We went onsite this morning for an inspection-round of the furnaces of units CDU/VDU. As we kind of expected when there were unusually few people around, the other party had "forgotten" the appointment. So after waiting for over an hour we returned to our offices where we got the famous "where are you ?"-phonecall 10 minutes later. We went back, being the nice guys that we are, and performed our check-up. Once you get near and inside those furnaces it is mighty impressive to see how big they realy are. Here are a few pics.
As we were talking about the weather and the coming humidity and warmth in the next months, I learned something new today : it seems the Saudis have 4 (or maybe 5 if zero is included) levels when working in this heat. I don't know the first ones, but a level 4 means they are only allowed to work for 15 minutes and are then obligated to rest and cool down for 45 minutes. And even then there are people fainting from exhaustion and dehydration.This info comes from someone who has worked in another refinery.
As we were talking about the weather and the coming humidity and warmth in the next months, I learned something new today : it seems the Saudis have 4 (or maybe 5 if zero is included) levels when working in this heat. I don't know the first ones, but a level 4 means they are only allowed to work for 15 minutes and are then obligated to rest and cool down for 45 minutes. And even then there are people fainting from exhaustion and dehydration.This info comes from someone who has worked in another refinery.
Don't you miss our trusty old VDU when seeing a huge new one like that rise out of the sand? :-)
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