Offshore staff

OBERHAUSEN, Germany –Man Turbo AG has successfully tested a wet, acid gas compressor suitable for subsea applications. The Hofim compression system is an encapsulated design with an integral high-speed motor.

The equipment now will under go further testing. Man Turbo and Statoil are acting on behalf of the Ǻsgard License Partners to conduct the qualification program aimed at producing a complete system qualified for subsea compression.

The Statoil K-Lab will lead the next phase of the program to investigate the long-term behavior of the system on different operating conditions.

With a target of 2013 to have the system in commercial application, Man Turbo says the big innovation in the current version is its compatibility with sour and wet gasses.

10/31/2007