Deputy Director of Sinopec Refining Department Mr. Yang Feng Visited FREP for Turnaround Study


For properly managing the turnaround work of key enterprises, optimize the start-up/ shutdown plans and ensure safety and construction quality, on December 5th, Mr. Yang Feng, the deputy director of Sinopec Refining Department, visited the Company for turnaround study and held a turnaround special meeting. FREP management Mr. Joost Emmen, Mr. Yang Hongbin, Mr. Lin Xu, Mr. Zhao Tianxing, etc. attended the meeting and accompanied the visit.

At the special study meeting of turnaround, Mr. Yang Feng recognized the overall progress, safety and quality of 2018 turnaround of FREP. As the site entered the critical closing period of construction, he required special attention to the safety of field operations, realize the target of zero injury during turnaround, prepare for start-up ASAP, and pay particular attention to environmental protection during start-up; It was observed by the field inspections that there was still gap vs. FREP standards in the aspect of safety and quality, as well as different standards for high-risk operations.

Mr. Yang Feng stressed that high safety/ quality standards must be insisted. At the same time, optimize construction organization and improve work efficiency. At the ending phase of turnaround, should inspect the construction tools, especially lifting equipment, for safety purpose; each construction area should care about the mindset of employees to ensure that both FREP and contractor’s personnel could complete the turnaround safely.

Mr. Yang Feng and his team also visited the maintenance sites of Fuels-1 BT, Utilities BT, Olefin BT etc. for inspection and guidance, and participated in the area regular turnaround meetings of Fuels-1 BT and Utilities BT.

Mr. Yang Feng checked in detail about the situation and progress of the key maintenance work, and had in-depth communications with relative personnel of the Company on turnaround HSSE management, quality control and interfaces coordination, as well as emphasized the importance of turnaround safety. He required all contractors engaged in the turnaround to make full efforts, enhance responsibility awareness, and adhere to high standards/ requirements, thus to ensure a safe and stable turnaround.

Experts in safety, equipment and technology of Sinopec Refining Department accompanied the visit.

(Xiao Wanyuan, Zhang Lei)