AIRPORTSBitumen solutions for the airports of today and the future

Shell Bitumen

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TRANSFORMING THE WAY WE LIVE

GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR A GLOBAL BUSINESS

With refineries, plants and depots around the world, Shell is able to source materials from a far-reaching geography to meet supply commitments and to help mitigate the risk to our customers of regional supply volatility. Our in-house operations team strive to ensure customers get the right product, on specification, at the right time, every time, thus avoiding potential delays or cost to our customers’ projects.

Options of short- to long-term supply contracts coupled with reliable depot and terminal operations are designed to give our customers security of supply where and when they need it. Shell can work with you to help manage risk with various pricing mechanisms and manage volatile product costs in order to enable you to plan your business.

AN INDUSTRY UNDER PRESSURE

This growth presents great opportunity for the industry, but also puts great pressure on the industry. Today’s airport operators face significant challenges in maintaining the operational excellence of airport pavements, along with the increasing pressure to limit runway downtime:

■■ Extended operating hours and less downtime for maintenance

■■ Increased air traffic volume and aircraft load as well as new landing gear configurations leading to increased requirements

■■ Short-term supplies of specialised high quality bitumen are increasingly constrained leading to project delays

■■ More stringent safety regulations

■■ Increasingly adverse climatic conditions

Working with partners from across the airport industry, Shell understands these issues and has developed solutions to address the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Airports play a critical role, and without them today’s modern economy would struggle to function effectively. Air transport has grown at almost twice the rate of GDP expansion, meaning that more people are travelling than ever before and growth is set to continue. 65 billion passengers have travelled by air in the past century, and it is estimated that another 65 billion passengers will take flight in the next 15 yearsii. Looking even further ahead, IATA projects that in 2050 aviation will fly 16 billion passengers and 400 million tonnes of cargo in one year alone.

IN JUST OVER ONE CENTURY, COMMERCIAL AVIATION HAS REVOLUTIONISED THE WAY IN WHICH WE LIVE OUR LIVES. EVERY DAY, NEARLY EIGHT MILLION PASSENGERSi BOARD A FLIGHT TO DO BUSINESS, REUNITE WITH FAMILY OR TO TRAVEL AND EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS.

i International Air Transport Association (IATA) website, March 2015 ii Aviation benefits beyond borders research, Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) 2012

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LEADERS IN TECHNOLOGY

Shell’s commitment to continued innovation and technical expertise in bitumen is evidenced by our three global Bitumen Solution Centres, dedicated Bitumen R&D centre and technical support.

Our dedicated Shell Bitumen Solution Centres work with customers to develop solutions to meet and exceed their requirements for safe and durable airport pavements.

Shell has developed a wide range of products suited to the airport sector, formulated to help reduce the need for maintenance and increase the pavement lifecycle.

PAVING THE WORLD’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS

SHELL’S BITUMEN SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN USED TO PAVE OVER 100 OF THE WORLD’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS, INCLUDING HEATHROW (UK), CHARLES DE GAULLE (FRANCE), DUBAI INTERNATIONAL (UAE), SCHIPHOL (NETHERLANDS), HKIA (HONG KONG), CHANGI (SINGAPORE), KLIA (MALAYSIA), FRANKFURT (GERMANY) AND SUVARNABHUMI (THAILAND).

PAVING THE WAY FOR SUCCESS AT THE WORLD’S SECOND BUSIEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

When Dubai International Airport needed to upgrade and resurface its two runways in 2014, Shell Bitumen was selected as the bitumen supplier of choice to provide bitumen solutions for this logistically challenging project.

Resurfacing 4km of runway in the world’s second busiest airport required a quick turnaround and an end result able to withstand climatic extremes and increasing traffic from the heavier Airbus A380 as well as the higher contact stresses exerted by the landing gear of the Boeing 777. Shell’s fit-for-purpose technical support provided the optimal mixture and binder design, onsite testing for quality and consistency control, and site laying and construction monitoring.

The final result exceeded expectations. The new Dubai International Airport runway was completed in 3.5 months with no disruptions. Shell was able to commission a mobile PMB plant onsite and provide technical expertise to both Dubai Airport and also the replacement airport during the work, Al Maktoum. Through Shell’s excellent account management and operational experience, logistics were well coordinated, ensuring timely delivery of the project.

CASE STUDY

Extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of bitumen technology, plus an ongoing commitment policy of continual product improvement, led to the development of Shell Cariphalte Fuelsafe. Shell Cariphalte Fuelsafe is a high-performance bitumen that has been specially designed by Shell to make asphalt surfaces last longer when exposed to the potential damage caused by spilt and leaking fuel. It is a proven and cost-effective bitumen that delivers at least three times more resistance to the costly effects of fuel leakage than conventional grades.

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ABOUT SHELL

As one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies, Shell is well known for its commitment to innovation, product quality and customer service. All Shell employees share a set of core values – honesty, integrity and respect for people. We pride ourselves on helping our customers meet and exceed the highest health, safety, environmental and regulatory standards so that you can benefit from a safe, reliable supply.

© Shell International Petroleum Company Limited 2015 ‘Cariphalte’ and ‘Cariphalte Fuelsafe’ are trademarks of the Shell Group.

www.shell.com/bitumenGET IN TOUCH

GLOBAL REACH, LOCAL TOUCH:

BITUMEN EXPERTISE

■■ Serving the bitumen industry since 1920

■■ 1km of road is paved every 4 minutes using Shell bitumen

■■ Leaders in innovation – 49 active patents linked to bitumen and asphalt

■■ 9 bitumen manufacturing facilities across 5 continents

■■ Worldwide network of 25 terminals operating with Shell’s industry leading standards with ~300KT of storage capacity

■■ Multimodal logistics capability involving trucks, railcars, barges and marine

■■ One of the largest dedicated R&D centres in the world

■■ Professional Sales and Technical team on the ground to serve our customers

SHELL AVELLANEDA REFINERY, BUENOS ARIES, ARGENTINA

SHELL ST ROSE REFINERY, LOUISIANA, USA

ERL REFINERY, EASTHAM, UK

SHELL BITUMEN SOLUTIONS CENTRE, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

SHELL BITUMEN INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, BANGALORE, INDIA

SHELL PULAU BUKOM REFINERY, SINGAPORE CITY, SINGAPORESAPREF REFINERY,

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

SHELL BITUMEN SOLUTIONS CENTRE, BEIJING, CHINA

SHELL BITUMEN SOLUTIONS CENTRE, BANGKOK, THAILAND

SHELL PERNIS REFINERY, ZUID-HOLLAND, NETHERLANDS

SHELL GODORF REFINERY, GODORF-COLOGNEKARLSRUHE MIRO REFINERY, KARLSRUHESCHWEDT REFINERY, SCHWEDTGERMANY

Key■ Refineries■ Solution Centres■ Technology Centres

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