ABB to supply more for Caspian Sea projects

ABB has been awarded further contracts for the Caspian Sea oil and gas projects.

The company will supply equipment for the offshore platforms, the pipeline construction and an onshore terminal for both the oil and gas projects.

For the terminal and platforms, ABB is supplying, installing and commissioning an integrated control and safety system. This comprises a process control system and an integrated safety system. The safety system features self-contained systems consisting of a fire and gas sub-system covering process and non-process areas and separate emergency shutdown sub-systems for the process area.

These components will provide process control, emergency shutdown and fire and gas protection on the Central Azeri, compression and water-injection platform, the East Azeri and West Azeri oil platforms and at the Sangachal oil terminal.

ABB products that will be used on the terminal and platforms include Operate IT operating stations, AC 450 controllers and SG400 Safeguard controllers. S800 remote I/O and the S900 I/O mounted in ‘Exe’ rated cabinets for zone 1 mounting will also be used.

The company will provide Introl control valves for all platforms and variable speed drives will be delivered by ABB in Norway for pump control.