MUSCAT -- ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order to provide electrical equipment and related services for the Kauther Depletion Compressor Project for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). The contract was awarded by GE Oil & Gas. Located on the northern edge of the major central Oman gas fields, the Kauther gas field depletion compressor project will extract the remaining natural gas from a number of existing wells.
ABB's scope of supply consists of engineering services and electrical equipment, including variable speed drive systems for the compressor. The project is scheduled for completion in the last quarter of 2010. "This contract highlights ABB's ability to provide the electrical solutions and services needed to optimise a wide range of processes and applications," said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB's Process Automation division. "ABB advanced technology solutions for this project will help the customer achieve exceptional performance, energy savings and better control of the process."
The project includes the delivery of two variable speed drive systems for the compressor application; each with a 17 MW 1,500 rpm synchronous motor, LCI converter, four winding transformers and filters; switchgear and chiller for converter cooling. ABB will also provide related engineering services, including a network study to ensure the optimal performance of the installed system.
In July, Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, was awarded a contract worth more than $350 million for the Kauther gas-field depletion-compression project. Petrofac is undertaking the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the gas compression system, and associated facilities at the Kauther gas plant, in addition to undertaking the commissioning and six months of initial operations.
The project follows the successful completion of the Kauther gas plant in 2007, which Petrofac built on an EPC basis for PDO, including commissioning and operations. The RO 171 million Kauther Gas plant can process up to 20 million cubic metres per day of gas destined for the Omani market.
The gas is collected via a gathering system involving lengthy bulk lines, three remote manifolds and over 40 km of flow-lines hooked up to 14 production wells. The processed gas is exported to the Government Gas System via an 85 kilometre pipeline from where it is delivered to customers in Muscat and Sohar area. Condensate, valuable hydrocarbon liquids produced along with the gas, is transported via a 103 kilometre pipeline to the Saih Rawl Central Processing Plant and on onto the Mina Al Fahal crude export terminal via PDO's Main Oil Line.
By Staff Reporter
© Oman Daily Observer 2009
