Advanced Cooling Tech for Natural Gas Platform

GE's Advanced Cooling Technology Saves $52 Million in Operations for Natural Gas Platform in the Gulf of Thailand

In honor of its notable reductions in water usage and chemical consumption, GE awarded CPOC an ecomaginaton award, which recognizes the achievements of industrial users for striking a positive balance between today's environmental, industrial and sustainability challenges. It is given to the top GE customers in environmental and economic performance.

"Our Muda Field platform was losing a significant amount of money per year due to unplanned shutdowns. We needed an immediate solution and turned to GE for help. Now we are no longer faced with work stoppage and loss of production, and GE has saved us significantly in operating expenses, water and chemical usage," said Shahzada M. Nisar, head of operation, Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company Sdn. Bhd.

CPOC's platform in the Muda Field is located approximately 150 kilometers (km) northeast of Kota Bharu in Malaysia, 250 km east of the Songkhla province in Thailand and 350 km north of the Kemaman Supply Base in water with depths ranging between 55-65 meters. It had been using a cooling medium to cool off gas from compressors for gas processing and gas export, but the system failed to run as designed and was being shut down frequently for cleaning to maintain safe operation and sustainable production.

On average the facility was shut down for six unplanned days per year for cleaning, causing CPOC a production loss of approximately $52.2 million. CPOC's gas processing platform has the ability to produce 369 million square feet per day and the capacity to generate gross production worth $8.7 million per day.

To ensure the system would run smoothly, CPOC called on GE for situational mapping, an investigation of the cooling system and for a chemical treatment change out and make-up water quality improvement. GE also was able to conduct enhanced monitoring and service support for CPOC's natural gas development platform.

GE is a leader in the oil and gas, refining and hydrocarbon processing industries, helping to minimize corrosion, reduce fouling, save energy, reuse water and minimize down time. GE also provided CPOC with a neutral pH cleaning and integrated water treatment program at the boaster, gas compressor printed circuit heat exchanger and cooling medium loop.

"Oil and gas producers have unique water management needs, especially in remote locations. GE's vast expertise and experience in this industry enabled our team to provide Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company proven solutions to enhance its system reliability and increase production at its platform in the Gulf of Thailand, " said Hoshang Subawalla, APAC regional executive-water and process technologies for GE Power & Water.

Today's announcement was made in conjunction with the "The Economic Power of Water" event hosted by GE and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The event is bringing together both public and private organizations, as well as thought leaders in water policy and research, to explore the current challenges to unlocking the economic potential of water and to provide actionable next steps to create a more water- and energy-secure world.

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