Harsh weather conditions, high levels of airborne particlulate and salt ingress are just some of the challenges faced by gas turbine operators in the oil and gas industry.
Often sited in remote locations such as jungles, deserts, offshore platforms and FPSOs, gas turbines typically encounter extremely challenging operating environments. High levels of small particulate in the form of sand, dust and shot debris from drilling, salt aerosols in offshore and coastal locations, and harsh weather conditions all threaten the performance and health of a gas turbine. In addition, particularly in offshore locations, severe space and height limitations pose further challenges to efficient operation.
Today's operations require high availability and low downtime rates from their turbines. However, in the oil and gas industry, the environment can threaten the trouble-free operation of a gas turbine. Due to the very large quantities of air that turbines require for operation, airborne contaminants can pose a significant challenge to the ongoing health of these precision pieces of rotating equipment.
Heatric's compact diffusion bonded heat exchangers are used in a wide range of gas and light hydrocarbon liquids processing. These can vary in size from 6 to 60 tonnes, with assemblies up to 100 tonnes, each optimised for the requirements of oil and gas processing.
Typical applications for onshore, offshore and ‘floating’ (FLNG and FPSO) duties include: Floating Storage Production and Offloading (FPSO) and Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facilities, Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs), and Offshore and onshore processing
As each Heatric exchanger is a bespoke design, engineered to the specific requirements of the operator, the potential for PCHE deployment in oil and gas applications is significant.
Heatric’s track record
In the past 30+ years thousands of Heatric PCHEs have been installed for oil and gas processing duties in a variety of offshore and onshore applications. We have provided exchangers for some of the world’s largest operators such as BP, Chevron, Petrobras and Petronas and are also closely involved in projects supplying heat exchangers for the new generation of floating liquid natural gas (FLNG) processing vessels.
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