Amarinth has delivered two separate orders of API 610 pumps, collectively worth £1.2 million, for the West Qurna-2 growth challenge in Iraq.
One of the Amarinth API 610 OH1 pumps with specialist Plan 53B seal support system prior to cargo to Cannon Artes.
West Qurna-2, situated roughly 65 km north-west of the seaport town of Basra, is amongst the world’s biggest onshore oilfields. The enlargement project is expected to extend the oilfield’s production capability from the current 400,000 barrels oil per day (bpd) to 480,000 bpd, with a target to attain a total manufacturing capability of 800,000 bpd by 2025.
The first order, from Cannon Artes, was for seven super duplex API 610 OH1 pumps. The bespoke designed pumps are for a low shear application and required specialist Plan 53B seal assist systems incorporating air cooled seals and stainless-steel accumulators. All electrical objects had been IECEx licensed for use in an ATEX Zone 2 hazardous space. Despite the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic through the design and manufacture, delivery was achieved within the required time of simply 32-weeks from order.
The second order, from SICIM, was for 3 tremendous duplex API 610 OH3 vertical in-line pumps for produced water remedy. เพชเชอร์เกจ had impellers of over 500mm diameter and the casings, that weigh 1.5 tonnes, had been solid in a foundry in the UK. Plan 53B seal help techniques have been designed to suit inside a constrained footprint and as the pumps had been destined for an ATEX Zone 2 area, the motors, seal assist systems, and instrumentation had been IECEx certified. Witness testing and inspection was undertaken by Bureau Veritas and a full legalised Iraq documentation package was delivered with the pumps. Delivery was achieved on a short 38-weeks, regardless of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, mentioned: “We are delighted to have delivered these pumps to the West Qurna-2 growth venture, further underlining our commitment to tasks in Iraq and the Middle East. We have efficiently delivered orders beforehand to Cannon Artes, but this was the primary order Amarinth has obtained from SICIM, and we look forward to undertaking additional enterprise with them sooner or later.”
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