ExxonMobil Low-Sulfur Mogas Projects, Baton Rouge

The Low-Sulfur Mogas project presented numerous challenges for Performance Contractors.

Performance's work was in the critical path for the total LSM effort, as six additional contractors' combined manhours were less than those expended in the mechanical contract.

There was no flexibility in the scheduled completion date for the project. ExxonMobil would absorb monumental financial impact if gasoline production was eliminated for even the shortest of durations. The LSM project had to overcome several major obstacles that in-turn placed significant impact on Performance Contractors' scope of work.

Specifically, delivery delays with major equipment, fabricated steel and pipe, and delays with civil construction forced Performance to adjust the project's overall schedule. Manpower utilization plans were also re-developed in order to maintain progress on the required work.

Performance adjusted crew sizes and altered schedules by working two shifts, five days a week, 10 hours a day. Fluor commended Performance's flexibility and teamwork in adjusting to the impacts created by these delays.

The contractor recaptured 75 percent of the lost time the delays caused, allowing the project to maintain the targeted end date.

Performance and its subcontractors expended 875,275 manhours and incurred no OSHA recordable injuries.