Sulzer received an order from Strathcona Storage Limited Partnership. The pumps Sulzer supplies are for the challenging application of injecting hydrocarbons at a very high pressure into salt caverns for storage. The pumps will be shipped in the first quarter of 2016.
Sulzer’s sales, tendering, and engineering teams from Canada, the US and Brazil provided a solution that met the customer’s technical and commercial expectations. Besides the delivery, Sulzer will take care of training of the staff, repair and other services as required for the complete lifecycle of the pumps.
The CP Volute Style Pumps for the ethylene service will be designed, engineered, manufactured, and tested in Portland, US. The GSG Diffuser Style Bare Shaft Pump will be designed, engineered, and manufactured in Jundiai, Brazil, and finally packaged and tested in Portland, US.
Strathcona Storage Limited Partnership, a company formed in partnership between ATCO Energy Solutions and Petrogas Energy, is developing four caverns with a total capacity to store 400,000m³ of natural gas liquids. The first two caverns are targeted to go into operation in late 2016, with the next pair ready in late 2017. The project will help to move natural gas liquid (NGL) products to North American and international export markets.
Sulzer anticipates that this technology of storing propane, butane and ethylene will be used in the future by many other companies that are involved in temporary storage of light hydrocarbons in salt caverns. This technology of storage has a low impact on the environment.
For more information, please contact Sulzer.
