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testing and has accumulated more seabed is expected in 2019. It will Basin pre-salt felds, in the state than 2300 running hours while have a fve-year maintenance cycle. of São Paulo. The scope of supply, installed in a pool at the Nyhamma Another recent award is a which also takes in technology plant in Norway. Blue-C has been contract worth more than $500 from other GE businesses, such built in a fully marine version million to supply turbomachinery as power conversion and power for the Ormen Lange Subsea equipment and services to & water, includes: 16 powergen

Compression Station Project, Petrobras (OE February, page 83). turbogenerators composed of

Opoerations executed by Aker Subsea for Statoil The contract will serve the four PGT25+ gas turbines and electric and Norske Shell. It is designed for new foating production, storage, generators, eight turbocompression unattended operation more than and offoading units (FPSOs P-74, trains driven by LM2500+ gas 2950ft below sea level, with power P-75, P-76, and P-77) in the Cessão turbines and 32 electric motor up to 12.5MW. Installation on the Onerosa region of the Santos driven compressors for gas main, export services and CO 2 re-injection. In addition to core equipment, the new contract includes technical assistance for installation and commissioning start-up and services, such as repair, dedicated local feld service engineers and customer training.

Multiphase fow

Multiphase fow and multiphase pumping are areas where GE Oil & Gas continues to focus, said

Christie. “For everyone in this space, as we go deeper into harsher environments, the question becomes – what is the service interval?

How many times do you have to intervene, how easy is it to recover.”

He thinks there will be ongoing activity in that area for a number of years until coatings technology and pumping technology have reached acceptable levels.

GE Macae, Brazil.

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