Hello everyone,
I am responsible for developing a set of Rotating Equipment standards for my company. The standards shall be suitable for use on all our onshore upstream oil & gas facilities (brownfield and greenfield). Currently we are operating a mix of both med/high speed short throw recips...
We are looking at one of these units for an onshore brownfield application where we are severely restricted on space. I think the key aspects are the mag bearings and high speed HV motors, and whether they have reached a mature enough stage to be considered as a viable alternative to the...
I think what you are proposing sounds reasonable. Whilst not a true gas tightness test according to API617 in that you probably wont be able to achieve max sealing pressure, it will still be a good check on the integrity of the casing joint.
I have experience with leak testing using a...
