UTEK’S CUSTOMERS

Köln

Worley Projects

2011-2017

Planning, Compliance Engineering

• EHS consulting for the concept phase of a conversion planning of a packaging plant at Bayer Leverkusen (determination and evaluation of legal requirements for occupational safety, fire protection, immission control and water pollution control, evaluation and review of EHS and permitting aspects of planning variants)
• Permitting Consultant during feed (basic engineering) for the expansion of an oil field in Emsland for Jacobs, Leiden (NL) (determination of permit requirements, description and presentation of the permit scope in flowsheets, preparation of permit forms and plant descriptions, general consulting on specific German permit requirements)
• Facilitation of systematic safety analyses according to the HAZOP procedure for various facilities (tank farms, lubricant production)
• Preparation of applications under immission control law for modifications (§ 15) and substantial changes (§ 16) for various tank farms and the expansion of a ship loading facility (including processing of the set of forms and facility descriptions) for refinery and tank farm sites of Shell and a large tank farm of VOPAK in Hamburg
• Supervision of the implementation of expert examinations in accordance with the Water Resources Act (preparation of system and operational descriptions, review and recalculation of collection volumes and extinguishing water retention volumes, on-site recording and updating of flow diagrams, preparation of the necessary on-site visits and functional tests with the WHG experts)

Bergkamen

Chemtura Organometallics, Crompton, Witco

1998-1999, 2011-2013, since 2014

Planning, Compliance Engineering

• Processing of permit documents (modification permits and modification notifications) for production plants for the manufacture of organometallic compounds (expansion, retrofitting and new construction of various subplants) (preparation of sets of forms, explanatory reports, plant and operating descriptions, subplant safety reports and the preliminary environmental impact assessments)
• Updating of partial plant safety reports for production plants for the manufacture of organometallic compounds
• Maintenance and expansion of the site’s permit database
• Engineering services for process optimization of a metal alkyl production by construction of an additional product tank
• Preparation of application documents according to BImSchG for the approval procedure of a reprocessing and a synthesis stage as well as a rinsing station

Marburg

Chiron Vaccines, Chiron Behring, now: GSK Vaccines

2005-2011

Qualification of pharmaceutical plants

• Project support and coordinating engineering services for qualification of pharmaceutical plants, preparation and execution of DQ, IQ and OQ documents according to Novartis standard
• Review of qualification documents for DQ, IQ, OQ and PQ, external quality assurance support of various laboratory areas

Ahrensburg

2001, 2002, 2005-2006

Planning, Qualification

• Process and engineering planning for rebuild measures to optimize an active ingredient tank farm at the end of a fermenter line, design of bursting discs, site supervision, compilation of technical documentation
• Qualification of a reverse osmosis plant and several fermenters in the taxol active ingredient production (engineering activities accompanying the project)

Herne

since 2017

Compliance Engineering

• Performance of process hazard analyses (HAZOPs)
• Updating of the general and special parts of the safety report for the Herne site
• Performance of a hazard assessment according to TRGS 510 for the storage of acutely toxic substances and mixtures in a storage facility for transportable containers
• Preparation of AwSV documentation for the AwSV facilities of the Herne branch office

Castrop-Rauxel

Rütgers VFT, Rütgers Chemicals Rütgers Infraserv

1999-2007, 2008-2009, since 2016

Planning, Compliance Engineering

• Preparation and drafting of BImSchG permit documents for the new construction and modification of a synthetic resin plant with ancillary facilities (tank farm, two reactor systems, intermediate tank farm, pastillation, thermal oil system and cooling tower, hydrogen production and filling) (including forms, plant descriptions, safety report, EIA screening, coordination of experts)
• Technical planning for emission reduction and for the conversion and renewal of tanks in a wastewater treatment plant, preparation of the required notification of modification according to § 15 BImSchG (Federal Immission Control Act)
• Determination and evaluation of the approval status for approx. 70 partial plants of the site, partly with approval history > 100 years, preparation of VAwS plant registers
• Execution of pilot plant and operational tests for the new construction of the reaction stage of a plant for the production of crude phenol from heavily salt-laden phenolate liquors
• Planning and project coordination for the extension of a waste gas collection system

Gelsenkirchen

since 2006

Compliance Engineering

• Performance of safety assessments (process hazard analyses) using the HAZOP method for the plants, shipments and tank farms at the Horst and Scholven sites (crude oil distillation plants, vacuum distillation plants, distillation plants, isopentane plant, reformer, steam reformer, FCC plant, hydrocracker, coker plant, visbreaker plant, calcination, olefin plants, aromatics plants, cumene plants, cyclohexane plant, heavy oil gasification, desulfurization plants, hydrogenation plants, Claus plants (incl. SCOT stage and TNV), DWA plants, waste water treatment plants, amine regeneration plants, piping systems, flare systems, gas post-processing/conditioning/washing, technical post-combustion plants, cooling plants, steam generation plants and tank farms incl. tank wagon, truck and ship loading and unloading points)
• Execution of hazard analyses for existing MSR facilities and classification into the corresponding protection classes (LOPA consideration)
• Accompaniment of systematic hazard analyses in early phases of various projects for the consideration of a safe plant design and/or for the detection and avoidance of process hazards (HAZID’s, ISD analyses and PHSSER analyses) at the Horst and Scholven locations
• Updating of safety reports in accordance with the Major Accidents Ordinance for various petrochemical plants
• Preparation and updating of explosion protection documents for various petrochemical plants as well as tank farms, including loading and unloading operations
• Performance of hazard analyses for existing MSR facilities and classification into the corresponding protection classes (SIL consideration)
• Preparation and updating of safety reports for various refinery plants

Guxhagen/Göttingen

since 2018

Maintenance Planning, Qualification

• Engineering services of UTEK for processing the risk analyses within the change management of qualification documentation
• Engineering services for the processing of validation documentations
• Execution of plausibility checks for maintenance planning of various bioprocess plants

Marl

since 2014

Compliance Engineering

• Preparation and updating of AwSV plant documentation within the scope of projects
• Preparation and updating of safety reports in accordance with the Hazardous Incident Ordinance within the scope of projects
• Performance of safety assessments (process hazard analyses) using the HAZOP method for the glycol plant, the high-pressure hydrogenation plant, the ethylene oxide plant, incl. tank farm and loading points at the Marl site, with additional assessment of the I&C protective equipment using the LOPA method
• Performance of systematic process hazard analyses based on IT-801 (safety concept/”SiKo”) and the PAAG/HAZOP method for various production plants and diverse projects (Sulfier plant, Marlipal plant, THM plant, Marlon plant, amine plant, ethylene compressor, VRV dryer, etc.) with additional evaluation of the I&C protective equipment according to the risk graph of VDI Guideline 2180
• Updating of safety reports in accordance with the Hazardous Incident Ordinance for various production plants
• Preparation of AwSV plant documentation for various chemical production plants including tank farms and loading points (alkylphenol plant, amine factory, ethylene oxide factory, glycol factory, high-pressure hydrogenation, Marlon factory, Marlipal factory, Marlotherm factory, propylene oxide tank farm and THM factory.
• Preparation of AwSV sample documentation according to § 43 AwSV for an example plant (sulfation plant) taking into account the requirements of AwSV and DWA-A 779 as well as the existing VAwS plant description.
• Updating of VAwS plant documentation for various production plants (Marlon factory, Marlipal factory, Marlotherm factory and the THM factory).

Essen

Carbotech Engineering

2006-2009

Planning, Maintenance Planning

• Project accompanying basic and detail engineering for biogas upgrading, conditioning and injection plants (locations in Sweden, in Swabia and in the Rhineland)
• Project management, project scheduling and controlling
• Erection and site supervision, commissioning support
• Preparation of maintenance plans as well as integration into operating manuals

Dortmund

Uhde, ThyssenKrupp Uhde, Uhde Services und Consulting

1996-1998, 2004-2008, 2013, 2017-2019

Planning

• Project preparation, execution and follow-up of HAZOPs during the design and construction of a plant for the production of hydrogenated and unhydrogenated synthetic resins.
• Process engineering design of ancillary equipment (including for steam boilers, a cooling tower, a polyol tank farm, emergency showers, and slop and storm water systems) for the detail engineering of a plastics plant and two petrochemical plants
• Execution of a HAZOP for the construction of a nitric acid plant
• Creation of a concept for operating manuals (coordination and implementation of the concept for different operating manuals in English and German language)
• Establishment and documentation of the environmental management system in an integrated manual within the framework of an EU eco-audit for two sites in the chemical industry

Gelsenkirchen

since 2018

Compliance Engineering

• Carrying out the revalidation of process hazard analyzes (HAZOPs) for various tank farms, including assessment of the MSR protective devices according to the LOPA procedure
• Implementation of various project HAZOPs, e.g. B. for setting up new additive dosages or new track loading

Duisburg

Huntsman Pigments and Additives, Sachtleben Chemie

2001, 2007-2012, since 2013

Planning

• Engineering activities within the scope of various planning projects for absorber lines in a sulfuric acid plant
• Engineering activities within the scope of various planning projects for a titanium dioxide factory
• Planning and implementation of a concept for tank car unloading and storage of titanium oxychloride [specification of the aggregates and equipment to be procured, preparation of inquiries to the selected suppliers and participation in the awarding of contracts, coordination of the work required for planning, installation and commissioning with the departments and external companies involved and supervision of the installation work on site, preparation of the RI and process and RI flow diagrams and the plant and operating description, preparation of the notification of change (in accordance with § 15 BImSchG) and performance of the necessary hazard analyses (safety considerations)].
• Performance of a study on the reduction of dust emissions in the flue gas of a sulfuric acid plant (collection and evaluation of data, preparation of initial concepts for the cleaning of the flue gas)
• Renewal of a hydrogen peroxide scrubbing column in a flue gas desulfurization plant (inventory of the existing column, design of the new column and preparation of the necessary technical specifications for procurement, material selection, preparation of a QIP plan and supervision of manufacture; supervision of erection, commissioning support and documentation)
• Reconstruction of a plant for the separation of sulfur from a suspension (redesign of the entire building including all apparatus, vessels and piping, processing of RI flow diagrams, elaboration of technical specifications, evaluation of bids and participation in award negotiations, schedule tracking and supervision of fabrication, supervision of erection, commissioning support and preparation of technical documentation)
• Automation of various processes (plant survey, updating of RI flow diagrams, preparation of automation concepts, preparation of technical specifications, participation in procurement, site supervision, documentation)
• Conceptual design for the automation of a grinding line for the comminution of ore (mashing of the filter cake, addition of filter aid and neutralization of a suspension in a tank), on-site survey of the existing plant, calculation of the mass balances, preparation of the RI flow diagrams
• Renewal of two chamber filter presses (on-site survey of the existing plant, processing of the existing RI flow diagrams, preparation of the technical specification and technical assessment of suppliers and quotations, coordination of the trades involved in the project, schedule tracking, supervision of erection, commissioning support and documentation)
• Feasibility studies and basic engineering as part of the expansion of a titanium dioxide production plant (process optimization of various production equipment and processes such as filter presses and piping systems)

Gelsenkirchen

BP subsidiary (until 2015)

since 2010

Planning

• Process engineering for various process sub-systems of the BP Gelsenkirchen refinery (loading facilities for tank wagons, tank trucks and ships, storage tank, flare separator, filter systems, columns, pneumatic conveying systems, conveying equipment):
• Basic and detail engineering, preparation of material and energy balances, preparation of flow diagrams, preparation of technical specifications, preparation of data sheets, design of safety devices (safety valves, bursting discs, tank ventilation via flame arresters), processing of applications to authorities, processing of explosion protection documentation, processing of AwSV plant documentation, processing of safety reports, preparation of hazard assessments, process engineering support for process hazard analyses.
• Performance of safety assessments (process hazard analyses) using the HAZOP method for projects at various BP petrochemical plants at the Horst and Scholven sites, including evaluation of the I&C protective equipment using the LOPA method (SIL classification)

Dortmund

RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems Netzservice

2009-2013

Planning, project management and construction supervision

• Execution of a HAZOP study for a container for the conversion of solar power into hydrogen, incl. storage and reverse power generation
• Preparation of feasibility studies for gas expansion projects, project development of biogas conditioning projects
• Subproject management for the construction of a biogas conditioning and injection plant and a biogas recompression plant
• Planning, project management and construction supervision for the construction of a biogas storage facility
• Scheduling in a project for the expansion of a natural gas underground storage facility as well as for the construction of a new natural gas compressor station
• Planning, project management and construction supervision for the erection of gas pressure regulating stations in the high and medium pressure network