Awarded Orders

As part of the edible oil extraction process, seeds such as soybean, rapeseed, cotton and sunflower are husked, cleaned and crushed. The crushed seeds are then heated to high temperatures in a steam bath before being put through a high volume press to liberate the oil from the seed pulp. The seed pulp and oil are then put through a hexane solvent bath and steamed again to extract more oil. It is for the critical application of monitoring the level in the hexane bath that Europa Crown have standardised on ABLE’s highly reliable range of Magnetic Level Gauges.

The West Chirag facility has been installed in around 170 m (558 ft) of water between the existing Chirag and Deepwater Gunashli platforms. Its oil-handling capacity is 183,000 b/d and its gas export capacity is 285 MMcf/d (8 MMcm/d).

As part of their continued support of BP-operated projects offshore Azerbaijan, Wood Group contracted ABLE to supply level gauges & transmitters for installation on West Chirag’s produced water system. For the degasser, ABLE provided their “Fusion” level gauge, which combines the operation of a float operated magnetic level indicator with a guided wave radar to offer two independent proven level technologies in one system. ABLE also specified a guided wave radar transmitter for discrete continuous measurement on the same process. All wetted parts, including the special design chamber for the Fusion, were manufactured in Hastelloy.

Oil produced from the J05 well will be processed onboard and then exported to the Sangachal Terminal via a new infield pipeline linked to an existing 30-in. subsea export pipeline. Production will ramp up as the other pre-drilled wells are brought online.

Gordon Birrell, BP’s regional president for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, said: “West Chirag is the eighth world-class offshore platform that we have built and operated in a safe and efficient manner in the Caspian. To date the ACG field has produced over 2.3 Bbbl of oil and with future continual major investments in new technologies and facilities…it will continue to produce…for many decades.”

Partners in the ACG development are BP (operator – 35.8%), SOCAR (11.6%), Chevron (11.3%), INPEX (11%), Statoil (8.6%), ExxonMobil (8%), TPAO (6.8%), ITOCHU (4.3%), and ONGC Videsh (2.7%).

The field was discovered in 1972 and named after Beryl Solomon, wife of Mobil Europe president Charles Solomon. New drilling activities at the field were announced in September 2009. The co-venturers agreed to provide the required funding.

The Beryl Alpha Platform was constructed in 1975 with first production in 1976 and an estimated 25-year production period.

Apache approached ABLE with a request to replace a quantity of old, inoperable carbon steel/glass sight gauges with their renowned Magnetic Level Gauges.

The replacements were designed to fit the existing installation both dimensionally and functionally. A range of gauges were provided : 34300-K, 32755-K and 32755-K ‘special’ with Duplex process flanges which were required due to the pressure/temperature limitations of standard 316 Stainless Steel verses Carbon Steel. The gauges are required to operate on a range of low density hydrocarbons.

ABLE also provided the process isolation valves and mounting kits as part of the package as testimony to our capability to supply bespoke designed systems, a key element in ABLE winning the business.

To the north is Clair Ridge, where BP is targeting 640 million barrels of recoverable resources. The £4.5bn investment involves two new bridge-linked platforms, the jackets (legs) of which were installed in the summer of 2013. In 2015, the platform’s quarters and utilities (QU) topside modules were safely installed and construction was complete in June 2016 with the installation of the final topside modules. Hook-up and commissioning is now under way with first oil expected at the end of 2017.

Amec Foster Wheeler, a major contractor to the Clair Project, consulted ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd with regard to the critical requirement for heater protection on the platforms’ HVAC modules. ABLE provided an effective solution by way of their DuctMaster TM Ultra –Low Velocity Flow Switch, part of ABLE’s Master Series of innovative flow technology instrumentation. The DuctMaster will be used to detect the loss of flow under extremely low velocity conditions.

Clair Ridge is designed to continue producing until 2050 at a peak rate of more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day.

It will see the world’s first deployment of BP’s enhanced oil recovery technology LoSal®, a water injection method that is expected to deliver an additional 40 million barrels of oil.

BP are continuing their appraisal drilling program in the Clair field to help define a possible third phase of development.

For forced carbonation a measured amount of CO2 is pumped into a sealed container full of cold, flat beer. More gas than can actually fit in the container is pumped in creating a positive pressure. Overtime, the beer will absorb the gas and become carbonated. This is how beer and other carbonated beverages continue to fix even after the initial release of pressure when their containers are opened.

In order to accurately gauge the amount of CO2 injected into the beer during forced carbonation at Heineken’s Royal Brewery in Manchester, Brammer procured several Metal Tube VA Flow Meters from ABLE’s flow division. The VA meters were supplied with dual scales for both CO2 and Nitrogen, the latter being used to create stable, long-lasting foam for keg beers.

FGP will use sour gas injection technology, successfully developed and proven during TCO’s previous expansion in 2008, to increase Tengiz crude oil production capacity by about 12 million tonnes per year/260,000 barrels per day to about 39 million tonnes per year/850,000 barrels per day. While FGP will expand production, WPMP will keep the existing Tengiz plants at full capacity by lowering the flowing pressure at the wellhead and then boosting the pressure to the inlet requirements of the six existing processing trains.

Tengizchevroil LLP is a Kazakhstani partnership that explores, develops, produces and markets crude oil, LPG, dry gas and sulphur. TCO conducts its operations in accordance with world-class safety and environmental standards. In April 1993, Tengizchevroil was formed between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chevron Corporation. Current partners are: Chevron Overseas Company, 50 percent; KazMunayGas NC JSC, 20 percent; ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Ventures Inc., 25 percent and LUKARCO B.V., 5 percent.

ABLE and TCO
ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd was a supplier to the SGI/SGP Projects providing a full range of process control instrumentation including flow, level and analytical and continues to furnish the plant with spares, replacement instruments and after sales support.

ABLE have been contracted to fulfil the design, fabrication and supply of HVAC Panels and an associated process control instrumentation package. ABLE have also been awarded an order to supply Clamp-on Ultrasonic Flow Meters for the sour gas lines as part of the Wellhead Pressure Management Project (WPMP).

Scope of Supply
ABLE’s System Integration arm has been commissioned to supply 48 HVAC Panels in a mixture of 2 and 4-bay cabinets including special ATEX purged variants due to the high H₂S environment and all incorporating redundant PLCs and I/O. ABLE are partnering with Rockwell to integrate Allen Bradley PLCs into the design. Of the scheduled panels, 20 are planned for delivery in December this year, 23 for July 2017 and the remaining 5 for August 2017. The total scope, which includes 15 of the aforementioned ultrasonic flow meters, is expected to reach more than 60 panels with total I/O in excess of 8,500 and 1000 no. ancillary temperature and pressure control instruments.

Modular Strategy & Infrastructure
FGP-WPMP will be built with large equipment blocks called modules, which will be fabricated, assembled and pre-commissioned at fabrication yards in Kazakhstan, South Korea and Italy and then transported to Tengiz. The work at Tengiz involves interconnecting the modules and stick-building the remaining facilities.

A modular approach moves highly-complex work to a more controlled environment, away from the field. Equally important, modular construction will minimize construction impacts onsite at Tengiz – use of land, water and other resources, as well as minimizing creation of construction trash.

Modular construction was chosen as a superior construction method that allows the timely and costefficient fabrication of a high-quality, reliable and safe facility required by TCO. Many of the approximately 20,000 local labour force for the FGP-WPMP will benefit by having direct experience with large-scale modular construction technology, which is now a leading construction method for medium-to-large construction projects worldwide.

На ПБР будет использоваться технология закачки сырого газа, успешно разработанную и апробированную на предыдущем этапе расширения производственных мощностей ТШО в 2008 г., что позволит увеличить объём добычи нефти на Тенгизском месторождении примерно на 12 млн. тонн в год (260 000 баррелей в сутки), после чего общие объёмы добычи составят порядка 39 млн. тонн в год (850 000 баррелей в сутки). Если реализация ПБР позволит увеличить объёмы добычи, то реализация ПУУД обеспечит полную загрузку сырьём перерабатывающих мощностей действующих на Тенгизе заводов путём снижения устьевого давления и повышения входного давления на шести существующих комплексных технологических линиях до необходимого уровня.

ТОО «Тенгизшевройл» – это казахстанское товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью, которое занимается разведкой, разработкой, добычей и реализацией нефти, СУГ, сухого газа и серы. ТШО осуществляет свою деятельность в соответствии с мировыми стандартами в области техники безопасности и охраны окружающей среды. Соглашение о создании «Тенгизшевройл» было заключено между Правительством Республики Казахстан и корпорацией «Шеврон» в апреле 1993 г. Действующими партнёрами являются: «Шеврон Оверсиз Компани» – 50 %, АО НК «КазМунайГаз» – 20 %, «ЭксонМобил Казахстан Венчурс Инк.» – 25 % и СП «ЛукАрко» – 5 %.

«ABLE» и ТШО
Компания «ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd» была одним из поставщиков проекта ЗСГ/ ЗВП и занималась поставками целого ряда КИПиА для технологического процесса, в т.ч. расходомеров, уровнемеров и аналитической аппаратуры. В настоящее время компания продолжает поставки запасных частей и приборов для заводов, а также предоставляет услуги по послепродажной поддержке.

Объём поставок
Подразделению по интеграции систем компании «ABLE» поручено поставить 48 панелей ОВКВ в виде 2-х и 4-х секционных шкафов, в т.ч. специальной модификации, предусматривающей возможность продувки, с сертификатом взрывобезопасности для использования в среде с высоким содержанием сероводорода. Во всех панелях устанавливаются резервируемые ПЛК и вводы/ выводы. Компания «ABLE» заключила партнёрское соглашение с «Rockwell» для интеграции в разрабатываемый проект ПЛК «Allen Bradley». Планируется, что 20 панелей из общего количества, предусмотренного в рамках контракта, будут поставлены в декабре нынешнего года, 23 панели – в июле 2017 г., а оставшиеся 5 шт. – в августе 2017 г. Ожидается, что полный объём поставки, в который входят 15 упомянутых ультразвуковых расходомеров, будет включать более 60 панелей, оборудованных устройствами ввода/ вывода, общее количество которых превысит 8500. При этом количество вспомогательных приборов регулирования температуры и давления составит 1000.

Стратегия модульного исполнения и инфраструктура
ПБР-ПУУД будет построен из блоков оборудования большого размера, которые называются модулями. Изготовление, сборка и предварительная пусконаладка модулей будут выполняться на производственных площадках, расположенных в Республике Казахстан, Южной Корее и Италии, после чего модули будут перевезены на Тенгизское месторождение. Объём работ, который будет выполняться на Тенгизе, включает подключение этих модулей, а также строительство оставшихся сооружений из комплектующих.

Благодаря модульному исполнению выполнение работ высокой сложности переносится в более контролируемые условия за пределами месторождения. Не менее важным является тот факт, что применение модулей в строительстве позволят свести к минимуму то воздействие, которое оказывают строительные работы по месту на Тенгизе, т.е. использование земли, воды и других ресурсов, а кроме того сводится к минимуму количество создаваемых строительных отходов.

Выбор в пользу модульного исполнения был сделан по причине того, что такой метод строительства является более совершенным и позволяет своевременно и экономично выполнить строительство высококачественного и надёжного производственного объекта, который требуется компании ТШО. Большая часть из порядка 20000 местных рабочих, которые будут заняты на ПБР-ПУУД, приобретут полезный опыт непосредственного участия в крупномасштабном проекте с применением технологии модульного строительства, которая в настоящее время стала основным методом строительства на средних и крупных проектах по всему миру.

JF Temple & Son run a 550ac mixed dairy & arable farm which operates a 170kW Biomass plant. The plant takes slurry from their 100 milking cows, which is used to power their district heating system. They approached ABLE via our new 247able E-commerce site for the purchase of Kamstrup Energy Flow Meters for accurate, maintenance free consumption measurement of the working farm complex.

Tom Carsdale, the farms head maintenance engineer commented on his positive experience of purchasing via 247able.

“The website was easy to follow, we liked that all the options for the heat meter were on the one page – some places you buy stuff from you have a huge list of basically the same product but all the different variants are listed separately and it can be a challenge to find the exact combination you’re looking for.

The reason we didn’t just buy from one of our usual plumbing suppliers was that they only had the battery powered one and we wanted the mains powered one – you had that and it was a good price.

I have to say that we were pleased with the support from you guys throughout. Communication has been good and when we had an issue (caused by us) it was dealt with efficiently.

When the meter arrived it was well packaged – really you couldn’t have made any of the process much better!”