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This latest order is for two 14 MW condensing steam turbine driven
generator sets for the Espirito Santo (BC-10) FPSO vessel to be
moored off the coast of Brazil.
The Espirito Santo (BC-10)
development will be the first full field development based on subsea
oil and gas separation and subsea pumping. Espirito Santo technology
requirements include artificial deepwater lift via high power
electric pumps in seabed caissons and horizontal wells. The
double-sided FPSO design includes significant power and heat
delivery systems that are required to drive the system and process
the heavy crudes that range from 16 to 24 degrees API.
The two steam turbine driven
generator sets each consist of a turbine, gearbox and generator, all
mounted on a common bedplate which incorporates the oil system, and
a separate water-cooled condenser mounted directly below the
turbine's exhaust. The equipment is currently being installed and
commissioned on board the vessel.
SBM chose Peter Brotherhood because
of its previous experience with the company and because of Peter
Brotherhood's extensive experience in manufacturing steam turbine
driven generator sets for installation on FPSO vessels.
Peter Brotherhood's sales and
marketing director Steve Wellburn said: "We have secured a number of
contracts with SBM in recent years. With the inclusion of this
latest order we have supplied ten turbines on board six FPSO vessels
which have a total power output of 130 MWe."
Peter Brotherhood's sales and
marketing director Steve Wellburn said: "We have secured a number of
contracts with SBM in recent years. With the inclusion of this
latest order we have supplied 10 turbines on board 6 FPSO vessels
which have a total power output of 130 MWe."
Peter Brotherhood has been designing
and manufacturing steam turbine driven generator sets for FPSOs
since 1981 and has installed turbines on vessels which are moored
off the coast of West Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil and
Australia and in the North Sea.
May 2008 -
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