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Aviation Fuel Tank Farm, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
CLIENT: Malaysia Airports Sepang SDN BHD ENGINEER: Technip - Bechtel Joint Venture SDN BHD CONTRACTOR: Technip - Bechtel Joint Venture SDN BHD Turnkey
where it has handled 677,446 metric tonnes of cargo.
The design chosen for the fuel tank farm facility at Kuala Lumpur International Airport had to provide a secure bunded area of a high security lining membrane directly beneath the tank bases.
The incorporation of these high performance linings ensure that no leaks or spillage of aviation fuel occur within the facility that could enter the ground water. After intensive research and evaluation, the lining system selected was an environmentally friendly pre-hydrated geo-synthetic bentonite clay barrier RAWMAT® HDB. Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is one of southeast Asia's major aviation hubs, Malaysia’s main international airport. It is situated in the The membrane (supplied in rolls 2m wide by 50m long) was chosen as it Sepang district, in the south of the state of Selangor, about 50 km from the provides a highly flexible, self sealing membrane which could withstand capital city, Kuala Lumpur. Built at a cost of some US$3.5 billion, KLIA was the potential differential settlement of the reclaimed ground within the opened on 27th June 1998. bunded area, without damaging the seal across the body of the bund or at the numerous plinths and stanchion penetrations. Kuala Lumpur International Airport is capable of handling 35 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo a year in its current phase. It is Due to the simple installation procedures this user friendly system was currently ranked as the 13th-busiest airport in the world by international easily installed by the contractors own labour without the need for sub- passenger traffic where it has handled 24,129,748 passengers in the year of contract specialist installers. Despite tight deadlines the Tank Farm was 2006. In the same year, it is also ranked 30th busiest airport in the world completed and operational in good time for the official opening of the Airport in time for the Commonwealth Games in 1998.