To maximise efficiency and ensure project success the customer outsourced this non-core activity project to Aggreko, market leader in complex flare to power projects. We developed and financed the project from concept to mobilisation, commissioning, and operation.
Gas availability was unconfirmed after year two, so our ability to provide a flexible solution that could be scaled up or down, and ultimately demobilise at project conclusion or in stages as gas volumes deplete was ideal.
Working closely with the Operator to determine the gas specification, the gas itself also presented some technical challenges and needed pre-treatment, and Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) stripping. As a rich, wet gas delivered below dew point, it was also above the engine inlet maximum temperature with a low methane number meaning generators would receive a slight derate.
Utilising the 40 Million SCF a day of Associated Petroleum Gas (APG) we are providing; full gas treatment including a NGL production plant, 180 MW of our modular 1.1 MW Gas Generators to form the Aggreko power plant, four 50MVA transformers, and a switchgear, as well as the associated required transmission and distribution infrastructure construction and upgrades.
With around 47-57 Aggreko technicians needed to work on the operation and maintenance of this project, we will recruit and train around 30 locals for this once the project is live.
The mobilisation and commissioning phases were initially expected to take nine months, this has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic where we have faced extreme logistical challenges with not only moving equipment, but more importantly our expert people. Despite this,the project was fully commissioned and operational, exporting 165 MW to the Grid in early January 2022.