A smooth outage
GE Energy has signed a $400 million service agreement covering 27 gas turbines and 47 centrifugal compressors at Atlantic LNG’s production facility in Port Fortin, Trinidad.
has signed a $400 million, 17-year contractual service agreement (CSA) covering 27 gas turbines and 47 centrifugal compressors at Atlantic LNG Company's production facility in Port Fortin,
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GE says the contract includes a new maintenance approach based on an evolution of the modular exchange normally applied on GE aeroderivative engines and now extended to GE heavy-duty 32-megawatt gas turbines.
Using this approach during scheduled outages, Atlantic LNG's existing gas turbines will be removed and replaced in modules, reducing the turnaround times.
GE will build and operate a dedicated service shop in Point Fortin, where the removed modules will be overhauled.
"Our patented modular replacement method is designed to reduce outage duration and significantly increase plant availability," said Claudi Santiago, president and CEO of GE Energy's oil and gas business. "Over the life of the CSA the new approach, coupled with the CSA structure, is expected to add a year of production for the Atlantic LNG plant.”
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