Hey All,
We got to go out and
“play” in the sand. Actually we did a
site visit to see what is where.
As far as work is
concerned, I am here to do a control upgrade on one of their old Water
Treatment Facilities. Apparently the
plant controls were never completed or properly executed by an Indian (not like
me) company and the customer went another way.
As far as Water Plants go, this one is fairly a Small to Medium one but
it incorporates the latest technologies like Reverse Osmosis and a cascaded pH
control algorithm. We really have our
work cut out because the original contractor never gave the customer a Project
Book or Operation manual. Because of
this, we are forced to go to every piece of equipment and verify their
settings.
Some of you are probably
wondering “is that really necessary?”
Well, yes it is. I do not want to
start a process without knowing exactly what is there. It would be like if your car’s gas tank did
not read right. If you put gas in it
based on what the level gage said, and it was not reading right, you could
either run out of gas or overfill the tank.
Neither of which are good. So, I
will need to go out in the 116 degree heat to make sure I have all the critical
info I need. What the heck, they are
paying me a lot of money to be here, the least I could do was sweat a bit,
lmao.
My old company got the
job but folded before they could finish it.
I went ahead and postponed my start date with a new/old employer just so
I could do this job. When I get back, I
plan on taking some time off and enjoying water. Any water, as long as it’s wet, lol.
I haven't been sleeping
well but am now taking Tylenol PM and I only wake up once or so a night.
There is a huge "flare" about a mile away and even then it sounds
like a jet engine nearby. Some of you are familiar with High Pressure
Flares and this sucker is bigger than the ones that are allowed in the US.
It is really nice they
do our laundry every day. It even gets
folded and all. We leave it on the
railing and it magically appears in the afternoon. Must be the genies……
Oh, a Bedouin
update. Apparently they will steal
things that are nailed down. I heard a
story that when they get caught, they don’t even stop. They just keep on like you don’t exist. They feel that everything in the country is
at their disposal and for their use.
Even the stuff contractors bring.
They have a local store around the camp and I would not be surprised to
go in one day and find my stuff on the shelves, lol.
HJG
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