Clifton Ridge Marine Terminal
SAP software was delivered and implemented in 1998. It allowed the company to streamline processes and transform data into useful information. This helped business leaders plot effective business strategy more quickly. The most immediate benefit was to the Instrumentation group who had been experiencing problems entering Honeywell data into MPAC. Global SAP wasn’t introduced to the entire refinery until 2004. In October 1999, the refinery was finishing preparation for Y2K, which had begun in 1998. 26
Extensive work was done with critical suppliers and customers to insure that operations would continue in a safe manner. There was also exhaustive testing of systems and hardware to insure that everything went smoothly. Thanks to the preparation, the new century rolled in smoothly and became one of the biggest “nonevents” in history. In addition to performing periodic maintenance turnarounds the mechanical “tie-ins” required to bring on line the Petrozuata Syncrude Project were completed in 2000. This project enabled
the refinery to process lower cost Venezuelan heavy oil. Nearly 54 tie-ins were required to support the installation of more than 9,000 feet of new pipe. Seventeen new pieces of major equipment were installed while 37 additional pieces of equipment were modified or removed. In August 2001, the #3 Dock was modified to replace wooden elements with concrete and steel fabrication. Over the next two years, Docks #1 and #2 were also modified. All three docks required upgrading the dock’s loading arms.