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NORWAY,SWITZERLAND : ABB bags $36 million order from Aker Solutions
Publish Date : 19-Oct-2011
ABB has won an order worth about $36 million from oil services company Aker Solutions to provide drives and transformers to their subsea power distribution system for the Asgard subsea oil and gas field operated by Norway’s Statoil.
ABB stated that its equipment will assure reliable power along with optimised motor speed and control, for the world’s first subsea gas compression system from onboard the Asgard A floating vessel off the northern coast of Norway, while the electrical system will supply 15MVA and 189Hz power to meet the 10,000 homes demands over a distance of 43km.
When completed it will be a world record distance with the highest voltage and frequency achieved between a drive on a floating production facility and a compressor on the seabed.
Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division said, “The distance and voltage requirement of this operation make it a milestone project for the oil and gas industry. ABB continues to build on its experience as the global leader in subsea electrification; our technology, project experience and engineering resources were crucial to winning this important order.”
