Rolls-Royce wins contract with Asia Gas Pipeline

10th Sep 2013 07:01

Rolls-Royce has scored a 175m dollar contract with Asia Gas Pipeline (AGP) for services on a natural gas pipeline in Kazakhstan. The FTSE 100 company will supply AGP with equipment and related services to power the flow of natural gas through Kazakhstan's Line C Gas Pipeline, part of the 1,833km long Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline network.Rolls-Royce will deliver 12 RB211 gas turbine driven pipeline compressor units which will operate at four compressor stations along the 1,115km Line C Pipeline."The AGP Pipeline will help to meet Kazakhstan's domestic energy needs and to stabilise China's energy consumption with cleaner natural gas," said AGP General Director, Beimbet Shayakhmetov."Given the huge scale and tight construction schedule of this project we need on-time delivery of reliable and efficient technology. Rolls-Royce proven technology provides an excellent fit and we are delighted to again cooperate with them to support us intransportation of the gas." President of Rolls-Royce, Andrew Heath, said the contract will help strengthen the company's relationship with AGP, a joint venture between Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGaz and China's National Petroleum Corporation.Once it reaches full operating capacity in 2016, the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline network will transport up to 55bn cubic metres of gas each year (bcm/a) from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to China. The Line C Pipeline in Kazakhstan will contribute up to 25 bcm/a of the total capacity, including potential to supply gas domestically to the Republic of Kazakhstan.The contract is in addition to an award for 11 RB211 gas turbine driven pipeline compressor units secured by Rolls-Royce in 2009 for AGP's Line A and B pipelines. Rolls-Royce will manufacture and package the equipment at its energy facilities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Mount Vernon, Ohio, US.RD