Amarinth adds Abu Dhabi pump orders
8 Aug 2012
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Amarinth has secured orders totalling $5.5 million from the National Petroleum Construction Co. (NPCC) in Abu Dhabi.The deals involve the supply of pumps into both offshore and onshore projects.
These units will be used on two major projects. The first will see Amarinth supplying API 610 A series and C Series pumps to the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO).
These pumps will be used on the offshore Zakum Central Super Complex (ZCSC) demothballing project to increase oil production capacity from Zakum Field from 2012 onwards.
The pumps, manufactured in a combination of super-duplex and stainless steel, have had a number of bespoke design changes to meet the project requirements.
Changes include the addition of base plates to fit the existing layout of the platform, and modifications to existing casings to accommodate higher maximum allowable working pressures.
The company is also supplying Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) for two different parts of its ‘1.8 Million Project’. This will increase Abu Dhabi’s onshore oil production capacity from 1.4 to 1.8 million barrels per day and involves the development of four major oil fields.
The first two phases cover work on the Bab-Thamama G/Habshan II and Qushawira fields, both of which have been awarded to NPCC.
For Bab Thamama, Amarinth’s scope is for 30 API 610 process pumps including VS4 and OH2 pumps, all manufactured with Inconel shafting to withstand the harsh H2S rich environment.
Amarinth said it also provided a flexible approach to financing this fast track project working closely with both its client and UK bank, Lloyds Banking Group, to ensure that all parties achieved their individual requirements for this project.
On the Qushawira part of the project, Amarinth’s scope was solely for vertical VS4 pumps on similarly demanding applications.
