GE informed that it has been chosen by Black & Veatch to deliver refrigeration compression equipment including GE PGT25+G4 DLE gas turbines and GE 2BCL compressors for Golar LNG Limited’s FLNG vessel, the Hilli .
GE will also provide service for four compression trains, following a service agreement signed with Golar, the company said in a statement.
The Golar FLNG vessel project involves the conversion of a former LNG carrier, the Hilli, to a floating liquefaction vessel. Keppel Shipyard in Singapore is responsible for the design, detailed engineering and procurement of the marine systems and all of the conversion-related construction services.
GE’s turbomachinery will be controlled by GE’s Mark VIe control system, including integrated anti-surge control. GE is also supplying eight anti-surge valves.
GE will provide key engineering staff and fabrication facilities to support the deployment of its technology in the new vessel. GE’s service and support contract extends to three maintenance cycles, totalling twenty years, and will deliver a guaranteed availability rate of 98.9% from the equipment.
Embedded with GE’s Reliability Max Predictivity solution, which is built on GE’s industrial internet technologies, advanced sensors in the LNG trains will support predictive maintenance, remote diagnosis, and ensure greater uptime and optimum performance levels. GE is also providing control and mechanical engineers to support the deployment, which will follow the delivery of key LNG train components from early 2016.
Delivery to Singapore will take place from GE’s manufacturing sites in Florence and Bari, Italy.
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