Amarinth has delivered two separate orders of API 610 pumps, collectively price £1.2 million, for the West Qurna-2 expansion project in Iraq.
One of the Amarinth API 610 OH1 pumps with specialist Plan 53B seal support system prior to shipment to Cannon Artes.
West Qurna-2, positioned roughly sixty five km north-west of the seaport city of Basra, is likely one of the world’s largest onshore oilfields. The enlargement project is anticipated to extend the oilfield’s production capacity from the present four hundred,000 barrels oil per day (bpd) to 480,000 bpd, with a target to achieve a complete manufacturing capability of 800,000 bpd by 2025.
The first order, from Cannon Artes, was for seven super duplex API 610 OH1 pumps. Unconditional designed pumps are for a low shear application and required specialist Plan 53B seal assist techniques incorporating air cooled seals and stainless-steel accumulators. All electrical gadgets have been IECEx licensed for use in an ATEX Zone 2 hazardous area. Despite the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic through the design and manufacture, supply was achieved in the required time of just 32-weeks from order.
The second order, from SICIM, was for three tremendous duplex API 610 OH3 vertical in-line pumps for produced water remedy. The massive pumps had impellers of over 500mm diameter and the casings, that weigh 1.5 tonnes, had been cast in a foundry in the UK. Track record have been designed to suit within a constrained footprint and as the pumps were destined for an ATEX Zone 2 area, the motors, seal support systems, and instrumentation have been IECEx licensed. Witness testing and inspection was undertaken by Bureau Veritas and a full legalised Iraq documentation bundle was delivered with the pumps. Delivery was achieved on a brief 38-weeks, regardless of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, mentioned: “We are delighted to have delivered these pumps to the West Qurna-2 expansion challenge, further underlining our dedication to tasks in Iraq and the Middle East. We have successfully delivered orders previously to Cannon Artes, however this was the first order Amarinth has obtained from SICIM, and we look ahead to endeavor further enterprise with them in the future.”
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