ABB, the leading power and
automation technology
group, has won an order from
Statoil to install high voltage subsea
cables to supply power to the Troll A
gas platform on the western coast of
Norway.
The Troll A concrete deep water
structure is the world's largest
natural gas production platform,
473m tall and weighs 1.2 million
tonnes; it is the tallest structure ever
to be moved by mankind. The
platform can produce as much as 120
million cubic meters per day; it
contains approximately 40 per cent
of the natural gas reserves on the
Norwegian Continental Shelf and is a
cornerstone of the gas supply to the
European Continent.
The ABB contract includes prestudies,
cable laying and installation
of 350 km of high voltage AC and DC
cables, as well as project
management and related engineering
services. The AC cable will supply
power to the safety and automation
systems, the DC cables will
supply power to two new gas
compressors. With this new contract,
ABB's orders in connection with the
installation of the two new
compressors on the Troll A platform
amounts to $360 million.
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Order in Saudi Arabia |
ABB, the power and automation
technology group has won orders
worth around $24 million from Ma'aden
Aluminium Company to execute a fast
track transmission substation project in
northeast Saudi Arabia. ABB will design,
engineer and supply a new 380kV outdoor
gas insulated switchgear substation at the
Ras Al Khair power plant that will export 800
mw of power from the plant to the national
transmission grid and feed a new
aluminium smelter. The project is
scheduled for completion within ten
months. The Saudi Arabian Mining
Company in JV with Alcoa is building an
integrated aluminium mining, refining,
smelting and rolling mill facility at Ras Al
Khair. The smelter and rolling mill will
commence production in 2013, while the
mine and refinery will commence in 2014.
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