Wet Gas Compression for StatoilHydro
Framo signs contract with StatoilHydro for Wet Gas Compression qualification Framo Engineering AS and StatoilHydro ASA have entered into a formal contract to further develop and qualify a subsea boosting system based on Framo's subsea wet gas compressor technology. The Framo Multiphase Compressor technology enables boosting of gas that contains condensate and water, which for conventional compressors would have to be removed upstream.
The contract between StatoilHydro and Framo represents a step towards the realization of a subsea Multiphase Compressor unit, in addition to associated qualification activities. The contract period is 24 months and will make it possible for StatoilHydro and partners on Gullfaks to select the Framo Subsea Multiphase Compressor system for implementation and start-up at Gullfaks in 2013. The business case is to maintain the plateau production on Gullfaks C beyond 2013 and to increase the total recovery from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir by 3 GSm3 of gas. The development solution is based on a subsea compressor template tied back to the Gullfaks C platform and will be developed in competition with a topside compressor solution. Managing Director of Framo Engineering AS, Ole G. Steine says, "This contract represents a major break-through for this novel technology, which may change the way subsea gas fields are developed in the future. Framo Engineering is therefore very appreciative of StatoilHydro's important contribution to the commercialization of this game-changing subsea gas field development solution". The Gullfaks field lies in block 34/10 in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea and has been developed with three large concrete production platforms. Four satellite fields - Gullfaks South, Rimfaks, Skinfaks and Gullveig - have been developed with subsea wells remotely controlled from the Gullfaks A and C platforms. The partners on Gullfaks are Petoro and StatoilHydro. |
