Companies engaged in oil and gas production have become more adapt at handling complex business challenges. As new technologies enable offshore production capabilities such as FPSOs to augment existing fixed production platforms and land based operations, operators must focus on how to best balance field capacity and access depth challenges with upfront and ongoing operational costs to maximize production output levels.
The impact of a reliable supply of power to operate the production facility plant and equipment cannot be understated. Production compressors, pumps, separators and other secondary recovery and injection equipment all need highly reliable power to achieve plant production levels and production plant power for crew quarters and plant utilities is also critical. In addition, Dynamic Positioning technology has changed the ground rules for floating platform propulsion power requirements significantly, requiring new sophisticated power management and control capabilities.
Depending on type of production facility and available fuel sources, production operators may take advantage of utility generated power, or more likely, will require new on-site self-power generation capabilities or upgrades to existing power infrastructure. Power infrastructure requirements include high uptime operations even in potentially harsh environmental conditions, initial capital cost, and certification to industry standards such as ABS, DNV, ANSI, IEC, IEEE, etc. to assure quality power delivery equipment reliability and production facility insurability. Production operators are also optimizing plant utility overhead and ongoing operating expenses by increasing the level of automation and reducing level of highly technical power system experts required to operating and maintain power delivery equipment, and by utilizing remote production plant monitoring and support systems.
American Electric Technologies has been enabling successful oil and gas production for over 60 years. Our sophisticated power delivery equipment ensures reliable operating power distribution and control for the entire production operations for both new and retro-fit/upgrade projects.
AETI products for production operations include M&I Switchgear, MCCs and Drives for production equipment power, M&I AC and DC Variable speed drives for Dynamic Positioning (DP) propulsion system power, and M&I generator control and distribution switchgear for utility and crew quarter power. We are able to work within existing multi-vendor environments to deliver reliable, safe power to the entire operating facility.
AETI also provides turn-key installation and 24 hour service/support world wide, and combined with our E&I construction service, enable us to take Total System Responsibility for production power requirements.
Production operation
- Offshore fixed platforms
- Tension leg platforms
- SPAR platforms
- FPSO (DP or moored)
- FSO
- Land production
Production power requipments
- Compressor power
- Pump power
- Separator eqipment power
- Secondary recovery equipment power
- Dynamic Positioning power (FPSO)
- Propulsion power
- Vessel automation power
- Production process automation power
- Utility power
- Nav-Aids power
- Crew quarter power
- Fire detection and fire suppression power
- HVAC/pressurization power
AETI offerings
- M&I Switchgear
- M&I MCC
- M&I PCR
- M&I Field services
- M&I AC Variable Speed Drives
- Automation and control systems
- DC systems
- UPS systems
- M&I E&I Construction
