Dresser-Rand to power semi-submersible oil production platform

Dresser-Rand to power semi-submersible oil production platform
    Dresser-Rand has been awarded a contract by Petrobras Netherlands B.V.to supply power generation packages and equipment services for its planned P-55 semi-submersible production platform.
    The value of the contract is approximately USD100 million.
    The agreement includes a USD78 milion order for four power generation units employing Dresser-Rand's advanced, modular VECTRA 40G gas turbines, as well as a continuing service contract worth up to USD22 million.
    The VECTRA 40G reference turbine is ISO-rated 30.4MW output and 38.9% efficiency.
    P-55 will be a floating, deepwater oil platform with a production capacity of 180,000 bpd. Petrobras intedns to install the platform in a water depth of 1,795 meters at the Roncador field in the Campos Basin, located off Brazil's southern coast. The platform is scheduled to begin operations in early 2012.

Source:Gas Turbine World magazine