Rolls-Royce To Supply Gas Turbine Compressor Package For Novia Scotia Offshore Project

Rolls-Royce has won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME) on behalf of ExxonMobil Canada Production (EMCP) for the $3.6 billion Sable Tier II compression project located offshore Nova Scotia.

An RB211 6562 Dry Low Emission (DLE) gas turbine driving a D12R8-6B Dresser-Rand compressor, controlled by a Rolls-Royce FT-110 system, will be installed on a fixed platform in the Thebaud gas-gathering hub near Sable Island, 40km/22miles north from the edge of the Scotian Shelf.

The central Thebaud complex consists of two bridge-linked platforms, with the first accommodating offshore production personnel and the second supporting the processing equipment, while collecting and dehydrating gas from all of the fields in production.
“We are delighted to have been selected to participate in the development of this important, offshore project,” said Tom Curley, President of the energy business of Rolls-Royce. “Selection of the RB211 continues to confirm the product as a world leader for reliable, offshore power in even the harshest applications."

Exposed to temperatures ranging from –20 to 35 Celsius, Rolls-Royce equipment will be installed on the second platform and transport natural gas to shore.

The Sable Tier ll project will develop six gas fields: Venture, South Venture, Thebaud, North Triumph, Glenelg and Alma. Combined, the fields contain nearly 85 billion cubic meters of recoverable gas reserves, one of the largest natural gas deposits remaining to be developed in North America. Sable is projected to produce a 25-year supply.

Packaged at the company’s Mount Vernon, Ohio facility, Rolls-Royce will ship the equipment to Long Beach, California in the 2nd quarter, 2005. DSME will then ship the unit from Long Beach to South Korea for module assembly and then to Nova Scotia for installation on the platform.

Shareholders in the Sable Project are ExxonMobil Canada Limited (50.8%), Shell Canada Limited (31.3%), Imperial Oil Limited (9.0%), Emera Inc. (8.4%) and Moshbacher Operating Limited (0.5%).