FLORENCE, ITALY (July 16, 2003) --- GE Oil & Gas has received a contract of US$70 million to supply gas turbines with process gas compressor, turbo generator and expander trains for a gas processing plant at In-Amenas, Algeria.
In-Amenas is Algeria's largest wet gas joint development project, and is jointly owned by Sonatrach, the Algerian national energy company, and BP, the world's second largest petroleum and petrochemicals group and the largest foreign investor in Algeria.
In-Amenas will produce 9 billion cubic meters annually and 50,000 barrels per day of liquids, with the first gas production forecasted for the fourth quarter of 2005.
Under its contract with the project's EPC contractor---a joint venture between JGC Corporation of Japan and KBR of the United States---GE will supply:
* Three residual gas compressor trains comprised of GE MS5002D gas turbines with auxiliary equipment, gearbox multipliers, BCL606 compressors and control cabinets. At ISO conditions, the gas turbines have a power output of 32.6 megawatts and thermal efficiency of 30.3%. They are equipped with LHE combustors that enable low nitrogen oxide (NO
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