Pumps & Systems
April 2013
Written by: Matt Cray & Jim Rector, Schlumberger
GRAPHALLOY® Pump Bearings Combat Low NGL Viscosity
Shale natural gas activity throughout North America has created many
opportunities and challenges for natural gas liquid (NGL) plant
operators who need cost-effective pumping solutions to treat,
fractionate and move natural gas liquids from remote processing sites to
pipelines bound for end markets.
Horizontal multistage centrifugal pumps can be a cost-effective,
operationally efficient and safe alternative to reciprocating, vertical
turbine can pumps and axial split case pumps that have historically been
used in these high-pressure applications.
Although first developed in the 1940s, the horizontal multistage pump
did not truly evolve until the oil boom of the early 1980s. During that
period, water injection had become a pervasive need, which was
difficult to maintain with traditional reciprocating pumps. The quick
delivery and increased reliability of the horizontal multistage pump
made it a suitable replacement for the older, more conventionally-used
pumps.
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