Amarinth has completed a US$1.5 million order from Armada Madura for six API 610 VS4 vertical pumps for a brand new FPSO being built for India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC).
One of the Amarinth 18m lengthy API 610 VS4 pumps for the Armada Madura FPSO in assembly – Image: Amarinth.
Two of the six API 610 VS4 pumps are pour point depressant pumps which are 18m in length and the opposite four are methanol raise pumps that are 10m lengthy.
All of the pumps have PT100 temperature sensors which have been designed and built alongside the length of the pumps to monitor the temperature of every bearing individually.
The 18m lengthy pumps incorporate a supporting system of brackets that Amarinth has designed which attaches every pump to its tank throughout installation ensuring that because the pump is lowered into the tank it remains completely aligned, lowering vibration and wear throughout operation.
Once assembled, the pumps were independently witness examined and authorized by DNV at Amarinth’s facility in Rendlesham, UK. The pumps were then disassembled into 3m segments and shipped to Singapore where the FPSO (floating manufacturing storage and offloading unit) is being constructed.
The pump supply and set up had to align with the FPSO build schedule. Because of ไดอะแฟรม of the pumps, they needed to be installed into the vessel’s tanks via the deck earlier than another deck above the pumps could be constructed. The first part was accomplished successfully over the Christmas period with Amarinth’s Engineering Commissioning group supporting the client with the installation and commissioning.
The FPSO shall be positioned in the KG-DWN 98/2 field, approximately 22 km off the east coast of Kakinada, India. The vessel is designed to produce up to ninety 000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) and have a 1.3-million-barrel storage facility. It might be outfitted to deal with the monsoon circumstances prevalent on the area.
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