Bapco refinery uses GE’s mobile water solutions
Published by Callum O'Reilly,
Senior Editor
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
To save as much water as possible in the production of oil and eliminate the need to deliver water via tanker truck, the Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (Bapco) is using GE's advanced mobile water technology to convert seawater into usable, highly pure source water at the Awali refinery.
Bapco refines more than 260 000 bpd of crude oil, which is then exported throughout the Middle East, India, the Far East, Southeast Asia and Africa.
Using GE Water & Process Technologies’ mobile water technology gives Bapco a cost-effective solution for on-site desalination.
Yousif Ahmed, Acting Manager, Power and Utilities, Bapco, said: “GE’s mobile water solutions enabled Bapco to convert seawater into high-purity boiler feedwater for refinery use […] Availing mobile water solutions ensure a continual water supply instead of relying on tank truck deliveries.”
Previously, the limited in-house distillate water production from the desalination units prompted Bapco to import water using tank trucks to fill up the shortage. This mode of delivery would cause gridlock on refinery roads, and there were associated risks involved in having unusual numbers of tankers inside the refinery operating area.
GE Water & Process Technologies provided a turnkey operations and maintenance solution for this project, with a total of 13 mobile water units including six mobile seawater multimedia filter containers, five mobile seawater reverse osmosis containers, two mobile brackish water reverse osmosis containers and four diesel-operated electrical generators. GE also supplied all mobile pumping skids, tanks and interconnecting piping and cabling. The mobile water fleet started its operation in May 2017 and will continue to produce Bapco’s desalinated water requirements for one year.
Kevin Cassidy, Global Leader, Engineered Systems — GE Water & Process Technologies, said: “For the Bapco refinery, GE’s mobile water technology produces 136 m3/h of water, which meets the refinery’s high-quality standards […] Our mobile solutions allow Bapco to desalinate the water on-site and immediately use it for oil refining.”
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/refining/30082017/bapco-refinery-uses-ges-mobile-water-solutions/
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