HGI Head to Russia to Power Sakhalin
10 March 2006 10:35
Working with Aker Kvaerner of Norway, HGI have manufactured and delivered a prime power generation system for powering navigational aids in the Sakhalin oil fields, off Russia's East coast.
HGI created a containerised mutual standby system, with one generator operating 24hours a day for 6 months, and a second generator taking over for another 6 months to allow for servicing. The generator that is offline for 6 months starts itself and runs for a few hours each week to prevent start up problems due to freezing temperatures.
But supplying the sets was only part of the process, two of HGI's Engineers flew out to the site to commission the sets, working in freezing conditions and working extremely hard for two weeks to get the sets ready for towing out to the drop zone.
With shipping charts updated at irregular intervals, the Harrington sets are absolutely essential, and failure could spell disaster, with every vessel in the area being without any navigational help in this ever changing environment.
The Sakhalin-1 Project is an oil and gas development on the northeast shelf of Sakhalin Island. The project area is comprised of the Chayvo, Odoptu and Arkutun-Dagi fields, with total recoverable reserves estimated to be 2.3 billion barrels of oil (307 million tons) and 17.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (485 billion cubic meters).
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Harrington Generators - Field Generators and Power Supply
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