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Fläkt Woods has won an order worth 2.1 million Euro to supply 26 ATEX certified EU air handling units (AHU) for a new floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO), being used on the Akpo oil and gas project off the coast of Nigeria for the company Total.
The Units come from Fläkt Woods’ EUMM range, a modern and highly specified collection designed for customers with high demand on quality and energy efficiency.
EUMM is specially made for offshore environments. A modular system, it offers flexibility of function, size and process and features 50 mm thick double skin, flush-fitting stainless steel panels, corrosion resistant components and non-hygroscopic, rigid sheet, mineral wool insulation, optimised for thermal and acoustic requirements.
Fläkt Woods has modified the range for ATEX certification in a number of ways, including changes to the motors and spark minimisation features, modifying material thickness, conduit systems, as well as adapting and revising product guides and operation manuals.
“To avoid risk to human life in hazardous areas, Fläkt Woods has developed a range of air handling units meeting the strict safety requirements of the ATEX directive. This involves making a risk assessment of all possible ignition sources and finding solutions to mitigate the risks. Therefore Fläkt Woods strive immensely to adapt air handling units and documentation in shortest possible time”, says Mikael Karlson, Marine/Oil & Gas Applications Manager at Fläkt Woods Group.
“Fläkt Woods Group is perhaps the first manufacturer to offer third party certified ATEX approved AHUs for the Oil & Gas Industry. The demand for ATEX certified AHUs in the Oil & Gas Industry is on rise and this break-through project will open up a new horizon for our business”, says Santanu Kar, Business Unit Manager at Fläkt Woods Dubai.
The FPSO, currently under construction in South Korea, is 310 meters long and 61 meters wide. Operational in late 2008 and operated by Total Upstream Nigeria Limited, it will be sited in water depths ranging from 1,100 to 1,700 metres. It will include a 240 bed-accommodation unit where the AHU’s will provide general ventilation and climate control, as well as providing air movement in the operations unit.
Computer-aided selection using a program based on a series of highly complex algorithms allows Fläkt Woods to optimise selection and ensure that the units offered conforms exactly to the customer’s requirements.
The Akpo field development plan calls for 22 producing wells, 20 water injection wells, and two gas injection wells, which will be connected to the FPSO. Hyundai Heavy Industries is building the FPSO's hull and topsides. Engineering and fabrication of various components and structures will be made in Nigeria. It will process and store oil for delivery to tankers or via pipelines to refineries. The hull will have a storage capacity of two million barrels of oil, and will produce 225,000 barrels of oil per day.
--- Press release 2007-05-15
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