Petrofac awards Abu Dhabi orders to Amarinth
23 Apr 2010
Rendlesham, UK – EPC contractor Petrofac has ordered $4m worth of pumps from Amarinth, mostly for the ASAB Full Field Development project in Abu Dhabi – the biggest on-shore project ever awarded in the region. The UK-based company’s API 610 pumps are due for delivery by June.
The main order of $3m is to supply 33 VS4 vertical, and eight OH2 horizontal pumps, some with Amarinth Protect System seal support systems and others with it’s in-pump gulley sucker arrangement.
The ASAB project is to upgrade existing facilities enabling the operator Abu Dhabi Company for Oil Operations (ADCO) to increase production capacity to a peak rate of 720,000 barrels per day of stabilised crude oil. The pumps will operate in harsh conditions, including low NPSH duties.
Prior to this order, Amarinth secured a smaller order from Petrofac on the same ASAB project for 6 API 610 OH2 pumps for use in pumping produced and potable water.
Following both of these contracts, Petrofac placed a further order for 15 API 610 VS4 Vertical sump pumps for use on a Sonatrac project in the El-Merk field in Algeria. Again, these pumps will operate in conditions requiring low NPSH and this time will have to withstand unusually high operating temperatures of up to 315°C in an upset condition.
