— OIL AND GAS CASE STUDY - INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS COMPANY, NORTH SEA Extending the safe and reliable operating life of a gas terminal The client operates a major gas terminal to process the gas received from a number of offshore oil and gas fields operated by a number of operating companies. Gas is received at the terminal sub-sea pipelines, treated, compressed, metered and exported via the UK transmission grid. The terminal was built in a number of stages as the gas reserves beneath the North Sea were progressively exploited. The oldest assets on the terminal date from the 1980s. ABB were commissioned to carry out a comprehensive study of the equipment installed on the terminal to identify what needed to be done to extend the operating life of the terminal by a further 2

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