Equipment rental for refinery and petrochemical projects

Shutdowns and turnarounds compress months of work into a fixed window. Equipment has to arrive on the planned day, with its paperwork, and work in tight, congested plant areas.

• Case in point: an Aramco refinery upgrade in Riyadh involved 109 lifts, including eight hydrocracker reactors of 450 tonnes each, inside a 40-day window. Route surveys and lifting studies started long before the shutdown.
• Lessons from that job: involve the lifting contractor early, run separate equipment spreads for each work area, and plan crane selection and assembly sequence for limited space.
• Hazardous areas need extra care: Aramco standards call for explosion-proof accessories on cranes working in classified zones.
• Typical hire: mobile cranes, boom and scissor lifts for piping and structure work, generators and light towers for night shifts, compressors and welding machines.

Sources: Mammoet, turnaround at Saudi Aramco's Riyadh refinery · Kanoo Machinery, SASO and Aramco lifting equipment standards

How we plan the hire

Equipment we plan around

• Mobile and rough-terrain cranes
• Powered access
• Power and lighting
• Compressors, pumps and site tools
• Material handling

What to send us

Shutdown dates and area map, heaviest pick and its lift plan, gate-pass and induction rules, and the document list your HSE team requires.

Frequently asked questions

Can you supply equipment for a refinery shutdown at short notice?

We confirm availability and delivery per request. The earlier you share the scope and dates, the better the chance of reserving the machines you need.

Where we deliver

• Dammam
• Al Khobar
• Jubail
• Riyadh
• Jeddah
• Yanbu