Operation & Maintenance of Power Plants
Fig. 1. The Rolls-Royce energy workshop at Macae in Brazil supports the RB211 industrial gas turbine work.
complete and comprehensive service support to operators of gas turbine driven equipment. Tis will provide service and support solutions for complete turbine packages which will be made available worldwide to operators of industrial gas turbine driven packages in the power and other process industries. “Operators of gas turbine driven packages have asked for this type of comprehensive coverage for a very long time. We are a strong team, Greenray and TS&S, by combining our expertise we are able to meet the challenge. Simply put this is flange-to-flange support,” said Ahmed AlMoosa, ceo of TS&S. “Tis service includes the gas turbine, power turbine, driven equipment and all of the supporting ancillary sub- systems.”
As part of the undertaking, a service centre will be established within TS&S’s facilities at the Abu Dhabi International Airport. Te service centre will be up and running in this year. Greenray is the exclusive original equipment manufacturer service provider for GEC gas turbine package equipment originally manufactured by Siemens, and the exclusive OEM service provider for RT65 and RT66 Cooper Bessemer gas turbine packages.
“Tis alliance provides Greenray with a regional
service base for our growth in total turbine package solutions, particularly supporting the Middle East, Central Asia and surrounding countries,” said Greenray ceo Iain Lister. l
New global integrated rotating equipment service provider W
ood Group and Siemens have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture (jv)
consisting of the maintenance and power solutions businesses of Wood Group GTS and Siemens’ TurboCare business unit which provides aftermarket gas turbine, steam turbine and generator design, repair and manufacturing services The JV will bring together two
organisations with complementary strengths, customers and geographic exposure and will benefit from OEM know-how, say the companies. The JV is expected to deliver annual net synergies
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to Wood Group of around US$15 million (€11 million) over three years. The shareholding of the joint venture will be split 51 per cent Wood Group: 49 per cent Siemens. Wood Group currently expects that a further payment of up to approximately US$70 million (€50 million) will be due from the JV to Wood Group. Completion is subject to a range of
approvals and is which are expected to be arranged very shortly. Commenting on the new deal,
Wood Group GTS ceo Mark Dobler said: “The JV will bring together Wood
Group’s capabilities in the areas of asset operations, maintenance, risk management and life-cycle optimisation with the aftermarket design, repair and manufacturing capabilities of TurboCare to deliver greater flexibility, greater market reach and an expanded footprint to service customers. The JV will be a significant integrated rotating equipment service provider to the global power generation, oil and gas and industrial sectors.” The JV will have approximately US$1billion (€720 million) in revenue and 4500 employees around the world. l
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