CNOOC commissions compressors for Dongfang platforms

May 17, 2017
CNOOC China’s Zhanjiang branch has contracted MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply six compressor trains.

Offshore staff

ZÜRICH, Switzerland – CNOOC China’s Zhanjiang branch has contracted MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply six compressor trains.

These will be used for gas reinjection and export on new platforms in theDongfang 13-2 gas field in the Yinggehai basin of the Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea, in water depths of around 70 m (229 ft).

MAN will supply three wet gas and three dry gas compressor trains with intercooled barrel type compressors, all driven by electric motors with a variable frequency converter.

The wet gas compressor trains will be built as standardized and modularized upstream packages.

05/17/2017