Amarinth has delivered two separate orders of API 610 pumps, collectively price £1.2 million, for the West Qurna-2 enlargement venture in Iraq.
Profit of the Amarinth API 610 OH1 pumps with specialist Plan 53B seal help system previous to shipment to Cannon Artes.
West Qurna-2, located roughly sixty five km north-west of the seaport city of Basra, is likely certainly one of the world’s largest onshore oilfields. The enlargement venture is predicted to increase the oilfield’s production capacity from the current four hundred,000 barrels oil per day (bpd) to 480,000 bpd, with a target to achieve a total manufacturing capability of 800,000 bpd by 2025.
The first order, from Cannon Artes, was for seven tremendous duplex API 610 OH1 pumps. The bespoke designed pumps are for a low shear application and required specialist Plan 53B seal assist methods incorporating air cooled seals and stainless-steel accumulators. All electrical gadgets have been IECEx certified for use in an ATEX Zone 2 hazardous area. Despite the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic through the design and manufacture, supply was achieved within the required time of just 32-weeks from order.
The second order, from SICIM, was for 3 tremendous duplex API 610 OH3 vertical in-line pumps for produced water treatment. The massive pumps had impellers of over 500mm diameter and the casings, that weigh 1.5 tonnes, have been forged in a foundry within the UK. Plan 53B seal assist systems had been designed to suit inside a constrained footprint and as the pumps were destined for an ATEX Zone 2 area, the motors, seal support techniques, and instrumentation had been IECEx licensed. Witness testing and inspection was undertaken by Bureau Veritas and a full legalised Iraq documentation package was delivered with the pumps. Delivery was achieved on a short 38-weeks, despite the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, said: “We are delighted to have delivered these pumps to the West Qurna-2 growth venture, further underlining our dedication to initiatives in Iraq and the Middle East. We have successfully delivered orders previously to Cannon Artes, but this was the first order Amarinth has obtained from SICIM, and we look forward to endeavor further enterprise with them in the future.”
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