ABB DRIVES HELP DEVELOP GIANT NORWEGIAN GAS FIELD

Main Menu | News By Date | News By Supplier | News By Category | About Us

ABB DRIVES HELP DEVELOP GIANT NORWEGIAN GAS FIELD
01 July 2006 - ABB Automation Technologies

ABB, said today it has received a $22 million order from GE Oil and Gas, Nuovo Pignone to provide electrical drive systems for an onshore gas processing plant that will support the Ormen Lange gas field in Norway.

"ABB's automation products and advanced drives technology will help develop one of the largest gas fields on the Norwegian continental shelf," said Dinesh Paliwal, head of ABB's Automation Technologies division. "This significant order expands and supports our long-term relationships with the region's key operators, and leverages our expertise in deployment of energy-saving products and systems"

The order includes two Series ACS 6000 variable speed drive systems for the recompressors, and three load commutated inverter adjustable speed synchronous motor drive systems for the export compressors. ABB's systems will be installed at the Nyhamna onshore gas processing plant in Norway. ABB will also integrate power transformers, converters with filters, and motors to complete the advanced drive systems.

The contract's scope includes design, engineering, documentation, equipment testing, back-to-back testing and commissioning of the complete drives systems.

Natural gas from the Ormen Lange field will be processed and compressed at Nyhamna, then transported through a 1,200 kilometer-long pipeline to Easington in the U.K. ABB drives will be used to control and optimize speed of the export gas compressor and recompressor trains.

With estimated reserves of 397 billion cubic meters, the Ormen Lange field will begin exports to the U.K. in 2007. Norsk Hydro is developing the field, which is located about 100 kilometers off the Norwegian coast and is slated to represent about 20 percent of Norway's gas exports, and 20 percent of the U.K. gas market demand.

http://www.abb.com

About: ABB Automation Technologies
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs around 105,000 people.
ABB has streamlined its divisional structure to focus on two core businesses: Power Technologies and Automation Technologies. The Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals division is slated for divestment.

ABB Power Technologies serves electric, gas and water utilities as well as industrial and commercial customers, with a broad range of products, systems and services for power transmission, distribution and automation.

ABB Automation Technologies blends a robust product and service portfolio with end-user expertise and global presence to deliver solutions for control, motion, protection, and plant integration across the full range of process and utility industries.

In addition to ABB's automation activities directed at the oil and gas industries, ABB Lummus Global continues to design and supply production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants.

ABB's former Upstream business, divested in July 2004, is now part of Vetco International (www.vetco.com).

More News:
  • For July 2006
  • From ABB Automation Technologies
  • For Production Monitoring Equipment