The bespoke Amarinth API 610 VS4 vertical sump pump will be installed as part of a US$25 million upgrade of the Kumul Platform located in the Gulf of Papua.
Water or oil that drains from the platform’s structure or from its production systems is channelled into the open drain caisson to prevent any environmental impact on the sea around the rig. The Amarinth solution will pump hydrocarbons and excess water that collects in the caisson to the closed drain accumulator for safe disposal via a take-off tanker.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, said: “We are delighted that we were able to deliver a solution for this unique requirement from the other side of the globe. Using a combination of our proven API 610 VS4 pumps, the work we have done previously with modular designs for restricted headroom, and the ingenuity of our engineers, we were able to provide a very cost effective solution that met the requirements and tight timescales of this project.”
