Safety Engineer (FSE) certification for Safety Instrumented Systems, on the TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Program.

The course and subsequent examination built upon the engineers previous experience and knowledge on the application, principles and requirements of Edition 2 IEC 61508 & IEC 61511 for safety instrumented systems (SIS), including:

The Full Safety Lifecycle,
Safety Requirement Specifications,
SIS Design,
SIL Determination
SIL Verification.

Competence is a requirement of both IEC 61508 and IEC 61511, and proof of competence is now a frequent request from our clients.

The formal recognition of our employee’s competence is an important step in developing our Functional Safety services, and the company’s Functional Safety Management systems.

For more information, please contact the Technica Office.

Following Technica’s recent recruitment campaign a number of key appointments have been made;

• John Howell (Senior ECI Engineer)
• Graham Trotter (Process Engineer)
• Tina Spoerke (Document Controller)
• Maria Creed (Admin. Support)
• Mick McKeever (EC&I Construction Manager)

These additional appointments are critical to the growth of our business, in ensuring that we can continue to improve the service we deliver to our clients.

Salary: Negotiable
Location: Grimsby
Job Type: Permanent

Technica Ltd are a multi-disciplinary design, management and construction company based in Grimsby.
We specialise in providing turnkey projects to the national and international energy sector.

Due to an increase in UK workload and several forthcoming overseas projects we have vacancies in the following areas:

• Control and Instrumentation Engineers
• Control and Instrumentation Designers
• Electrical Engineers
• Electrical Designers
• E, C & I Construction Manager
• E, C & I Estimator
• E, C & I Site Technicians
• Document Controller

A good working knowledge of designing and specifying ATEX equipment would be an advantage. We offer attractive rates of pay and a good benefits package for all employees.

If you’re interested in being part of a professional team responsible for developing projects from concept to commissioning please submit your CV to vickiscott@technicaltd.com in the first instance.

Further information on Technica can be found at new.technicaltd.com

Technica achieved OHSAS 18001 status for its established Safety Management System on the 29th February 2012. This is an important standard for Technica’s management systems, and now a prerequisite for many of our clients. This will continue to provide protection of our employees and subcontractors as we continue to increase our workforce and engage in more projects both in the UK and globally, as well as continuing to supporting our clients rigorous safety standards.

An article on Technica appeared in the Business Section of the local newspaper, the Grimsby Evening Telegraph.

The article summarises how Technica developed from its humble beginnings in 2004, and on to the company’s imminent move to the 10,000 sq. feet facility on the Cherry Tree Business Park. The workshop and office facilities are currently being renovated and should be available during mid July 2012.
To view this article follow the link below.

Business Telegraph

Chris Stead and Liam Howson recently joined Technica as 2nd year E&I Apprentices. They have been training for the past 18 months with HETA at the CATCH facility in Immingham and now join Technica to provide CAD support to the Design Team, as well as assisting in Project Installations for our clients. We now have 3 Apprentices with a potential 4th due to join the team in September 2012. This continues to demonstrate Technica’s commitment to developing local young people, and ensuring that they have the skills to meet our industry specific requirements for the future.

Alan joins us from Fabricom GDF SUEZ Group, where he held the position of Procurement Officer. He has extensive experience in material and equipment procurement, as well as project delivery processes from a wide range of clients within the Petrochemical, Chemical, Energy and Power, Gas Supply, Steel Manufacture and Port Authorities.

A key part of his role will be to ensure that all materials and equipment sourced meets full specification in all aspects, demonstrates cost effectiveness and is delivered in a timely manner. These requirements will continue to augment our manufacturing process and deliver the expectations of our Clients, whether in the UK or Worldwide.

Other major aspects of the role will include the control and management of pricing and contract agreements, finding innovative solutions, providing good provision of accurate and comprehensive information to relevant stakeholders. Alan will certainly use his experience to leverage deals with our suppliers to improve our competitiveness, and ultimately contribute to our success in the awarding of future projects.