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High pressure gas reinjection unit

Abstract

Nuovo Pignone has built for gas reinjection at Ekofisk the highest pressure injection unit to date: suction pressure 246 bar, discharge 647 bar, for 5.7 million cu m/day of natural gas, and driven by a GE MS 5001 gas turbine of 24,000 hp. The barrel-type compressor has been used already in Algeria at Hassi Messaoud. Full scale tests have shown that the unit is satisfactory; special attention being paid to the stability of the rotor. Air cooled heat exchangers were used in the test loop to cool the discharge gas; at Ekofisk, heat exchangers with sea water will be used. The valves in the test loop were of a special, low- noise type. Vibrations of the rotor system and changes in gas pressure monitored, showing that a pressure of 680 bars can be achieved without instability. Economic considerations lead to preference for rotary compressors driven by gas turbines for similar applications in the exploitation of oil fields. A graph of the characteristics of the unit is given.
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 1976
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-83-022011
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Ind. Pet. Monde, Gaz - Chim.; (France); Journal Volume: 44:469
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; GAS INJECTION; COMPRESSORS; NATURAL GAS; REINJECTION; OIL WELLS; ECONOMICS; GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS; HIGH PRESSURE; NORTH SEA; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUID INJECTION; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; POWER PLANTS; SEAS; STORAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WELLS; 020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production; 035000 - Natural Gas- Storage- (1989-)
OSTI ID:
6680503
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
French
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: IPMCD
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 15-16
Announcement Date:
Oct 01, 1980

Citation Formats

None. High pressure gas reinjection unit. France: N. p., 1976. Web.
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title = {High pressure gas reinjection unit}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {Nuovo Pignone has built for gas reinjection at Ekofisk the highest pressure injection unit to date: suction pressure 246 bar, discharge 647 bar, for 5.7 million cu m/day of natural gas, and driven by a GE MS 5001 gas turbine of 24,000 hp. The barrel-type compressor has been used already in Algeria at Hassi Messaoud. Full scale tests have shown that the unit is satisfactory; special attention being paid to the stability of the rotor. Air cooled heat exchangers were used in the test loop to cool the discharge gas; at Ekofisk, heat exchangers with sea water will be used. The valves in the test loop were of a special, low- noise type. Vibrations of the rotor system and changes in gas pressure monitored, showing that a pressure of 680 bars can be achieved without instability. Economic considerations lead to preference for rotary compressors driven by gas turbines for similar applications in the exploitation of oil fields. A graph of the characteristics of the unit is given.}
journal = []
volume = {44:469}
journal type = {AC}
place = {France}
year = {1976}
month = {Mar}
}