Amarinth gains Petronas approved vendor status

Woodbridge, UK – Amarinth, a supplier of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the industrial, chemical and petrochemical industries, has gained Petronas approved vendor status – the certification necessary to provide equipment into the majority of the oil and gas projects in the Malaysia region.

According to Amarinth, the deal gives it more access to the Malaysian market for the oil and gas industry, especially for its range of API 610 centrifugal pumps, used in onshore and offshore applications.

The pumps maker worked closely with Geveke Oil & Gas Malaysia Sdn. Bhd to achieve the Petronas approval and this led to it appointing the Dutch-based firm as its agent for Malaysia.

Both companies will now provide the EPC contractors in the region, such as SBM, Ranhill Worley and Aker which Amarinth already work closely with in other parts of the world, centrifugal horizontal and vertical API 610 pumps.

Amarinth noted that the main features of offshore and onshore oil and gas contracts include quick lead times and space restrictions resulting in the need for pumps that can operate with low net positive suction head (NPSH), such as found on FPSO vessels. Some equipment, it added, must also meet low shear requirements such as pumping oil suspended in water into filtration systems.

“We have been looking to move into the Malaysian market for some time as our range of API pumps are well proven within the oil and gas industry in many other parts of the world, and in many cases are the first choice of pumps amongst EPC contractors and package providers,” said Oliver Brigginshaw, MD of Amarinth.

“Gaining Petronas approved vendor status along with signing Geveke Oil & Gas Malaysia as our agent will enable us to gain a strong foothold in a number of projects within the region. On approval we immediately received a number of good quality enquiries that we are now following up.”