New products

Vol. 233 No. 10

Low-voltage motor control center

ABB’s Low Voltage Products division has released the MNS-MCC Low Voltage Motor Control Center, the first motor control center designed to address the causes of arc flash incidents while providing superior equipment and personnel protection. In developing the MNS-MCC, ABB took the primary features of a globally-proven IEC product and incorporated them into a unique, comprehensive low-voltage motor control center that meets UL 845, CSA C22.2 and IBC-2006 standards. To achieve the greatest possible flexibility and minimize factory downtime, the MNS-MCC offers plug-in type, withdrawable type, and full height unit technology, with up to 4000A horizontal bus and 1600A vertical bus. Its design is available in a variety of unit types, including starters, soft starters, variable frequency drives, and mains and feeder breakers. The MNS-MCC provides operators high degree of safety and efficiency during normal operation, and while performing maintenance. No other MCC allows the operator to remove a unit with the door closed, with no tools, without disconnecting any wires. This easy bucket removal encourages work to be performed outside the arc flash boundary. The new motor control center is targeted for markets with UL-845, CSA or NOM requirements, and in applications where arc flash is a concern, including drilling rigs and chemical plants.

Field-tested and proven to be highly successful, Hoover Chemical Injection Systems has now replaced every outdated system in the San Juan basin Four Corners project. Engineered and manufactured by Hoover Container Solutions, the heart of this system is Hoover’s patented Liquitote Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC). The system is constructed of 10 gauge, 304 stainless steel with a 2B finish, or painted to your color of choice. The Liquitote is designed to keep contents safe, uncompromised and ready to deliver to the well. To further ensure safety, the Liquitote IBC sits on a secondary containment basin (Liquibasin) that is designed for 150% recovery. The low-profile Liquitote makes filling safer and easier from ground level and diminishes the effects of high winds. Unlike poly units, which may create dangerous static electricity and are adversely affected by high winds, the system does not create static electricity and is much more stable when properly secured. The technology captures released vapors in a vent return line and a pump fluid return line to prevent spillage, due to a clogged line. The system can accommodate a vent pipe to 10 ft in height, and all venting is located at a minimum of 3 ft from any power source. The pumping system and the solar array can be installed on top of the secondary containment basin. The easy-to-install systems can be customized to meet customer-specific needs. Optional telemetry and fluid level monitoring systems complete the package.

Schlumberger has released its Rhino XC on-demand reamer. This next-generation reaming tool provides unlimited activation of the flow actuation system to enlarge boreholes. Building on Rhino XS hydraulically expandable reamer technology, the system, with ream-on-demand capabilities, provides complete control of reamer cutter-block deployment. Its flow activation system eliminates time-consuming pump-down device activation, allowing reamer placement below inner diameter-restricted BHA components, resulting in a reduced pilot-hole interval at TD. The reamer is effective in formations where simultaneous drilling and reliable hole enlargement are essential. The balanced design increases torque and load-carrying capacity while reducing drilling-generated vibrations that produce undergauge and irregular boreholes. Once activated, the reamer effectively enlarges wellbores for improved casing running, cement clearance and equivalent circulating density control.

RathGibson has introduced its umbilical tubing with enhanced tensile strength and corrosion resistance for a wide range of operating temperatures and pressures. The increasing water depths and higher working pressures make subsea an extremely harsh environment. RathGibson offers laser-welded Lean Duplex 19D, a cost-efficient alternative for subsea umbilical applications. Zinc cladding is added for improved external protection against corrosive-inducing, temperature-fluctuating subsea conditions. The zinc clad Lean Duplex 19D tubing undergoes extensive quality testing, including X-ray, eddy current, ultrasonic, and final acceptance testing (FAT), to meet and exceed ASTM-A789 and ASTM-A790 specifications.

High-resolution fiber optic sensor

Silixa Ltd. has introduced new fiber optic technology that provides increased resolution for measurement time, distance and sensitivity. The Distributed Acoustic Sensor (iDASTM) measures the true acoustic field at every meter along tens of km of optical fiber, capturing the amplitude, frequency and phase of the incident acoustic signal with a wide dynamic range of > 120 db. The system can be used across a great variety of applications within the oil and gas sector, through the exploration, completion and production stages. The company’s distributed temperature sensor ULTIMA DTS offers a temperature increment of 0.01°C and 25-cm spatial resolution over a wide operating temperature range.