Operation & Maintenance of Power Plants
Strategic alliances form as market grows for gas turbine repair
A combination of older turbines and new market opportunities is driving both the maintenance business and new alliances between suppliers. Eugene McCarthy reports.
Una combinación de turbinas antiguas y nuevas oportunidades de mercado impulsan tanto a los negocios de mantenimiento como a las nuevas alianzas entre los proveedores. Informa Eugene McCarthy.
Ältere Turbinen und neue Absatzmöglichkeiten kurbeln das Wartungsgeschäft an und fördern neue Allianzen zwischen Lieferanten. Eugene McCarthy berichtet.
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he global market for gas turbine maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) in the power industry is expected to reach US$14.48 billion (€10.41 billion) in 2018, according
to global management and market research firm Lucintel. In a new study, Lucintel describes how the
industry faces a challenge to recruit and retain skilled labour. At the same time, the price of labour is rising – creating a major concern. Te report also finds that turbines installed
between 1980 and 2000 are the major drivers for the increasing maintenance segment as older technology requires more repairs.
Shale gas On the other hand, new power opportunities are presenting themselves especially in terms of shale gas developments and other oil- and gas-related activities. One such beneficiary is Rolls-Royce, which has just been awarded a US$138 million (€99 million), five-year services contract by Petrobras, a world leader in deep and ultra-deep water oil and gas exploration and production, to support its oil production activities offshore Brazil. Te company is to supply Petrobras with
advanced maintenance and repair services to support 15 Rolls-Royce RB211-G62 industrial gas turbine power generation units which are installed on four Petrobras oil platforms operating in the petroleum rich, pre-salt Campos Basin.
Te four Petrobras platforms, which together
can produce over 500,000 barrels of oil per day, or 25 per cent of Brazil’s entire output, are reliant on nearly 375MW of Rolls-Royce generated power to maintain a consistently high production output. Te long term service agreement (LTSA) contract, which has a potential value of up to US$220 million (€158 million) over its five- year renewal period, will help ensure that the Rolls-Royce units continue to operate at peak performance levels of efficiency and reliability. Eberaldo de Almeida Neto, general manager,
Rio de Janeiro operational unit, Petrobras, said: “Over the past five years Rolls-Royce advanced power generation technology and services has helped us to meet our oil and gas production objectives for these important oil platforms. “We are delighted to strengthen our
relationship with Rolls-Royce and look forward to continued high levels of availability and reliability.” Over 50 Rolls-Royce engineers and technicians are working on the project, most based full-time on the four oil platforms. Te Rolls-Royce energy workshop at Macae
in Brazil supports their work (Fig. 1) and later this year the company will inaugurate a new, US$100 million (€72 million)-plus investment, purpose-built gas turbine package, assembly and test facility in Santa Cruz in the state of Rio de Janeiro, further strengthening its local, in- country manufacturing and services presence. It’s a similar story for Wood Group GTS which has secured a multi-million dollar, five- year contract from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK to provide turbine maintenance support services for 22 Siemens Ruston gas turbines operating on the Buchan, Clyde, Tartan and Flotta installations in the North Sea. Te contract comprises TB5000, TB5400 and TD4000 gas turbine models. Wood Group GTS will provide a
comprehensive scope of work, including contract management services, preventive maintenance scheduling and execution, 24/7 technical support, unplanned breakdown support, and engine supply and overhaul services.Tis contract award marks an important milestone in the relationship between Wood Group GTS and Talisman Sinopec Energy UK and follows a 10- year turbine fleet maintenance contract between the two companies which concluded in 2013.
Strategic alliance Another new relationship just forged is between Turbine Services & Solutions (TS&S) and Greenray Turbines. Under a strategic alliance, the two companies will come together to provide
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