Client : General Authorities of Civil Aviation
Location : King Abdel Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, KSA
Project : New Jet Fuel Hydrants Network at KAIA Development Phase-1
Main Contractor : Saudi Binladin group-Architecture & Building Division
Aprons Contractor : Almabani General Contractors
Fuel Aviation Network Contractor : Amana Pipelines Construction
Fuel Aviation Network Contract Administrator : Aleph International
Fuel Aviation Network Project Management & Cost Control :Multitech International
Consultant Engineer & Client Rep :Dar Al Handasa
End user :GACA-ARAMCO-APSCO
King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) is located approximately 25 km North of Jeddah and has since become the busiest and the fastest growing airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, providing commercial operations and acting as the gateway to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah.
The existing infrastructure and facilities are inadequate to cope with increasing demand; KAIA requires major expansion and upgrading of its existing infrastructure and facilities.
The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Defense and Aviation and Inspectorate General, General Authority of Civil Aviation are expanding KAIA which shall take place in three (3) Development Phases: the first phase, for 30 million passengers capacity, is scheduled to be completed by 2014; the second phase, for 43 million passengers capacity, by 2020; and the final phase, for 80 passengers capacity, by 2035.
The existing fuel farm and the military base are receiving fuel from the North Jeddah ARAMCO depot alternatively through two 20” feed lines and one 6” line. The newly built Into-plane network and Fuel farm are to be connected to the existing network by Tying-In in sequence to the live supply lines at 6 particular locations without interrupting the fueling operations of the existing running airport. Cleaning, Air blowing, Pressure testing, hydro testing, purging and drying of the network are conducted by the time the Tie-In is completed and the network is ready to receive fuel for filling, soaking and flushing operations.
Tie-In works:
De-gazing of Line 1 ARAMCO (under pressure) supply line. Line 1 will feed the new fuel farm by pressure.
Tie in to line 1 and the bypass to allow fuel to feed back to the existing fuel farm.
De-gazing of line 2 (gravity line) supply line.
Tie-In to line 2. Line 2 will feed the existing fuel farm by gravity until the new farm is fully operational.
Tie-In 6 inch feeding the Military base
De-commissioning of the existing fuel farm
Cleaning, Pressure Testing and Flushing works:
Cleaning, Air Blowing, Pressure test D300-Hydrant Network by sections
Cleaning, Air blowing, Hydro-test, purging and drying J410 supply line from Tie-In to the newly built fuel farm
Filling, soaking and flushing of the networks alternatively by sections.
