KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 4, 2005: -- GE Energy is supplying four gas turbines, additional equipment and services for a cogeneration plant located inside an oil refinery in Melaka, on the southwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
The refinery is owned by PETRONAS Penapisan ( Melaka) Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia's national petroleum corporation. Based in Kuala Lumpur, the PETRONAS Group operates in 34 countries and is ranked among the Fortune Global 500 companies.
Under a contract of Euro 31.5 million, GE will provide four MS5001 (Frame 5) gas turbines, electric generators, a fuel gas treatment skid, NOx abatement skids, electrical starting motors, lube oil coolers and all auxiliaries for the gas turbine systems. Also included will be training and a two-year supply of spare parts.
The project will comply with local regulations and stringent health and safety requirements, and will follow a very tight time schedule. The gas turbines will be manufactured at GE Energy's oil and gas facilities in Florence, Italy for shipment to the project site by November of 2005, with commercial operation scheduled in the first quarter 2007.
The four Frame 5 gas turbines will produce a total of 72.6 megawatts for the cogeneration plant, and will operate on fuel gas only.
"GE Energy plays a key role in helping Malaysia meet its growing energy needs," said Claudi Santiago, President and CEO of GE Energy's oil and gas division. "In addition to our ongoing relationship with PETRONAS in the oil and gas sector, our gas turbine technology is widely used for the production of electricity in Malaysia. We have a strategic alliance with Tenaga Nasional Berhad, the national electric utility, to provide technical training programs and transfer gas turbine repair technology. Our hydropower production business, a world leader in hydroelectric turbines and generators, also has a presence here."
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