Samsung Engineering Ships 4,800t Module to Mexico

Business Execution Innovation through Modularization
DBNR Project Applies Modularization to 58 Modules
16,000 km Section Journey Over 50 Days

A ship carrying Samsung Engineering's modules is waiting to set sail.
[Photo by Samsung Engineering]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] Samsung Engineering announced on the 8th that it has completed the first shipment of modules to be installed in the 'DBNR' project underway in Mexico.

The DBNR project, conducted in the Dos Bocas area of Tabasco state in eastern Mexico, is a project to construct crude oil production facilities with a capacity of 340,000 barrels per day. Samsung Engineering is responsible for packages 2 (including diesel hydrodesulfurization facilities and 4 other units) and 3 (heavy oil catalytic cracking process facilities) out of a total of 6 packages. The modules shipped this time include a total of 6 modules such as the pipe rack module (PAR) equipped with cooling heat exchangers. A pipe rack is a structure that supports piping which serves as a passage for raw materials and products within the plant.

The modules, manufactured at the module fabrication yard in Goseong, Gyeongnam, weigh a total of 4,800 tons, which the company explained is equivalent to the weight of 3,300 mid-sized cars. The ship carrying the modules departed Goseong on the 5th and will sail approximately 16,000 km over about 50 days (including waiting time at the Panama Canal) across the Pacific Ocean to Dos Bocas, Mexico.

Samsung Engineering is striving for business execution innovation through modularization. To minimize the risks exposed at complex and variable plant sites, modules are pre-fabricated and assembled at separate fabrication yards and then only installed on site. The company explained that this approach simultaneously achieves shortened construction time, improved quality, and prevention of safety accidents. The DBNR project maximizes the use of such modularization by applying a total of 40,000 tons and 58 modules. Aiming for mutual growth and regional economic revitalization, 47 out of the total 58 modules will be produced in collaboration with domestic mid-sized companies.

A Samsung Engineering official said, "The DBNR project is a mega project that incorporates the company's recent innovative technologies such as modularization and automation, making it highly significant at the corporate level. We will accelerate the project execution based on the successful first shipment of these modules and complete the project successfully."

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