FLORENCE, ITALY - January 19, 2006 : -- GE's Oil & Gas business has successfully completed tests on the highest pressure sour gas re-injection train ever built, which is scheduled for installation at the Kashagan oil field of the North Caspian Sea, off the coast of Kazakhstan.
Based on well-proven re-injection train architecture that incorporates a double-shaft GE Frame 5-2D gas turbine and three centrifugal compressors, the turbo-compression train reached 820 bar pressure during full density tests, topping the former record of 690 bar, also achieved by GE technology.
Other highlights of the tests included:
Both trains are scheduled to be shipped to the project site by the end of 2006.
The Kashagan oil field is one of the largest fields discovered in the past 30 years. To recover crude oil from the field, associated sour gas will be re-injected into the reservoirs at ultra-high pressure. Basically, the sour gas injection process has three main goals: to avoid massive sulphur production as a by-product of the sweetening process; to avoid the flaring of sweetened gas and subsequent CO2 production; and to keep the oil well pressure at levels suitable for full exploitation.
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