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Siemens
supplies variable-speed electric
drives for gas compressors -
for the new natural-gas cavern storage facility
in the Netherlands.
The Siemens Industrial
Solutions and Services (I&S) Group has received an order from MAN
TURBO AG, Switzerland, to supply five variable-speed electric drive
systems for the Zuidwending underground natural-gas storage facility in
the Netherlands. The final customer is a joint venture of the companies
N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie and Nuon BV. The volume of the project amounts to
around 10 million euros and the gas storage facility is scheduled to start
operating in 2010.
Nederlandse Gasunie
buys, transports and sells natural gas and promotes its safe, efficient
and innovative use. In the Netherlands, the company has a pipeline network
with a total length of around 11,600 kilometers. Nuon is a leading energy
supply company which serves customers in the Netherlands, Belgium and
Germany with electricity, gas, heat and supplementary services.
Together, the two companies are currently building a natural-gas storage
facility in underground salt caverns near Zuidwending in the Groningen
province. The gas storage facility is to have a capacity of around 180
million cubic meters and is mainly intended to work as a buffer and
compensate for peaks in demand. Located 1,000 to 1,500 meters below the
surface, the caverns are connected to the national gas supply network in
the Netherlands by means of a short pipeline. The caverns are filled with
the help of gas compressors which can feed in up to 1.2 million cubic
meters of natural gas per hour.
For operation of the gas compressors, Siemens is supplying five
variable-speed drive systems of the type “Sisog Comp D”, each with an
output of 12 megawatts. The drive units consist of water-cooled
converter-fed induction motors and “Perfect Harmony” medium-voltage
converters, including the associated open-loop and closed-loop control
technology. In addition, Siemens will supervise installation and
commission the electric drive systems.
Further information for products, systems, solutions and services for the
oil and gas industry at:  http://www.siemens.com/oil-gas
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