WCA January 2015

Industry news

Refinery contract in Qatar

Prysmian finding the future managers Prysmian Group is launching the fourth edition of its international programme to recruit 40 new graduates in engineering and economics. Candidate identification involves a structured selection and assessment process both at local and group level. Successful candidates receive a permanent employment contract, competitive salary, and an initial period of induction and training at the Milan headquarters followed by a 12-month job rotation in their country of origin. This is followed by at least 24 months of experience abroad within a specific function. After three years within the programme, the aim is to assign junior management roles in the home country or abroad.

CCJV, the joint venture between Chiyoda and CTCI Corporation, has placed a major order for Nexans power and instrumentation fibre optic cables for the Laffan Refinery project. Nexans will supply over 1,000km of cable, including low and medium voltage single and multi-core armoured IEC standard flame-retardant cables. In 2013, Nexans provided 1,000km of medium and low voltage cables for the Barzan gas processing project. Charles-Edouard Mellagui, country manager and CEO of Qatar International Cables Company (QICC), the Nexans company based in Qatar, said: “Winning this major contract for such a high profile and strategic project is an important step for the contribution of the Nexans group to Qatar 2030 vision and its underlying will to

❍ The Laffan Refinery in Qatar. Photograph courtesy of www.2b1consulting.com

France will provide the instrumentation and fibre optic cables. Construction began in December 2013, and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2016. Nexans – France Website : www.nexans.com

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development.” For the Laffan Refinery 2 project, Nexans QICC will design and manufacture around 1,000km of low and medium voltage, power and earthing cables, while Nexans

Ellis has a second major order for its Emperor cable cleats and ProTect cable straps for the Areva European pressurised reactor (EPR) nuclear power plant currently being constructed in the Guangdong province of China. The order was placed at the commencement of the second phase of the Taishan nuclear power project, which is a joint venture between EDF and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group. Tony Conroy, Ellis’s] export sales director, said: “Even after the success of the phase one specification, receiving a repeat order for phase two was far from simple. “A huge emphasis has been placed on the various contractors to source local products, and so it felt like a huge victory to overturn this directive and once again see British products being specified for installation in a major Chinese development.” Designed for use where the highest levels of short circuit withstand are required, Ellis’s Emperor cable cleats are available for both trefoil and single cable applications, and manufactured in type 316L stainless steel for Cleats win phase two contract

ultimate corrosion protection, even in the harshest of environments. The Taishan reactor is the third nuclear power station to be built using Areva’s 1,750MW EPR and it is the second time Areva has used Ellis products to secure electrical cables at a nuclear plant. The very first specification from Areva was for its OL3 reactor in Finland in 2009, and was followed in 2013 by the first phase order for the Taishan project. Ellis Ltd – UK Website : www.ellispatents.co.uk Independent tests on Chinese rebar have found some batches are not compliant with the industry standard, BS 4449, and this has led to the British Association of Reinforcement warning its members to “always check rebar material for British Standard compliance.” British Association of Reinforcement – UK Website : www.uk-bar.org Chinese rebar warning

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