ABB为Ormen Lange天然气田提供自动化系统

ABB automates Ormen Lange gas field 

ABB为Ormen Lange天然气田提供自动化系统
 
Zurich, Switzerland, October 16, 2007 - The giant Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian Sea will supply 20 percent of the United Kingdom’s gas needs via a 1,200 kilometer pipeline – the longest underwater pipeline in the world.

瑞士苏黎世10月16日消息——位于挪威海的大型Ormen Lange天然气田将通过世界上最长——1200公里的水下管道，供应英国20 ％ 的天然气需求。

Equipped with ABB automation, electrification and telecommunications solutions, the project was officially opened on October 6. When full production capacity is reached later this year, Ormen Lange will supply 70 million cubic meters of gas and 50,000 barrels of condensate a day and provide the United Kingdom with a stable and reliable supply of natural gas for the next 40 years.

该项目配备ABB的自动化，电气和通信解决方案，在10月6日正式启用。到今年晚些生产能力达到最大的时候，Ormen Lange将供应7千万立方米的天然气和5万桶的凝析油，在未来的40年里每天为英国提供稳定、可靠的天然气供应。

Located at depths of 800 to 1,100 meters in the extreme weather conditions of the Norwegian continental shelf, Ormen Lange is the deepest natural gas field ever exploited. The gas is piped 120 kilometers to the Norwegian mainland for processing, and then pumped along a 1200 kilometer pipeline to the east coast of England for distribution in the U.K. supply network.

Ormen Lange天然气田位于极端天气条件下的挪威大陆架地下800至1100米的地方，是迄今为止最深的天然气田。天然气通过120公里长的管道输送到挪威大陆加工处理，然后再沿着1200公里长的管道，输送到英格兰东海岸，通过英国的供应网络分配。

ABB’s participation in Ormen Lange is extensive and crucial to the success of the project.

ABB对Ormen Lange天然气田的参与是广泛的，而且是项目成功的关键。

ABB control, safety and information management systems control the gas processing plant and the flow of gas through the pipeline. Based on ABB’s market-leading and award-winning Extended Automation System 800xA, the solution is one of the largest automation systems ever delivered by ABB.

ABB的管理、安全和信息管理系统控制着气体处理厂以及通过管道的气体流量。基于ABB市场领先、并屡获殊荣的Extended Automation System 800xA系统，该解决方案是ABB有史以来交付的最大的自动化系统之一。

In addition, ABB has supplied an energy-efficient all-electric variable speed drive solution to power and control the gas compressors at the Nyhamna onshore processing plant. Compared to the alternative technology of turbine-driven compressors, ABB's MEGADRIVE-LCI variable speed drive system brings considerable savings in operating costs, fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as significant improvements in availability, productivity and energy efficiency.

此外， ABB提供了一个高效的全电动变速传动解决方案，以控制Nyhamna陆上加工厂的气体压缩机和为其提供电力。相对于涡轮驱动压缩机的替代技术，ABB的MEGADRIVE-LCI变速传动系统节约了可观的运营成本、燃油消耗和温室气体排放，以及显着改善可用性、生产力和能源效率。

ABB has also supplied telecommunications packages for the gas processing plant - which are fully integrated with the plant automation system - and electrical tagged equipment systems including motor starters, transformers, distribution boards and battery systems.

ABB还为气体处理厂提供与处理厂的自动化系统完全整合的电信软件包，以及电力标签设备系统，包括电机起动器、变压器、配电板和电池系统。

Hydro was responsible for the development phase of the project and will hand over operation of Ormen Lange later this year to Shell, one of the project’s five partners. After Troll, Ormen Lange is the second largest gas field on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Hydro公司负责开发阶段的项目，并将在今年晚些时候把Ormen Lange的运营移交给本项目五个合作伙伴之一的壳牌公司。Ormen Lange天然气田是挪威大陆架内继Troll气田之后的第二大天然气田。

The last four weeks have seen two other groundbreaking events take place for StatoilHydro. On October 1 the merger between Statoil and Hydro was formally completed, and on September 13 the company’s Snohvit gas field in the Barents Sea and Hammerfest LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant in the Arctic Circle went onstream.

在过去四周，StatoilHydro发生了另外两个具有开创性的事件 。10月1日Statoil 和 Hydro的合并正式完成，而在9月13日，该公司在巴伦支海的Snohvit气田和在北极圈的Hammerfest液化天然气工厂投产。

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 111,000 people.

ABB是电力和自动化技术领域的全球领导厂商，致力于为工业和电力行业客户提供解决方案，以帮助客户提高生产效率，同时降低对环境的不良影响。ABB集团的业务遍布全球100多个国家，拥有大约111,000名雇员。

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