Brazilian MV24 project:
MAN: Successful commissioning of MAN compression modules
Units have taken up activity in the Brazilian Santos Basin

2014, Dec 22   + + +  The two compression modules on board of FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24 have been successfully commissioned for MODEC, the EPC contractor specialized in engineering, procurement, construction and installation of FPSOs. After a design, engineering and manufacturing period of only 18 months, the high pressure modules by MAN Diesel &Turbo in Switzerland will be deployed on the FPSO operated by MODEC for Brazilian oil multi Petrobras, maintaining the field pressure thus maximizing oil production.

“The MV24 Re-Injection package is a flagship project with many parties involved: the positive results are based on the committed work of MAN’s project team and external partners as well as the intensive collaboration with our customer MODEC,” states Mathias Scherer, Senior Vice President Sales & Contracts at MAN in Zurich.

Centerpiece are two RB 28-6 barrel compressor skids, driven by an electric motor. With a particularly high design discharge pressure of 550 bar, they were built and tested at MAN’s facilities in Zurich. For later deployment on board the FPSO in the Santos Basin off the coast of São Paolo (Brazil), they were transported to a shipyard in Singapore. Here they were installed under supervision of MAN personnel into two modules of 22m x 8m x 14m, each weighing around 400 tons.

“Both modules were designed for easy integration into the FPSO thus enabling to shorten time for installation and commissioning by nearly a year, compared to conventional assembly directly on board,” explains MDT’s project manager Gilbcaroll Hernandez.

After offshore pre-commissioning, start-up activities and required control systems’ checks all showed good result, the high pressure compression modules were handed over for commercial operation in December 2014 after signature of the PAC certificate.

Source: Felix Brecht, Heinz Zuercher
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
www.mandieselturbo.com

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MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, based in Augsburg, Germany, is the world’s leading provider of large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery for marine and stationary applications. It designs two-stroke and four-stroke engines that are manufactured both by the company and by its licensees. The engines have power outputs ranging from 450 kW to 87 MW. MAN Diesel & Turbo also designs and manufactures gas turbines of up to 50 MW, steam turbines of up to 150 MW and compressors with volume flows of up to 1.5 million m³/h and pressures of up to 1,000 bar. The product range is rounded off by turbochargers, propellers, gas engines and chemical reactors. MAN Diesel & Turbo’s range of goods includes complete marine propulsion systems, turbomachinery units for the oil & gas as well as the process industries and complete power plant solutions. Customers receive worldwide after-sales services marketed under the MAN PrimeServ brand. The company employs around 14,500 staff at more than 100 international sites, primarily in Germany, Denmark, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, India and China. MAN Diesel & Turbo is a company in the Power Engineering business area of MAN SE.

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