Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Pearl GTL


Just what it takes...
  • Structured steel: over 100,000 tonnes
  • Concrete: in excess of 490,000 cubic meters
  • Piping: around 100,000 tonnes
  • Cable: 7,600 kilometers - the distance from London to New Orleans
  • Pieces of equipment: over 100,000 tonnes
  • Catalysis: over 5,000 tonnes
  • Man-hours to be worked: more than 200 million
  • Workers: more than 35,000
  • The site for Pearl GTL is 2.5 square kilometers, the size of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens in London put together.