GE
Energy to supply compressors for Norwegian gas processing plant
Posted: 04 May 2004
Part of the Ormen Lange Gas Field Development Project
GE Energy has received a contract of nearly 51 million euros from
Norsk Hydro Production ASA to supply five compression trains for
the Ormen Lange gas processing plant in Nyhamna, Norway, GE announced
at Offshore Technology Conference 2004.
Norsk Hydro, which has the responsibility as operator for the development
phase, is part of the license group for Ormen Lange, the largest
gas field under development on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The field is located 100 kilometers off the northwestern coast of
Norway, at water depths of 800-1,100 meters.
Other members of the license group are AS Norsk Shell (having responsibility
as the operator for the operational phase), Petoro ASA, Statoil
ASA, BP Norway, and Esso Exploration and Production Norway.
GE Energy will provide three export trains, each consisting of
two centrifugal compressors driven by 48-megawatt variable speed
electric motors, and two recompression trains, each consisting of
two centrifugal compressors driven by 7.3-megawatt variable speed
electric motors.
The compressor contract was awarded under GE Energy's existing
frame agreement with Norsk Hydro covering the supply of turbo compressors
as well as parts and services for the Ormen Lange project.
The compressors will be manufactured and tested at GE Energy's
oil and gas facilities located in Florence and Massa, Italy, including
a 48-megawatt full-load load-string test on the export compression
train. Shipment of the units will begin by June 30, 2005 and will
continue until November 1, 2005. Commercial operation of the new
gas processing plant is expected by October of 2007.
Gas from the Ormen Lange field will be carried through a pipeline
to the onshore processing plant where the GE Energy equipment is
to be installed After processing, the gas will be exported to the
United Kingdom through a pipeline presently under construction,
which will be the longest subsea export pipeline in the world.
GE Energy's oil and gas operations are based in Florence, Italy,
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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