Successful Twister Commissioning in Nigeria
Posted: June 19, 2009 at 10:31 am
The second commercially-operated Twister Supersonic Separator system has successfully started up in Nigeria at the onshore Okoloma Gas Plant. The Twister gas processing module is used for dewpointing 120 MMscfd of gas which is being supplied as fuel gas to the Shell Petroleum Development Company owned and operated 650 MW Afam V1 Power Plant. The Twister module incorporates six (6) Twister Supersonic Separator tubes together with a chemical-free Twister Hydrate Separator. The Twister tube design provides higher availability and reliability compared to older technologies whilst maintaining the benefits of chemical-free operation without moving parts.
The Okoloma plant uses advanced Twister Supersonic Separator technology to remove liquids present in gas when it comes out of the ground - necessary before it can be used in the gas network or to generate power. This advanced design is less costly and more reliable to operate than older technologies that add chemicals to do the same job. Okoloma can process 240 million cubic feet of gas each day (mmscf/d). The Okoloma gas plant will be supplied from 6 nearby wells. From here, it will supply the Afam VI power plant and the Nigerian Gas Company, which manages the domestic gas network and supplies industrial users around the country.
Shell - TwisterBV Press Release - TwisterBV Start up in Nigeria.pdf
Twister BV Introduces SWIRL Valve Technology
Posted: April 23, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Twister BV has successfully developed and tested the Twister SWIRL ValveTM – a new gas processing product which improves the separation of two-phase flow across a pressure reduction valve, such as a choke valve, Joule Thomson (JT) valve or control valve. This in turn significantly improves the liquid separation efficiency of downstream separators.
The improved separation […]
Ecopetrol Selects Twister Technology for Gibraltar
Posted: September 30, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Twister technology has been selected by Ecopetrol to dehydrate and hydrocarbon dewpoint the gas at their new onshore gas processing plant in the Gibraltar field in Colombia. The contract for the construction and initial operation of the plant has been awarded to GAS GIBRALTAR SA, a partnership between GASMOCAM SA and Twister BV. This is […]
Twister presents paper at GPA 2008 Annual Conference at Grapevine, Texas
Posted: March 26, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Twister presented a paper at GPA 2008 Annual Conference at Grapevine, Texas on the 5th March 2008. The paper presented the latest results of a third party study which compared Twister versus Joule Thompson expansion (JT-LTS) for efficient NGL recovery. The paper also explains how Twister is able to outperform both […]
Separation Goes Supersonic
Posted: November 20, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Efficient separation from multiphase wells offers economic and environmental advantages.
Authors: Marco Betting and Hugh Epsom, Twister BV
Upgrades in cyclonic separation improved performance on the Shell-operated 11 platform offshore Sarawak on the Malaysian portion of the island of Borneo. Twister BV, launched in April 2001, installed its first commercial Supersonic Gas Conditioning Unit on the platform […]
Petrobras Kicks off Joint Sub-Sea Twister Development Project
Posted: June 27, 2007 at 3:56 pm
The Hague, 28th June 2007
Twister BV today announced the finalisation of a joint technology development agreement with Petrobras (PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A) for the first phase of the development of a sub-sea gas processing unit based on Twister technology.
The project will build on the results of a feasibility study completed in 2002 by a partnership comprising […]