Snam
Rete Gas selects GE Equipment for expansion of pipeline station
in italy
Posted: 19 March 2004
GE Energy has received a turnkey contract from Snam Rete Gas of
Milan to supply two turbo compressor units for the expansion of
a gas pipeline station at Messina, Sicily.
The Messina station is part of the Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline
System, which transports natural gas from Algeria through Tunisia
to northern Italy. Snam Rete Gas, a ENI Group company, owns and
operates Italy's national gas pipeline system.
Each of the two turbo compressor units to be supplied by GE Energy
will include a GE PGT25+ gas turbine equipped with a dry low emissions
system, and a GE PCL 802/30 centrifugal compressor. The PGT25+,
which consists of a GE LM2500+ aeroderivative gas generator coupled
with a 6,100 rpm power turbine, has been developed for 30-megawatt-class
ISO shaft power service and offers the highest thermal efficiency
in this power range.
The PGT25+ power turbines and the centrifugal compressors will
be built at GE facilities in Florence, Italy, while the LM2500+
aeroderivative gas generators will be manufactured by GE in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
"GE has enjoyed a long relationship with Snam Rete Gas, as
we have furnished much of the company's pipeline turbo compressor
fleet," said Claudi Santiago, president of GE Energy's oil
and gas operations. "However, this project is particularly
significant because Messina will be the first Snam Rete Gas station
equipped with our PGT25+ gas turbine drivers."
Snam Rete Gas ( www.snamretegas.it) operates in gas transmission
and re-gasification through its nationwide pipeline network of approximately
30,000 kilometers.
GE Energy's oil and gas operations are based in Florence, the home
of Nuovo Pignone, a long-time global leader in gas compression and
turbo generation products. GE acquired Nuovo Pignone in 1994 and
since then has continued to expand its oil and gas platform by acquiring
or developing partnerships with other technology and experience
leaders in the industry.
About GE Energy
GE Energy is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation
and energy delivery technology, with 2003 revenues of nearly $18.5
billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy provides equipment,
service and management solutions across the power generation, oil
and gas, transmission and distribution, distributed power and energy
rental industries.
For more information see www.gepower.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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