Amarinth works with Archirodon to overhaul and update ten API 610 VS4 pumps for ADNOC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 29th March 2021
Amarinth, a leading company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, LNG, chemical, industrial, power and desalination markets, has fulfilled an order to overhaul and install new mechanical seals on ten API 610 VS4 pumps for use at the upgraded ADNOC operated Bab field.
Over a decade ago, Amarinth supplied ten super-duplex API 610 VS4 pumps with atmospheric pressure single lip seals to ADNOC for closed drains systems. However, more recently, as ADNOC was upgrading its giant Bab onshore field, one of its largest onshore producing assets, and looking to redeploy the API 610 VS4 pumps, it found higher concentrations of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) in the oil than when the original pumps were ordered. This required a different seal support arrangement on the pumps to contain the dangerous gas.
Archirodon, the EPC awarded the Bab field upgrade, approached Amarinth to review whether new pumps would be required, or the existing pumps could be updated and integrated into the new oil train. Amarinth proposed that the seal support systems on the existing pumps be changed to Plan 71 nitrogen seals, which would be suitable to for the higher concentrations of H2S, and that the pumps be fully refurbished and certified for use on the upgraded facility.
It was agreed that the upgrade and refurbishment would be completed within 27 weeks from purchase order to commissioning as a longer shutdown would mean losing some £1M per day in production capacity, and this all had to be done during the global Covid-19 pandemic and country lockdowns.
A three-way cooperation between Amarinth, Archirodon and ADNOC was formed to tackle this fast-track logistical challenge, all overseen by Amarinth’s Head of Technical Engineering. Amarinth first organised with Archirodon and ADNOC for the pumps to be collected from around the large Bab site and then crated and transported to its local engineering and service centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Once the pumps were at its service centre, Amarinth undertook a strip and report for each of the ten pumps detailing what required reconditioning (such as motors and shafts) and what needed replacing. The company then organised the acquisition and shipping from the United Kingdom of all the necessary components, including the new Plan 71 seal support systems, couplings, pipework, and instrumentation panels for the refurbishment and update of the pumps to be completed in Abu Dhabi.
Full witness testing of the upgraded pumps was also carried out at the Abu Dhabi facility before the newly warranted pumps were returned to site. Amarinth engineers accompanied the pumps to the Bab facility and worked alongside Archirodon to oversee the installation, commissioning, and factory acceptance tests of the upgraded pumps into the new oil train.
Despite the engineering and logistical challenges, compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, Amarinth was able to have the upgraded pumps commissioned within the deadline enabling Archirodon and ADNOC to keep the Bab upgrade project on-track.
Oliver Brigginshaw, Managing Director of Amarinth, commented: “This project has shown that by using our local in-country facilities, leveraging our renown business agility, and working in a close partnership with our customers, we are able to deliver against challenging project deadlines despite the many operational difficulties posed by the Covid-19 restrictions. We look forward to working on further projects with ADNOC and other operators across the Middle East.”
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Amarinth is a carbon net zero organisation delivering world-leading expertise in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment for critical applications in many of the most arduous and hostile environments around the globe.
Founded in 2002, Amarinth has harnessed the skills, creativity and passion of people who have worked in the pump industry for decades, delivering bespoke API and ISO pumps primarily to the offshore and onshore oil & gas industries; nuclear and renewable energy generation; defence; desalination; process and industrial markets.
The company’s innovative approach, business agility and use of sophisticated computer applications enables it to deliver robust, reliable and sustainable pumping solutions on the shortest lead times in the industry.
• Process pumps – API 610, API 685, ISO 5199 horizontal, vertical and in-line bespoke process pumps, including ones that are hydraulically and dimensionally interchangeable with the former Girdlestone and other obsolete pumps.
• Skid packages and modules – Supplied with a variety of drives for applications including de-sanding, mixing, filtration and chemical injection and tailored for the oil & gas, water treatment and power generation industries.
• Condensate recovery – Cutting-edge design providing low NPSH up to 98°C with variable speed drives to reduce cycle time and lower operating costs, available in stainless steel, galvanised or copper tanks for light or heavy industrial uses.
• Seal support – Integrated pressurised and vented seal support systems designed and delivered to API 682 and ISO 5199 standards and specific site specifications and requirements, working closely with AES, Eagle Burgmann, John Crane and Protect System.
• Spare parts – Critical spares for all Amarinth pumps and related components can be dispatched the same day, reducing potential downtime, and in addition components for the former Girdlestone and other obsolete pumps can be re-engineered often improving the performance of existing assets.
• Services – A full range of pump related services, delivered from UK head office or on-site globally, onshore or off-shore, including full commissioning and start-up support; also strip, report and refurbishment of any pump regardless of manufacturer.
Amarinth operates globally from its base in Rendlesham Suffolk, United Kingdom and offices in the Middle East and Malaysia with a global customer base, including BP, Shell, ADNOC, NOV, ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, COSCO, EDF, GlaxoSmithKline, Saudi Aramco, Pfizer, Diageo, Kuwait Oil Company, AMEC, Fluor, LUKOIL, Halliburton, and Babcock.
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