Sulzer orders GE motors for Brazil FPSO pumps

Dec. 18, 2020
Sulzer Pumps UK has contracted GE Power Conversion to supply the motors for four water injection pumps ordered by MODEC for an unnamed FPSO offshore Brazil.

Offshore staff

PARIS – Sulzer Pumps UK has contracted GE Power Conversion to supply the motors for four water injection pumps ordered by MODEC for an unnamed FPSO offshore Brazil.

The 8,000-kW, 2-pole motors will operate at 3,600 rpm with a limitation of the starting current at 300% of nominal current. According to GE, this will allow the end user to optimize the generator selection for powering the FPSO.

The vessel, currently under construction, is designed to process 80,000 b/d of crude and 7 MMcm/d of gas, with a minimum oil storage capacity of 1 MMbbl. First production is targeted for 2022.

GE will manufacture and test the motors at its rotating machines facility in Nancy, eastern France, with a full load test.

According to the company, use of a 2-pole design also allows for a smaller frame size and lower weight motor, reducing the space occupied onboard the FPSO.

12/18/2020