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Key Pumps for UAE Offshore Fields
The recent series of orders awarded to Termomeccanica Pompe involves a total
of 73 pumps for various offshore installations
Cesare Nardini
Termomeccanica Pompe - TMP
Over recent years, the EPCs and Abu Dhabi offshore fields of Umm Lulu, Umm Shaif and Fig. 1 - Umm Lulu
equipment manufacturers willing to Satah Al Razboot, cover most of the range of offshore platform
maintain their leading position in the applications of Termomeccanica pumps in the oil & gas
complex oil & gas market have had market: water injection, sea water lift as well as the
to shift their focus on the market’s typical OH2 and VS4 process pumps solutions for
most challenging projects such as hydrocarbons processing installations.
the ones related to the offshore and upstream
segments. Water injection pumps
This new focus has turned flexibility and innovation into
key factors for the success of such players in developing The first order concerns the supply of four water
solutions responding to the ever-increasingly demanding injection pumps to be installed in the Umm Lulu phase
clients’ requests. II super-complex (figure 1). Such facility, to be
The recent series of orders awarded to Termomeccanica commissioned in 2018, has been designed to optimize
Pompe, involving a total of 73 pumps for various the exploitation of the field.
offshore installations in the UAE (United Arab Emirates), The EPC contractor NTC, a joint venture between
exemplifies particularly well how an equipment Technip Abu Dhabi and NPCC, awarded the order to
manufacturer offering customized engineered solutions TMP.
who counts adaptability and R&D amongst its core The pumps are API 610 BB5 multistage pumps made
values can succeed in re-gaining a leading position in of super duplex A890 gr.5A.
the oil & gas market. Each pump will be equipped with a double seal, an
The orders in question, related to the exploitation of the
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