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John Crane for Petrobras
John Crane has signed a dry gas
seal repair services agreement with
Brazilian energy company Petrobras
worth US$5 million over the next
three years. The deal covers the repair of dry gas seals used on both
upstream and gas transportation duties at various Petrobras facilities in
Brazil, plus the supply of spares. The
agreement simplifies the approval
process, which previously surrounded a large number of dry gas
seals installed at various Petrobras
offshore platforms and gas transportation facilities in Brazil, said John
Crane. It will generate faster repair
turnaround times and allow all seal
repairs to undergo dynamic testing,
since no bids process will be necessary to repair and/or supply spare
parts for these applications over the
next three years.
Prior to this agreement, John Crane
had completed some 200 repairs of
dry gas seals installed on Petrobras
platforms since 2003.
GE Oil & Gas to Upgrade Two
Gas Storage Facilities in
Northern Italy
GE Oil & Gas technology has been
selected by Stogit S.p.A., a Snam Rete
Gas company focused on gas storage
and modulation services, to upgrade
two gas storage facilities in Northern
Italy, bringing both sites into compliance with new emissions targets.
GE Oil & Gas will supply GE10-2
gas turbines, dry-low NOx (DLN)
emissions systems and additional
equipment for the conversion of the
Settala and Sabbioncello gas storage
plants. The new gas turbines will be
installed on the old foundations,
matching the existing interfaces and
thereby minimizing the impact on the
station layout. They will achieve NOx
emissions below 15 ppm, enabling
the plants to meet the new emissions
regulations of the Lombardia and
Emilia-Romagna regions. The gas turbines will also increase power output
at each site by 1 MW.
In addition to a GE10-2 gas turbine
with a DLN combustion system for
each site, the scope of GE’s contract
includes the supply of dry gas seals,
new “plug and play” Mark Vle control
panels, modification to the buildings,
installation and field services, and
training on the GE10-2 DLN packages.
The upgrade for the first unit is
scheduled for completion by May
2011. GE plans to finish the installations at both plants in 151 days, with
no plant shutdowns expected.
Dresser-Rand Heads to Sea
Dresser-Rand will supply the gas
compression and power generation
packages for SBM Offshore’s FPSO
vessel destined for Noble Energy’s
Aseng Field, offshore Equatorial
Guinea. It will provide four DATUM
