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Westfalia Separator Mineraloil Systems GmbH •
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Westfalia SeparatorMineraloil Systems GmbH
Take the Best – Separate the Rest
A company of mg technologies group
9997-0711-000 / 0203 EN BA
Produced water centrifugesystem for the Alba FSU
The Alba FieldAlba is located in Block 16/26, 130 miles
northeast of Aberdeen. The field lies in a water depth of
approxi-
mately 138 m. It was discovered by Chevron in 1984and came on
stream ten years later in January 1994.The field contains estimated
total oil in place reserves of approximately 1 billion barrels
and has recoverablereserves of about 400 million barrels. This
translates intoan approximate production capacity of 100,000
bopd.By May 1997, the daily average production was 88,516
barrels.
Field Development: Phase 1The field development was carried out
in two phases.The first involved the installation of a fixed steel
plat-form with integrated production, drilling and livingquarters.
This, the Alba Northern Platform (ANP), wasused to develop the
northern sector of the field. TheANP was expected to produce 227
million barrels of oilfrom 20 wells. Oil is exported via the Alba
FloatingStorage Unit (FSU) – the first of such to be
purpose-builtfor the UK sector of the North Sea. Crude oil is
thenoffloaded from the stern of the FSU to shuttle tankers.
Alba FSULength 249.5 m, Width 42 m, Draft 23 m, Oil storage
capacity of 872,000 bbl.
ApplicationCentrifuges from Westfalia Separator
MineraloilSystems were selected to replace the existing
producedwater treatment system. The decision to installcentrifuges
was based on their ability to separatethe small oil particle size
present where other moreestablished technologies had failed.
Scope of supply:
Delivery:
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FSU Operator:
Contractor
Produced water treatment systemsupplied as a complete package
with2 x WSC 50 centrifuges, sludge tank,sludge pump, duplex
filters, feedpumps, control panel. The centrifugesystem is designed
for installation ina hazardous area zone 1.
1998
2 x 20 m3/h
The system is able to reduce the oilcontamination down to less
than40 ppm, with a target performanceof 15 ppm.
Chevron
Bibby Line
Brown & Root AOC
