Quick Answer: The Tangguh LNG Plant in Indonesia will use:
Type: Gas-turbine refrigerant turbo compressor
Model: GE Frame 7EA
Power requirement: 86 MW
Capacity: 7 million tons LNG
Supplier: GE Power Systems
Info source: GE Power Systems press release and
publicly available info off their web site.
Long Answer:
Text of press release:
FLORENCE, ITALY (October 30, 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 of 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.
Info from GE Power Systems web site:
The focus of GE Power Systems is on the heart of the liquefaction
process, the main refrigerant turbo compressors. During the late 1970s
and into the 1980s, the LNG industry moved away from steam
turbine-driven liquefaction trains to gas turbine drivers, with single
train outputs between 2.1 to 2.7 million tons per year. A typical gas
turbine for these applications was the GE Frame 5 machine.
In the early 1990s, Malaysia LNG planned a major expansion, and looked
at the concept of using fewer, larger machines for the same
refrigerant power. GE responded with the Frame 7EA, an 86-megawatt
machine; and the smaller Frame 6B, a 43.5-megawatt machine. These gas
turbines were adapted and successfully integrated with large
compressors. |
