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FLEXENERGY.COMPRIMARYPOWER,OFFSHORE
CUSTOMER:PetronasLOCATION:BukitTuafield,OffshoreIndonesia
EQUIPMENT:MT250gasturbine
FUEL:HighPressureAssociatedPetroleumGas
RESULTS:• Eliminatedneedfordieselas
primaryfuel• Reducedemissions• ConUnuouspowersupporUng
high-valueproducUon
PETRONASWELLHEADPLATFORM
Petronas performs oil and gas exploraUon, drilling and producUonoperaUonsglobally,bothonshoreandoffshore.ToreducepowercostsandopUmize plaYorm economics, Petronas Carigalli decided to deploy amicroturbine uUlizing Associated Petroleum Gas (APG) as fuel as theprimary power generaUon system on the BTJT-A Well Head PlaYorm(“WHP”)intheBukitTuafielddevelopment,offshoreIndonesia.HIGHCAPACITYINASMALLFOOTPRINT
Likemanyoil&gasoperators,PetronasisconstantlyseekingwaystominimizesizeandweightofitsoffshorefaciliUes.ThecompactfootprintandhighpowerdensityoftheFlexturbineisidealtomeeUngtheseobjecUves.
“TodateweareveryhappywiththeperformanceandreliabilityoftheFlexEnergyturbine”
AhmadZakibinAbdKadir,Snr.ElectricalEngineer,BukitTuaDevelopmentProjectPETRONAS
FLEXENERGYOFFERS
• Modulargasturbinegeneratorpackagesfrom250kWto1.3MW
• Highestpowerdensityandwidestfueltoleranceofanysmallcapacitygasturbine
• Transientloadmanagementindependentofbaderiesbysynchronousgenerator–nohighspeedalternator
• UniquesystemdesignallowsturbinestomanagecyclingloadswithoutfaUgue
• Mostrobustbuildqualityandlowestemissionsintheirclass
• Best-in-classrecuperatortechnology
RIGOROUSDUEDILIGENCE
The FlexEnergy turbine was selected by Petronas through a tender and,aher rigorous due diligence, the Petronas team determined thatFlexEnergy’ssynchronousgeneratorturbinedesign,whichisuniqueamongturbines,wasineffectasmallversionofthereliablelargerunitscurrentlyoperaUonalintheirextensivefleetofgasturbines.
THEVALUEOFFUELFLEXIBILITY
FlexEnergycombusUontechnologyoffersthewidestfuelenvelopeavailable,whichPetronasdeterminedtobeofvalueduringtheearlystagesoftheproject:thisfuelflexibilityallowedtheturbinetobecommissionedandbeginoperaUonbeforetheplaYorm’sfullfuelcondiUoningskidhadbeencommissioned.TheFlexTurbine®wascommissionedinJune2016and,asidefromplannedstoppages,hasrunconUnuouslysince.
AVOIDINGUNANTICIPATEDDOWNTIME
AlthoughfullautomaUcsynchronizaUonwiththeplaYorm’semergencydieselgenerator(“EDG”)isinplace,primarypowerreliabilityandavailabilityisvitalforO&GoperaUonswherecapitalinvestmentandproducUonvolumesarehigh.TheBTJT-AplaYormisesUmatedtoproducebetween17,000–20,000barrelsperday.
EvenbriefperiodsofunanUcipateddownUmecanhaveasignificantdetrimentalimpacttoasite’seconomicperformance.FlexEnergy’sprovenhighavailabilityinitsextensivedomesUcinstallaUonsusingAPGasfuelgaveconfidencetoallstakeholders.
“SincethePlaTormhasbeenfullyoperaUonaltheFlexturbinehasprovidedprimarypowertosupporttheplaTormloadswithoutmajorinterrupUon”AhmadZakibinAbdKadir,Snr.ElectricalEngineer,BukitTuaDevelopmentProject,PETRONAS
FLEXENERGY.COMPRIMARYPOWER,OFFSHORE
FLEXENERGYOFFERS
• Modulargasturbinegeneratorpackagesfrom250kWto1.3MW
• Highestpowerdensityandwidestfueltoleranceofanysmallcapacitygasturbine
• Transientloadmanagementindependentofbaderiesbysynchronousgenerator–nohighspeedalternator
• UniquesystemdesignallowsturbinestomanagecyclingloadswithoutfaUgue
• Mostrobustbuildqualityandlowestemissionsintheirclass
• Best-in-classrecuperatortechnology
MEETINGGLOBALSTANDARDS
TheEPCcontractfortheplaYormwascarriedoutbyTechnipwhoweresaUsfiedthattheFlexEnergydesign,safety,manufacturingandqualityprocessesmetgloballyrecognizedstandards.FlexEnergyworkedwithmulUplestakeholderswithinTechnipthroughtheprocurementprocess,includingmembersoftheirtechnicalandcommercialteaminIndonesiaandtheUnitedStates.TheFactoryAcceptancetestwascarriedoutbyTechnipUSAatFlexEnergy’sheadquartersandwasadendedbymembersofPetronas’sseniorteams,includingprojectleadsfortheBTJT-AplaYormanddepartmentalheads.
PACKAGEDANDMODIFIEDFORRELIABILITYOFFSHORE
TheturbinewaspackagedwithaddiUonalgasandheatdetecUonsafetysystems,meeUngthedesignrequirementsagreedwithPetronas.StainlesssteelenclosurepanelsandepoxypaintedinternalcomponentswereselectedtomiUgatethemarineenvironment.CoreenginemodificaUonsweremade,includingUtaniumnitridecoaUngsofrotaUngandstaUccomponents,toensurehighoperaUngreliabilityoverthelongerterm.ThecontrolpanelwasIP65ratedandfidedwithanaircondiUonertoprotectitfromthesalt-ladenmarineenvironment.
UNIQUELYSAFEBYDESIGN
TheFlexTurbine®wasplacedintheplaYorm’ssafeareaasPetronasunderstoodtheinherentsafetyofthefuelcompartment.ThefuelcompartmentisnegaUvelyvenUlatedandindependentoftheposiUvely-purgedmainturbineenclosure,prevenUngfuelfrommigraUngtothemachine’shotsecUonintheunlikelyeventofafuelleak.ThisdesignisuniquetoallFlexEnergyturbinesandoffersanatypicallyhighlevelofsafetyinstandardconfiguraUon.
“ThisisconsideredapilotprojectforFlexEnergygasturbineswithinPETRONAS,andtodateweareveryhappywithperformanceandreliabilityoftheturbine”AhmadZakibinAbdKadir,Snr.ElectricalEngineer,BukitTuaDevelopmentProjectPETRONAS
FLEXENERGY.COMPRIMARYPOWER,OFFSHORE
