GE Oil & Gas supplies compressors for Tangguh LNG plant
Posted: 30 October 2003
GE Oil & Gas, a unit of GE Power Systems, has been awarded
a contract of approximately US$90 million to supply gas turbine-driven
compressors for the Tangguh LNG Project in Indonesia.
The equipment will be used in the first compressor train for the
new LNG facility, which will be constructed in Bintuni Bay Regency,
Papua Province, Indonesia.
The Tangguh LNG project is operated by BP on behalf of its partners
MI Berau B.V (held by Mitsubishi Corporation and INPEX Corporation),
CNOOC Ltd., Nippon Oil Exploration Berau, BG International Limited,
KG Companies (held by Japan National Oil Corporation, Kanematsu
Corporation and Overseas Petroleum Corporation,) and LNG Japan Corporation
(held by Nissho Iwai Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation).
GE Oil & Gas will supply the two main refrigerant turbo compressor
strings for the compressor train. The mixed refrigerant string will
include one low-pressure axial compressor and one medium-pressure
centrifugal compressor, driven by a GE Frame 7EA gas turbine and
a helper/starter steam turbine.
The propane string will include one low-pressure and one high-pressure
barrel centrifugal compressor driven by a GE Frame 7EA gas turbine
and a helper/starter steam turbine.
The turbo compressor strings will be manufactured at GE facilities
in Greenville, South Carolina, USA, and Florence and Massa Carrara,
Italy. In addition to the equipment, GE Oil & Gas will provide
engineering and procurement services, fabrication, packaging and
full-load testing. The turbo compressors strings are scheduled for
shipment in 2005 from Italy.
"Because of the climate and the remote location of Papua,
the Tangguh LNG project is challenging both for the owners and the
contractors," said Claudi Santiago, president of GE Oil &
Gas. "We are pleased that our technology has been selected
to support these efforts."
When completed with a second compressor train, the Tangguh LNG
facility will have an annual gas liquefaction capacity of at least
seven million tons of LNG. The Tangguh partners expect to commence
commercial production from the facility in 2007 to meet its supply
commitments.
This project reinforces GE Oil & Gas' leadership position in
the LNG service industry, and builds on GE’s strong relationship
with BP.
GE Oil & Gas is based in Florence, Italy, the home of Nuovo
Pignone, a long-time global leader in gas compression and turbo
generation products. Other members of the GE Oil & Gas business
include Gemini, GE Packaged Power Odessa, Rotoflow, A-C Compressor
and Conmec, all of the U.S.; Thermodyn of France and PII Pipeline
Solutions of the U.K.
About GE Power Systems
GE Power Systems is one of the world's leading suppliers of power
generation technology, energy services and management systems with
2002 revenues of nearly $23 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia,
GE Power Systems provides equipment, service and management solutions
across the power generation, oil and gas, distributed power and
energy rental industries.
For more information see www.gepower.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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