Peter Brotherhood to supply Espirito Santo FPSO generator sets
Offshore Staff
PETERBOROUGH, UK -- Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) has awarded Peter Brotherhood a contract for two 14 MW condensing steam turbine driven generator sets for the Espirito Santo (BC-10) FPSO vessel to be moored off the coast of Brazil.
The Espirito Santo (BC-10) development will be the first full field development based on subsea oil and gas separation and subsea pumping. The technology requirements include artificial deepwater lift via high power electric pumps in seabed caissons and horizontal wells. The double-sided FPSO design includes significant power and heat delivery systems that are required to drive the system and process the heavy crudes that range from 16 to 24 degrees API.
The two steam turbine driven generator sets each consist of a turbine, gearbox, and generator, all mounted on a common bedplate, which incorporates the oil system, and a separate water-cooled condenser mounted directly below the turbine's exhaust. The equipment is currently being installed and commissioned on board the vessel.
05/08/2008
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