OEG Delivers Module for the Lancaster Early Production System (EPS) Under a 7-Figure Contract
Wednesday 21 March 2018
OEG Offshore’s module design & manufacturing facility in Dyce, Aberdeen completed the project within a tight timeframe to deliver a high specification, single lift 15m x 5m x 4m J30 fire rated/blast-rated Zone 2 VSD Module.
The module, weighing 85 tonnes, will be installed on the ‘Aoka Mizu’ Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel currently undergoing upgrade and life extension works in Dubai. The vessel is planned to be used as a host facility for Hurricane Energy plc’s Early Production System development of the Lancaster field, west of Shetland.
The module contains HV switchgear, VSDs, associated control equipment and utilities for the Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESP) which will be installed in the production wells, to provide artificial lift.
The seven-figure contract involved OEG’s specialist design & manufacturing team carrying out all structural & outfitting activities, mechanical installation of equipment, electrical wiring and termination of both variable speed drives and the high voltage switch gear. The module structure was specifically designed and prepared to allow a third VSD to be installed offshore in the future.
Over 140 kW of cooling will be installed on the top of the module roof to control the heat generated from the drives and switch gear. The module includes a fire suppression system, duty & standby pressurisation system, ProfiBus management system and FPSO interface hook-up junction boxes, all housed in a weather protected recessed area of the module. Other safeguards include J30 (Jet fire rating) side and end walls for high-level personnel & equipment protection.
OEG technicians will be on-site in Dubai to support Bluewater with the final installation and commissioning of the module on the FPSO before it leaves for the Lancaster field.