HOUSTON, May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC
Technologies, Inc. won a Spotlight on New Technology award for its
InLine ElectroCoalescer, and was recognized at the 2016 Offshore
Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston on Monday, May
2. This prestigious award recognizes and honors innovative
technologies in the oil and gas industry that significantly impact
offshore exploration and production.
"We are proud to receive our thirteenth Spotlight on New
Technology award from OTC," said FMC Technologies Chairman and
CEO John Gremp. "We are thinking
differently about how we design, develop and apply technology, and
the InLine ElectroCoalescer is a good example of how we've taken a
proven technology and adapted its application to deliver the best
to our customers."
By using a compact in-line pipe configuration rather than the
typical large vessel-type coalescer for the emulsification process,
FMC Technologies' InLine ElectroCoalescer reduces the size and
weight of the equipment by one-fourth to one-half of other
electrostatic coalescers. It also reduces operator cost and
increases primary separation capacity.
The compact, pipe-based technology uses a high-frequency,
alternating current with high voltage to polarize, coalesce and
enlarge water droplets, which can then be separated much faster in
the downstream separation equipment. In older facilities, this
results in debottlenecking, reduced demulsifier injection and
decreased energy consumption of the heating system. For greenfield
applications this means it can greatly reduce the size of the
separator and the use of demulsifiers.
About FMC Technologies
FMC
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) is the global market leader in
subsea systems and a leading provider of technologies and services
to the oil and gas industry. We help our customers overcome their
most difficult challenges, such as improving shale and subsea
infrastructures and operations to reduce cost, maintain uptime, and
maximize oil and gas recovery. The company has approximately 16,500
employees and operates 29 major production facilities and services
bases in 18 countries. Visit www.fmctechnologies.com or follow us
on Twitter @FMC_Tech for more information.
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