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UK based BAC Corrosion Control of Telford, has secured a contract from Foster Wheeler, the appointed EPC contractor for Shell Philippine Exploration BV’s onshore gas plant – the last major component of the Shell Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project -- to survey, design and supply a corrosion protection system for an extension to the Shell Malampaya onshore gas terminal near Batangas in the Philippines.  The system will protect the onshore section of an incoming 24-inch pipeline, the external bases of all site storage tanks, the internals of treatment water tanks and all buried steel surfaces.  

All the corrosion protection systems have been designed by BAC to provide a 30-year life and employs over 100 BAC Isorod magnesium alloy anodes and over 2 km of zinc ribbon anode.  As some of the buried magnesium anodes reach the end of their lives, others will come into operation to provide the long term protection required, hence the high number of anodes. The zinc ribbon anode is spiralled on the exterior bases of the 6 storage tanks.  

The Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project represents the largest and most significant industrial investment in the history of the Philippines. It signals the birth of the country’s natural gas industry that will enable a supply of a clean, environmentally friendly source of energy to provide 2,700MW of power for a period of 20 years beginning in January 2002.  Currently, the Philippines relies heavily on imported fuel for its domestic and industrial power needs. The upstream component of this US$5.4 billion government project, being developed by Shell Philippines Exploration BV (SPEX), will reduce the dependence on imported fuel by about 30%.