Construction of a new LPG import terminal for VITOGAZ MADAGASCAR, in Tamatave
VITOGAZ Madagascar plans to build a new Liquefied Petroleum Gas import terminal
(LPG) in Tamatave (Toamasina), on the east coast of the island, on the GRT (Galana Raffinerie Terminal) site. As part of this project, control missions will be carried out to ensure that the works is in line with the higher standards of the construction.
Key Information
Project name: Technical Control for a Project to build an LPG import terminal
Date: 04/2024
Client: VITOGAZ Madagascar
Size: Total storage capacity of 2170 m3
Location: Tamatave - Madagascar
Project Summary
VITOGAZ Madagascar plans to build a new Liquefied Petroleum Gas import terminal (LPG) in Tamatave (Toamasina), on the east coast of the island, on the GRT (Galana Raffinerie Terminal) site. As part of this project, control missions will be carried out to ensure that the works is in line with the higher standards of the construction.
This construction project has the following objectives:
- To ensure storage of buffer gas, bulk and packaged, for the Eastern region but also for the entire island in the event of supply difficulties from Mahajanga;
- To ensure security of supplies with regard to cyclonic risk with the creation of two deposits on opposite coasts of the island.
Project Details
For this project, SOCOTEC Madagascar will support the client on all technical inspection lots:
- Safety prevention to ensure a zero-risk construction site,
- Technical control of construction via an “L” mission,
- Control of electrical installations, non-destructive testing of tanks, pipes and pressure equipment.
The client positions himself in a French control reference system, which is totally in line with the local rules of Construction. This project is an opportunity for SOCOTEC to use its comprehensive expertise to guarantee total risk control and project compliance on all angles. SOCOTEC Madagascar is proud to join its expertise with the SOCOTEC Infrastructure teams for this very complex project.
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This project is a good example of what we can bring to clients: our project management of the case allows us flawless responsiveness with a rapid response to the client's needs, in order to quickly detect non-conformities and resolve them, to achieve zero risk, our goal.
Aymeric Perrot Managing Director of SOCOTEC Madagascar said “We are very proud to have been selected to carry out this project which represents all of our expertise: by integrating the entire life cycle of the project on all technical lots, we will be able to control technical risks while, thanks to our internal synergy, offering industrial performance improvers to the customer. Beyond this, this project is a necessity for Madagascar: it will secure gas distribution in the eastern zone and thus limit travel from the western region.”
