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AGIP Ecuador is the operator of the 40,000 bpd Villano oil field in the Oriente jungle in Ecuador. Since the drilling site is located in a national park, the environment at the drilling site is conserved by transporting the oil by flowlines to the Central Processing Facility site some 44 km away. Electricity needed for the drilling sites, the production wells, the flowline pumps and the central processing facility site is produced in the power plant located close to the central processing facility.
The Wärtsilä power plant runs on crude oil and consists of five Wärtsilä 16V32LN generating sets, each producing 5.3 MW. The power plant was initially designed and constructed for three generating sets, which came on line in June 1999. The plant has been extended two times, each time one 16V32 generating set has been added.
In addition to the generating sets, Wärtsilä also delivered control systems,
fuel and cooling systems and other auxiliaries. With the fifth engine the common auxiliaries will be designed for six engines.
The AGIP Villano power plant has been the front runner for crude oil fired Wärtsilä 32LN engines. The first three units are by mid 2005 all approaching 50,000 running hours and have provided reliable and economical electricity for the oil field during the years.
| Main data |
| Name: |
AGIP Villano |
| Type: |
Power Generation for O&G Industry |
| Location: |
Oriente jungle, Ecuador |
| Owner: |
AGIP |
| Delivered: |
1999, 2003 and 2006 |
| Engines: |
5 x Wärtsilä 16V32LN |
| Total electrical output: |
26.5 MW |
| Electrical efficiency: |
37.0 % |
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