The hostile environments and extreme conditions of the Oil and Gas market demand the very highest standards of safety and reliability. Our ATEX approved IPU Hydraulic starting and Air Start starting provide guaranteed starting on critical applications such as emergency generators and fire pumps in oil and gas fields around the globe.
To further ensure worker safety our Offshore Service Team will ensure ongoing maintenance and service of back-up starting systems, of any make, is completed to the very highest standards.
The OSA (On-Site Analyser) is ideal for remote facilities, such as Oil and Gas platforms, where ongoing engine and hydraulic oil testing is a necessity but location dictates lengthy lead times as samples are sent to external laboratories. The OSA provides oil condition results in minutes ensuring that damaging oil contamination is detected early enough for your engineers to take preventative maintenance measures.
Wintershall, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF, has been operating in the North Sea since 1965 and today operates a total of 26 platforms, 25 of them in Dutch territorial waters and one in German territorial waters. The company commissioned Pon Power, the Caterpillar dealer in Scandinavia to supply emergency generators for…
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IPU were contracted to supply the emergency starting system on the fire pump replacement for the mature Torpille Field offshore Gabon. The starting system was designed to as an emergency back up on the CAT C15 engine. As the platform has a constant air supply, the recharging of the start accumulator is achieved with both a…
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Petronas (a Malaysian oil and gas company) are looking to enhance oil recovery in Malaysia, according to Exxon Mobil Corp. The Tapis field, off the coast of Terengganu, will be the main oil field off the coast of Malaysia. This latest contract includes commitments to implement an enhanced oil recovery project at the Tapis field…
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The IPU Starting Service team recently visited the BP Chirag platform that is being built in Baku, Azerbaijan. The undertaking was to commission and test the starting unit attached to the emergency generator, which had not long been installed. The platform itself, is due to be commissioned in the Caspian Sea in the summer of…
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The IPU Starting Service team visited the Clyde platform in the North Sea to service three hydraulic starting systems, which would be used to power the platforms fire pumps in an emergency situation. To test and service a unit for working order, our engineers have to perform many tasks together with oil and filter changes,…
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For the Cheviot Semi-Submersible Production Platform in the North Sea, the operators, ATP Oil and Gas, required a hydraulic back up starting system to the intent of NFPA20 for a Caterpillar 3516 diesel engine driven fire water pump. The starting system had to comply with the Mustang Engineering specifications, NFPA20 standards…
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IPU Starting Division prides itself on working closely with clients to understand their needs and delivering the start system required. This is proven by the strong working relationship the team have built with Warren CAT in the US. IPU have delivered multiple hydraulic systems to fit the specific starting requirements…
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Bassein Platform A (BPA) produces natural gas from the Bassein Field 80km offshore north-west of Mumbai. Its emergency systems include a containerised fire pump powered by two CAT 3508 engines. Starting systems were part of the emergency systems specification on the new platform hook-up. The challenges of a containerised fire…
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IPU have supplied six complete air start systems for the Pearl GTL project in Qatar.
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After a recent visit to a North Sea offshore platform, IPU engineers discovered a critical situation.
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IPU were awarded all starting systems for both the fire pumps and generator set.
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The hydraulic starting system was designed for a generator being used as a multi-role generator for emergency, essential services and blackstart operation with a prime function to start a 1000Kw fire pump motor.
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IPU were awarded the starting systems for both generator sets on the platform, this was a huge and important task.
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Hydraulic Start Packages – FPSO The hydraulic start system was designed to provide three times 10 seconds cranking capacity for the Cummins KTA50 engine on an Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility. Full DNV classification and design approval is required for marine applications. The start system was…
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Hydraulic Start Packages – BP Chirag British Petroleum (BP) needed a Hydraulic Starting System for the Chirag Oil Project (COP), this is an offshore development located in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea, approximately 120 km southeast of Baku. IPU were awarded all starting system designs and manufacturing for the…
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IPU supplied the standby emergency start systems for the fire pumps on Exxon-Mobil Jerneh-A production platform in the South China Sea, offshore Kemaman, Malaysia. The Jernah A first began production in 1991 and this is the latest upgrade for the platform. The systems were designed to replace the existing sets and to provide…
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