Catalyst Handling & Mechanical Services

Contract Resources continue to set new standards in reactor, mechanical, and catalyst handling services to oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and offshore platforms. By providing a genuinely multi-skilled workforce we ensure optimal performance and productivity, while maintaining a safety record that sets us apart from others in the industry.

Our unique and comprehensive training systems enable Contract Resources to offer a complete ‘blinds to blinds’ range of services for reactors, vessels, and columns from one integrated team. The Contract Resources name stands for quality and technical expertise with the company being ISO-9001 certified.

Catalyst Handling Services

By utilising a specially trained workforce and purpose-built equipment, Contract Resources can execute catalyst projects efficiently and safely; with minimal delays from fusing, minimal catalyst attrition, and excellent dust control systems.

  • Pre-commissioning of reactors and vessels
  • Services in inert, hot and toxic atmospheres
  • Reactor cooling utilising a proprietary liquid Nitrogen system
  • Unloading and loading of catalyst under inert or normal atmospheres
  • Vertical/horizontal dense phase loading
  • Innovative purpose built equipment ensuring low catalyst attrition rate
  • Catalyst sampling, screening, density grading and oxidisation
  • Acid Plants
  • Vacuum unloading with closed loop nitrogen re-circulation
  • Catalyst transportation, storage and containment (UN approved)
  • Catalyst loading of reactors using UOP® & CALYDENS® dense loading and conventional techniques
  • Tubular Reformer loadings using Unidense® loading and conventional techniques
  • Pre-sulphiding (DMDS Injection)
  • Metals reclamation and disposal of materials
  • Video inspection and assessment
  • Shutdown planning, coordination and execution

Mechanical Services

Contract Resources has extensive specialised mechanical and engineering capabilities. We are a major provider of internal column refurbishment services to the oil and gas industry and have wide-ranging general fitting capabilities.

  • Vessel blinding and isolation
  • Vessel repairs, de-bottlenecking and internal modifications
  • Cold cutting using Ultra High Pressure water
  • Specialised welding and repairs
  • Ultra-thermic and plasma cutting
  • Preparation for weld inspection
  • Bolt tensioning, bolt torquing and nut splitting
  • Mothballing and demolition
  • Chemical cleaning and decontamination

Productivity

Contract Resources' ability to work on critical path items and deliver them in record time is second to none. More than a specialised services company, we offer solutions to specified problems, not just the supply of labour and equipment.

Supplying genuinely multi-skilled teams, selected for individual projects being undertaken, ensures minimum down time and maximum reactor/catalyst life.

  • Collaborate with clients to ensure work scope and best practices are identified and implemented
  • Reactor technicians are highly trained and selected on their work ethic, technical knowledge, and ability to perform work safely
  • Dedicated and experienced safety personnel ensure jobs are done safely and efficiently

Zero Harm

Contract Resources' key value is zero harm; focused on care for Health, Safety, Community and Environment. This is achieved utilising a fulltime safety management team to provide internationally recognised and respected safety training programs and systems.

  • Highly skilled trainers utilise superior, unique in-house facilities to provide specialised, tailored training and refresher courses to OSHA standards. These include confined space entry, breathing apparatus (helmet and mask systems), advanced first aid and rescue techniques, height safety training, rope access, gas detection and monitoring etc
  • Specialised equipment, designed by our dedicated Equipment Innovations Group with input from our operations personnel, increases safety and enhances performance