Amarinth has accomplished a US$1.5 million order from Armada Madura for six API 610 VS4 vertical pumps for a new FPSO being constructed 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 meeting – Image: Amarinth.
Two of the six API 610 VS4 pumps are pour level depressant pumps that are 18m in length and the opposite 4 are methanol raise pumps which may be 10m lengthy.
All of the pumps have PT100 temperature sensors which have been designed and built alongside the size of the pumps to monitor the temperature of each bearing individually.
pressure gauge incorporate a supporting system of brackets that Amarinth has designed which attaches every pump to its tank during set up guaranteeing that because the pump is lowered into the tank it remains perfectly aligned, decreasing vibration and wear during operation.
Once assembled, the pumps were independently witness tested and licensed by DNV at Amarinth’s facility in Rendlesham, UK. The pumps have been then disassembled into 3m segments and shipped to Singapore the place the FPSO (floating manufacturing storage and offloading unit) is being constructed.
The pump supply and set up needed to align with the FPSO build schedule. Because of the length of the pumps, they had to be installed into the vessel’s tanks via the deck before one other deck above the pumps might be constructed. The first phase was accomplished successfully over the Christmas period with Amarinth’s Engineering Commissioning team supporting the client with the set up and commissioning.
The FPSO shall be positioned in the KG-DWN 98/2 field, roughly 22 km off the east coast of Kakinada, India. The vessel is designed to provide up to 90 000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) and have a 1.3-million-barrel storage facility. It might be equipped to handle the monsoon conditions prevalent on the area.
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