STC-ECO

Canned, Clean and Smart

The first canned and hermetically sealed motor/

compressor solution for dirty gas application
for onshore, offshore and subsea

Gas Electric Partnership

February 2009, Houston Texas

Presenter: Chris Kapp

Siemens Energy Oil & Gas
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Why go Canned and Seal less ?

Customer Feedback
What is the weakest link in your compression It is about RELIABILITY!
compressor system?

Upstream gas
treatment systems
ƒ OREDA database:
Compressor unit
MTBFmotor driven dry-wet compressor unit =1.8 year
Auxiliary systems

Human ƒ O&G Major: 80% of all forced

What is the average MTBF of your dry wet
compressor units?
outages are caused by unforeseen
MTBF < 1 year
liquid ingress into compressor
1 year < MTBF < 2 year

2 year < MTBF < 5 year

ƒ Seal supplier: 80% of all seal
MTBF > 5 year failures are caused by contamination
What is the weakest link in your dry-wet
compressor units?
Internals: labyrinths, impellers,
SAFETY And ENVIRONMENT !
etc.
Bearings and/or lube oil system
ƒ ZERO Emissions: Easy Permitting
Dry gas seals and/or their
support systems
Control & Monitoring systems ƒ No Hydrocarbons, No F&G System
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The concept ar t

Single casing Cle

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hermetically sealed

Induction motor with compact

end winding, liquid cooled

Canned axial/radial Active

Magnetic Bearings & back-ups

Single, solid rotor

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Canned motor ned

Multi-stage compressor
3D Animation
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In-house testing

ECO-II Factory Acceptance Testing

• PTC 10, Type 2
• PTC 10, Type 1

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Field verification – NAM Vries4

ƒ NAM Vries 4 is a centralized, gas

gathering, treatment and withdrawal
station onshore

ƒ Process gas is wet natural gas with a

number of contaminants like sand,
salt, mercury.

ƒ The units passed 12.000 operating

hours in December 2008 and
availability close to 100% and was
found to be in excellent condition

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 Unit Inspection
• Compressor internals dirty but OK. Labyrinths slightly worn, but within
specifications

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 Unit Inspection
• Active Magnetic Bearings are in good condition
• Dye penetrant test can surfaces revealed no cracks
• Helium gas tightness test confirmed gas tightness
• Endoscope inspection of bearing cavities revealed no internal fouling or
moisture

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Second order K-Lab

ƒ April 2007: Contract-award

ƒ Unit will be extensively tested at
Statoil Test Facility, Kårstø Norway
[K-lab]

ƒ Complementary testing on liquid

tolerance simulating transient liquid
carry over upstream scrubber

ƒ 3-Days fill-up with seawater, drain

and start

ƒ Testing is vital step for Statoil and its

partners in the Åsgard Field towards
subsea compression by 2013
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The Range

• One common concept • Four frame sizes

• Two versions • Large application flexibility

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Wrap up

¾ STC-ECO with its canned design offers

9 increased SAFETY
9 increased UPTIME
9 ZERO emissions

In the most challenging O&G applications

¾ Critical applications requiring zero emissions

for safety, corrosion and environmental
reasons.

¾ First installation Vries4 has proven the

concept beyond doubt.
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