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ABB wins five-year service contract for Prelude FLNG

DUBAI, March 24, 2016

ABB, a leader in power and automation technologies, has won a five-year contract to deliver equipment and services for Shell’s Prelude FLNG, the world’s first and largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility.

The company’s equipment will minimise downtime and optimise the efficiency of the facility, said a statement from ABB.

The order includes the delivery of motors, generators, variable speed drives and low-voltage switchgear and guarantees service and lifecycle management of the electrical equipment as well as service and support for motors from third-party vendors, it added.

ABB will build up a spare parts inventory, workshop repairs, training and provide round-the-clock technical support both over the phone and on-site. Spare parts and replacement systems are being procured this year, with training to begin soon after, it said.

Prelude is 488 m long, 74 m wide, with a loaded displacement of 600,000 tonnes with the facility’s deck longer than four football fields laid end to end, further added the statement.

Once towed to its location off the northwest coast of Australia, it will be attached to the underwater infrastructure in the Browse basin. It is scheduled to remain there for up to 25 years without uncoupling for overhaul, or to take shelter from cyclones, it said.

Pekka Tiitinen, president of ABB’s discrete automation and motion division, said: “A reliable service network is crucial for the facility’s productivity. Prelude will be equipped with ABB’s integrated marine solutions for optimal reliability, flexibility and energy efficiency to assure higher profitability.”
 
“In line with our Next Level strategy of business-led collaboration various ABB businesses will work together to mobilise the strength and experience of our entire global service organisation,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service




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