GE Oil and Gas is using a satellite for remote tuning and testing of gas turbines at 11 pipeline stations run by Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure (RGTIL), thereby speeding up project execution.
The company plans to complete remote tuning at 32 gas turbines along the East West Pipeline Project by end of next month.
"After this date, future remote tuning activity will be extended under a long-term contractual service agreement," GE said in a press release issued here.
The new technology is enabling the project to be implemented with significantly more speed while maintaining high levels of reliability, efficiency and quality.
"RGTIL is committed to meeting aggressive gas transportation pipeline commissioning targets - so the efficient, reliable and rapid start-up of new gas turbines was critical," GE Oil & Gas, VP Global Services, Jeff Nagel, said.
"Adding to the challenge was the fact that many of the pipeline stations are in remote locations. This project provides a model that we will replicate in future DLN tuning efforts for other customers," he added.
GE Oil & Gas has implemented an innovative remote tuning and commissioning strategy.
The project relies on bridge-encrypted Internet connection between servers at the company's headquarters in Italy and manually operated computer terminals located at the remote pipeline stations.
