Power service provider Aggreko’s Dubai branch will supplyi a 3MW temporary power package, a 250 kW load bank and two compressors for Bulgaria’s Petreco, a division of Melrose Resources.
The package is installed on board a pipe-laying barge during the commissioning stage of the vessel in Turkey. Temporary power will be used for the winches, lights, and associated equipment.
The barge is currently on location at the Galata gas fields in the Black Sea, offshore Bulgaria. The barge will install a 23-kilometer, 14-in pipeline leading from the gas field to the onshore processing facility, which started October 2003.
“Through a coordinated effort between the Aggreko fleet teams in Dubai and Holland, all the equipment was collected from both countries and delivered to Turkey as a complete package in less than four weeks,” said an Aggreko spokesperson.
During the pipe laying procedure at the Galata field, the barge will need to be kept flat and stationary by using a mooring system and a constant tension winch, which will be powered by the Aggreko generator. The 250 kW load bank connected to the generator adsorbs the regenerative power from the winch when the mornings are loosened to move the barge forward.
The Galata gas field was discovered in 1993 and since 1998 Petreco has been developing options to make the development of the field commercially viable for use in the Bulgarian regional market.
Aggreko is a provider of temporary power and temperature control solutions. Power generation services include generators, loadbanks, transformers and ancillary products offering power from 15 kVA in a single unit to the design, installation and operation of complete multi-megawatt power packages. — (menareport.com)
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