Soft starters for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

Driving produced-water injection pumps
Motor ratings: 11000V, 300A
FPSO- PGS-Petrojarl II Foinhaven

Solcon’s HRVS-DN, 11 KV, 4.5MW

The long time success of the Pertojarl I equipped with the Solcon soft-starter has spun off a new sister ship- the PGS Foinhaven. This FPSO is also being equipped with the HRVS-DN soft starter to drive the water injection pumps used to re-inject crude laden produced-water into the reservoir minimizing the environmental impact of the pumping process.

The produced-water injection pump is soft started by the HRVS-DN. Utilizing a current limiting curve at 300A/11000V, the soft starter eliminates high current inrush and consequential voltage drop allowing for ship wide voltage stability while starting the pump.

The Solcon Motor Protection package built in to each HRVS-DN soft-starter ensures that above and beyond the elimination of high inrush current, mechanical torque and pressure surges, the motor will be protected from shear-pin, under voltage and ground fault to name just a few.

Petrojarl II-FOINHAVEN-PGS-FPSO equipped

with 11KV/4MW HRVS-DN soft-starter.