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News Release from: Aker Kvaerner Oil and Gas
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 June 2007
3 subsea MultiBooster pumps for the Gulf
of Mexico
The installation of three subsea MultiBooster pumps in the King field will break world records when it is applied in water depths in excess of 1700 metres, more than 29 kilometres from the platform.
The contract was first announced by Aker Kvaerner on 4 October 2005 "This represents a key milestone for the Aker Kvaerner award-winning processing and boosting technology," said Jarl Kosberg, Senior Vice President Trees / Processing and Boosting, Aker Kvaerner Subsea: "The installation of these pumps will extend the production lifetime of the field and increase the ultimate oil recovery for the operator"
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 17 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Aker Kvaerner MultiBooster subsea system increases oil production and recovery rates, extends the useful life of fields and enables longer step-out distances between subsea assets and host facilities by adding energy to the wellstream.
"We are extremely pleased to work with BP on this important project," continues Kosberg: "This technology has been engineered and produced at the Aker Kvaerner subsea facility in Tranby, Norway.
We are very proud to see the results of our development work and this is a major step forward for us".
The three MultiBooster pumps, weighing 57 tonnes each, are expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico by the beginning of July.
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