Oil & Gas

Tough, secure and protective equipment housings for the most extreme environments in remote locations

At Portastor we understand the equipment-housing requirements of organisations throughout the oil and gas sector, where plants and refineries are often located in remote areas in harsh environments subject to extremes of temperature. These are inhospitable locations where traditional bricks and mortar construction is difficult, dangerous and often impractical.

Off-site construction for challenging sites

That's why leading organisations across the oil and gas industry have turned to factory-manufactured buildings from Portastor to provide their robust, secure, blast-resistant equipment housings. We have delivered bespoke equipment housings for use as packaged substations, local equipment rooms housing variable speed drives, analyser housings and control and automation centres, including remote instrument buildings (RIBs), field auxiliary rooms (FARs) and remote instrumentation equipment (RIE) housings.

Blast and fire resistance for your peace of mind

Our buildings can be engineered to provide blast resistance to meet oil and gas industry parameters for building response, blast-wave pressure and duration. Portastor is constantly pushing the limits of blast resistance in our buildings. We can design buildings to deliver a low building response to protect essential equipment in the unlikely event of a blast and enable your plant to resume operations as quickly as possible after an incident.

Buildings for every stage of oil and gas processing and storage

Our buildings have been employed across the oil and gas sector, from pipeline and transportation operations to refineries, downstream derivatives processes, LNG terminals and storage sites. We manufacture buildings for projects worldwide, in some of the most demanding environments in the world, from the searing heat of the Arabian desert to barren areas of central Europe where annual temperatures range from -40 °C in winter to +50 °C in summer.

Guaranteed quality every time

By manufacturing your safety-critical equipment housings off-site at our dedicated plant in the UK, we take the entire construction process away from your operational environment and guarantee exceptional quality standards in every building. What's more, we install and test all client-supplied operational and safety-critical equipment to create a complete integrated building, ready for delivery to your site.

All you need from a single source

Your entire project will be managed by a dedicated centralised project team, who will oversee your project from design through manufacture to installation. This experienced team gives you a single point of contact and will ensure that our buildings meet all of your specifications.

Safeguarding your essential equipment

Efficient environmental control and monitoring systems including fire detection and suppression systems can be installed, which will shutdown essential equipment and safeguard your building in the event of a vapour-cloud incident or other fire or explosion risk. Your building can also be fitted with heating and air conditioning systems, and can provide an ingress-protected enclosure for sensitive equipment.

Find out what our customers think…

Take a look at our case studies, to find out how we have fulfilled the diverse requirements of customers in all industry sectors, around the world. You can also visit our manufacturing facilities to see how off-site construction and more than 50 years’ experience can benefit your organisation. We will arrange everything.

Find out more

For more information about any of our products and services, contact us today.

Telephone: +44 (0)845 60 41 443