Kausar, Pakistan: 6,720 hp (5,010 kW) Compressor Station
Background
To counter declining oil production, the customer needed a flexible compression solution to reduce wellhead pressure and boost production. Valerus was asked to design and install the compression equipment.
Challenge
Operating conditions at the Kausar facility required a flexible compression solution to bring down the wellhead pressure. Compressed gas was sent into the customer’s main gathering distribution pipeline, to be used for fuel gas at power stations within Pakistan.
Advantage
Valerus compression units started off in a single-stage application with a very high suction pressure. This operating mode pulled the well pressure down until the flex package could convert first to a two-stage application, then eventually to a three-stage application. By reducing the wellhead gas pressure from 400 psi to 75 psi, the customer increased their oil production by several hundred barrels per day.
- Location
- Kausar, Southeast Pakistan
- Product Lines
- Compression, Aftermarket Services
- Scope of Work
- Engineering
- Compressor package
- Equipment Design
- Four (4) compression units totaling 6,720 hp (5,010 kW)
- Commissioning & Startup
- Valerus
- Contract Type
- Ex works sale with startup and training services
- Delivery Timeline
- 9 weeks
- Completion Date
- 2007
- Measurements/Volumes
- Varied from 80 MMscf/d (94,400 m3/hr) at 400 psi to 40 MMscf/d (47,200 m3/hr) at 75 psi suction
