Offshore Gas Cooling
Crippled by extreme gas temperatures, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico faced production cuts. A rapid, 7-day deployment of a custom, explosion-proof chiller package dropped temperatures by 10% to 108°F, igniting a 50% surge in productivity.
- The Challenge
Get an oil rig out of the hot zone and back to productivity fast
- The Impact
Gas temperatures went down 10 percent, productivity went up 50 percent
- The Solution
Specially designed chiller package that met all requirements
Client:Offshore platform
Location:Gulf of Mexico, USA
Sectors:Oil and Gas
The Challenge
Design an explosion-proof cooling system
A Gulf Coast oil platform had a critical problem with the temperature of the gas flowing into its pipelines and was having to scale back to compensate. Hot summer temperatures and a third well being brought on line were the main contributing factors.
When they called us for a rapid response the temperature was already at 119°F (48.5°C) – only one degree within the safe limit of 120°F (48.9°C).
Any design we came up with had to take into consideration the platform's size, high-pressure gas flow, significant power limitations, and small footprint. It also had to be explosion-proof.