LIGHTNING
Facility
PROTECTION
SOLUTIONS
Critical Facility is established to be a
solution provided to your key facility
from anomaly that causes
destruction. Our key expertise is in
the areas of Lightning Protection,
covering Direct Strike Protection,
Surge Protection, Grounding,
Consultancy and other services.
 
Critical
The organization comprises
scientists, engineers and subject
matter experts in the various areas
of disaster protection, working
together to help our clients in
protecting their significant
investment and critical operations
from potential destructions,
damages, financial losses and
critical down time.
 Background
Shawstone had one of it biggest Oil & Gas development in Singapore. The project
size is scaled approximately 750,000m2. Singapore, which has been dubbed a
lightning capital, has one of the highest occurrences of lightning activity in the
world. The country is situated near the equator and has warm and humid tropical
conditions highly favourable for the development of thunderstorms.

Problem
On average, Singapore experiences 168 non-continuous work through the project phase.
thunderstorm days per year - days in which thunder The project comes to a stop when there is a CAT-1
is heard over the island, and gives an indication of status that happens frequently. With the regular
lightning activity.  At any given time, more than 2,000 stoppages of work, manpower time are wasted
thunderstorms are estimated to be active around which valued up to millions of dollars.
the globe. Hence, Exxon Mobil faces the issue of

Solution
Critical facility (previously Hitachi CFP) offered its lightning protection solution that not only enables essential
work to continue under many Cat 1 conditions but also enable work to resume sooner after the thunderstorm
has passed thus savings the Project contractor millions of dollars in terms of lost productivity and liabilities.

No. of days Lightning No. of days where DAS
Warning Cat-1 Announced: allowed continuance of
work during Cat-1:
152 days
136 days
Total no. of hours saved
with DAS deployment *:
326 hours
Total no. of man-hours
saved based on ABC
Contract Dept. report:
1,260,129

Return On Invested Capital

If we take average of $10/man-hour, total savings based on manpower alone so far is $12,601,290/-
This has not taken into consideration ABC Executives, other professional and expert presence. It also saves
on additional time for heavy equipment.
MANUFACTURING AIRPORT OIL & GAS

The protected site have not had a

lightning strike in the plant since the
system was installed 18 months ago.

The older existing plant and pump POWER /UTILITY PETROCHEMICALS TELECOMMUNICATION
station had an average of 8 to 10 strikes
yearly causing power and
communications disruptions until the
DAS system was installed.

Gary Harbuck
Electrical Superintendent
Consulting Firm for Multinational Oil and Gas Company
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Critical Facilities Pte. Ltd.

Critical 31 Loyang Crescent Singapore 509013
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