Corporate Office
18310 Market Street
Channelview, Texas 77530
Phone
281-860-3200

Steaming & Flaring

Southwest Shipyard, L.P. provides a dedicated cargo Steaming and Flaring Dock at its Channelview facility

Steaming Capabilities:

  • Capable of steaming 10,000, 20,000 and 30,000 barrel barges.
  • One 250hp 6,500,000 btu/hr boiler producing 8600 pounds of steam per hour.
  • One 500hp 13,000,000 btu/hr boiler producing 17,000 pounds of steam per hour.
  • Typical cargoes steamed are Lube Oils, #6 Bunker Oil, Paraxylene, Vacuum Gas Oil, Slack Wax, Phenol, Pyrolysis Fuel Oil, Hexamethylenediamine.

Flaring Capabilities:

  • Capable of flaring vapor from 10,000, 20,000 and 30,000 barrel barges.
  • One Thermal Oxidizer. Height – 50 feet. Radius – 9 feet. Maximum Output – 30,000,000 btu/hr.
  • Typical cargo vapors flared are Propylene, Butadiene, Propane, Butane, Propylene Oxide, Isobutane, Butane/Butylene Mix and Anhydrous Ammonia.