We have been awarded a pipelaying project of Pertamina. At the early stage of the project, I went to a meeting in Timas, Indonesia.
In the meeting, the overall aspects of the project explained and discussed.
We discussed about the shore pulling operation of the pipeline as well. As I understood
in the meeting, in Indonesia for shore pulling operation of pipelines, using
bulldozer is common instead of linear winch.
Later I attended an internal meeting and for shore pulling operation
I informed them that using bulldozer is common in Indonesia. But the top
managers didn’t think about it seriously. Therefore we planned to find and rent
a linear winch in Indonesia and use it for shore pulling operation.
We searched and found an old winch that didn’t have drawings and
documents. Hence we spent lots of time to prepare the drawings and documents,
then tested and got certificate and submitted for approval. After a few
revisions, finally, the client approved the drawings and documents.
A team went for the preparation of the beach area to do all
preparation, including trenching, foundation, installation and securing the winch
for operation,…
But the team working on that operation faced with some issues and at the end, we used a bulldozer to do the shore pulling operation.
Therefore, it’s recommended to notice to all local info provided
at the early stage of the project; otherwise after wasting time, resource and
energy doing trial and error, we may proceed back to the first provided
situation.
Balongan, Indonesia, Balongan Main Oil Line Project, 2013
