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Dresser-Rand to Supply $15 million USD of Equipment for
Russian Offshore Project
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. ("Dresser-Rand") (NYSE:DRC), a global supplier of rotating equipment and aftermarket parts and services, announced that it will supply a VECTRA 40G generator package to Siemens Oil and Gas Offshore/Sevmorneftegaz for its Prirazlomnaya Project.
This is the third VECTRA generator package to be delivered to this platform since the fall of 2005. Once installed, all three packages will run together to meet increasing offshore power demand.
The Dresser-Rand VECTRA 40 power turbine was developed to be compatible with the GE LM2500+ gas generator. Together they offer the most effective power package available for high-speed operation. As part of a complete package with the GE LM2500+, the VECTRA turbine has an ISO rating of 40,200 horsepower (30 megawatts). Thermal efficiency is 39.9 percent at full load, with a corresponding mass flow to 180 pounds per second. The VECTRA 40 has a maximum continuous operating speed of 6,500 RPM -- the highest for a power turbine that is available for use with the GE LM2500+.
The VECTRA 40 power turbine's modular design improves serviceability while reducing downtime. It can be installed and removed as a unit, either separate from, or with the gas generator. Such design advantages can produce significant operational savings to clients during the extended life cycle of the units.
"The VECTRA power turbine provides a cost-effective solution for clients," says Dan Lowry, vice president, Client Services for Dresser-Rand. "It requires a reduced maintenance area and is far lighter than earlier power turbine designs, so platforms can be designed to be smaller and lighter. Furthermore, the power turbine module is not required at the time of platform construction. The module can arrive on site just before commissioning without affecting the overall project schedule."
Date 23 January 2008
Kongsberg Maritime extends deliveries of dynamic process simulation
services to petroleum development Oman
Leading Spanish engineering contractor, Tecnicas Reunidas (TR), has placed
an order for a Dynamic Simulation Study of critical depletion compressors
with Kongsberg Maritime's Oil & Gas division Process Simulation &
Optimization Business Unit.
The USD600M Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract was
awarded to TR-Oman by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in 2006 with
completion anticipated for Q2 2009. The scope of supply includes a series of
compressors designed to increase output of gas and to ensure a more stable
flow.
Kongsberg Maritime, using its proprietary dynamic simulation tool ASSETT,
will model a section of the plant. The study calls for the dynamic
simulation of alternative conditions in order to optimize the compressor`s
performance and will be performed in close collaboration with TR`s Ute Saih
Rawl engineers in Madrid, Spain.
Kongsberg Maritime's Oil & Gas division has supplied a range of Operator
Training Simulators in the past to PDO. "We are pleased to see that we are
PDO`s chosen supplier of Dynamic Process Simulation products and services as
this is a continuation of a long term mutually beneficial relationship,"
comments Peter Grindem, the Business Unit`s European Sales manager.
Date 10 January 2008
GE oil & gas to supply compressors and steam turbines for large-scale ethylene plant in Saudi Arabia
GE Oil & Gas will supply three compression trains for a new, large-scale ethylene cracker plant in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which will have a capacity of 1.165 million tons per year when it enters commercial service in 2011 for Saudi Chevron Phillips Co.
The new GE-supplied compression trains will consist of cracked gas, propylene refrigerant and binary refrigerant compressors.
Saudi Chevron Phillips’ existing petrochemical complex in Al-Jubail includes an ethylbenzene unit, cyclohexane and a world scale single-train styrene unit. Included in the current complex expansion are polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene units along with required utilities storage facilities, feedstock and product pipelines, and port facilities.
“GE is honored to be supporting Saudi Chevron Phillips on this world-class project as we expand our equipment installation in Saudi Arabia,” said Joe Mastrangelo, General Manager- New Units for GE Oil & Gas. “The utilization of our steam turbine and centrifugal compressor technology will enable the new ethylene plant to handle all process requirements.”
He added, “This project is a milestone for GE on several levels: it reinforces our position as a leader in supplying very large compressor trains, it signals our continued development of mechanical drive steam turbines and it underlines our increasing commitment to the downstream segment, in particular ethylene. The project also builds on our 35 years of experience in Saudi Arabia.”
GE Oil & Gas is a world leader in very large compressor experience (up to 800 bar), with more than 3.2 million operating hours accumulated by 80 units currently in operation worldwide.
The compressor trains for the Saudi Chevron Phillips project are being manufactured by GE Oil & Gas at its facilities in Florence and Massa, Italy. The equipment is scheduled for delivery to the plant site between April and June 2009.
WorleyParsons International, Inc. of Houston, Texas performed front-end engineering and design work on the project.
In addition to the Saudi Arabia project, previously GE Oil & Gas had been selected to supply compressor trains for two milestone projects in China that will feature the world's largest coal-based propylene plants.
The two projects are Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group's plant in the Ningxia province of western China; and Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd.'s facility in Xilinguola, Inner Mongolia. Both complexes will produce approximately 500,000 tons of polypropylene per year from coal when they enter commercial service in early 2009.
Date 10 November 2007
New power plant in Northern China powered by
GE Energy’s Jenbacher coal mine methane gas engines
Four of GE Energy’s ecomaginationSM certified Jenbacher coal mine methane gas engines are generating electricity at a power plant in Shentangzui, Shanxi Province in northern China as the country expands its installation of distributed power systems to address its pressing energy requirements.
The project ties in with the country’s national energy Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) based on certified emissions reduction (CER) credits trading. The power generated by the Jenbacher units will be sold to the regional grid, able to serve the electricity requirements of about 97,000 Chinese homes in that region.
Unlike the typical coal mine methane power plant built at a given mine site, for this new project owned by Shanxi Yang Quan Coal Industry (Group) Co. Ltd., the methane is extracted from an active coal mine and then delivered via pumps, storage tanks and pipelines over a distance of several kilometers to the company’s Shentangzui Power Plant in the prefecture-level city of Yang Quan, located 100 kilometers north of Taiyuan city, capital of Shanxi Province – one of the leading coal producing regions in China.
The new Shentangzui Power Plant features four of Jenbacher’s JGS 620 GS-S.L. engines, with an electrical output of 3.044 MW each and an electrical efficiency of 40.6 percent. The generator sets were manufactured at GE’s gas engine headquarters and manufacturing center in Jenbach, Austria. In addition to the generator sets, GE also provided power plant auxiliary equipment to its local authorized distributor for Jenbacher gas engines, Jebsen & Co. Ltd. The turn-key equipment supply contract for this power plant project – including the coal mine gas pre-treatment and master control system – was awarded to Jebsen & Co. Ltd in 2006.
By capturing and utilizing the coal mine methane gas – a potent greenhouse gas and available energy source in the mining industry – for power generation with Jenbacher gas engines, less of the gas has to be vented into the atmosphere.
In contrast to the dominant method of local power production – coal fired plants – utilizing this “free” waste gas for power generation will contribute to the Chinese government’s sustainable development goals for the region – including improved energy security and a more circular economy, a model that effectively balances economic development with environmental and resources protection.
Installation of the Jenbacher engines in Yang Quan was completed at the site in May 2007, and start up and commissioning conducted by GE’s Jenbacher business in August 2007.
“Given China’s role as the world’s leading coal-producing country, we are pleased to cooperate with Shanxi Yang Quan Coal Industry Group on this milestone project between our companies as China continues its efforts on curtailing industrial emissions by increasing the utilization of alternative energy sources, including methane gas from active coal mines,” said Prady Iyyanki, CEO of GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engines division.
Date 31 October 2007
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