The signing of the agreement between Sharjah Pipeline Co (PIPECO) and Maritime Industrial Services Co Ltd Inc (MIS) for the construction of the Jet Fuel Storage Facility at Hamriyah Free Zone (HFZ) and a 41-km Pipeline to Sharjah International Airport (SIA) was held recently at the Sharjah Petroleum Council.

Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qassemi (Deputy Chairman of Sharjah Petroleum Council and Chairman of PIPECO), Jerry M Smith (MIS President  & CEO), Peter Convery (MIS Executive Vice President & COO), Thorsten Luft (Asset Manager Air BP - Middle East Businesses), Christian Tabet (Air BP Regional Business Development Manager Middle East & South Asia and PIPECO Managing Director) and senior personnel from MIS,PIPECO and Mott MacDonald attended the ceremony.
When commissioned, the project will eliminate the present mode of jet fuel transportation by road tankers (approximately 50 round trips by tanker), helping to reduce traffic congestion and pollution.
The project consists of a jet fuel receiving, storage, pumping, and other associated terminal facilities at HFZ, an 8-inch jet fuel Cross Country Pipeline from the terminal at HFZ to the fuel depot at SIA, and associated works in SIA.
The MIS scope of work includes design, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of storage tanks [(3 no -38 metres diameter x 19 metres) (1 no -23 metres diameter x 19 metres).
In addition, the MIS scope includes construction, installation and testing of mechanical and piping works, including the cross-country pipeline and associated civil, structural, electrical and instrumentation works.