In the course of major works like the laying of new gas pipelines, the Projects and Works teams of FOXTROT INTERNATIONAL coordinate the tasks of operational groups and control the orderly sequencing in the execution of the activities on the construction site so as to ensure that the installations are built in accordance with the required quality and reliability standards.
Prior to integrating new equipment or new facilities, the Projects and Works teams carry out physical verification tests so that readily serviceable and reliable tools are made available to the production teams. These tests and the manufacturers’ data are recorded and filed so as to keep track of the equipment through its life.
The Projects and works teams are expected to work in offshore as well as onshore environments, wherever FOXTROT INTRENATIONAL operates petroleum facilities. This requires a strong motivation and a capacity to adapt to different environments. Our contractors have a thorough command of their respective trades and the members of FOXTROT INTERNATIONAL manage to accommodate their constraints to achieve a winning synergy.
We sometimes have to deal with projects out of the ordinary which require the deployment of specific resources. We have to figure out the different phases involved in such operations so that we may seek out the necessary resources for performing the work appropriately, like, as an example, having to arrange for the shipment of 2 cranes to 100 kilometers away from our base across a sandy roadway, in an area sparsely populated, in order to lay a 40 ton-slug catcher positioning it fittingly on its supports.
Integrating new projects on existing installations is part of our daily challenges.
It is essential to fulfill the needs of the production teams and to not interfere with their work.
Studies are therefore carried out upfront bearing in mind that our works are to be performed while the installations are pressurized with all the risks that might ensue.
FOXTROT INTERNATIONAL calls on experts for carrying out special operations which require critical skills which may not exist in-house. It might be, for instance, a welding work on pressured pipings, operations requiring divers, complex modeling calculations. We always keep control of such operations through permanent interaction with our contractors, and through a basic knowledge of their business activity so that we are able to understand and guide them on our facilities.