Oil and gas · Pipeline operator, Oman · 2025

Al Wusta pipeline pump station

Three 2.5 MW drive systems for a crude oil pipeline pump station, delivered as a tested drive house and running nine days early.

The result

pump station availability: 99.2%; First twelve months of operation
less energy: 18%; Against throttled fixed-speed pumps on the old station
days early: 9; First oil through the station
design ambient: 50 °C; With full output, no derating

The challenge

A new pump station on a 300 km crude oil pipeline had to restart at full flow after any stop, in 50 °C summer heat and fine sand, five hours’ drive from the nearest town.

The operator wanted one supplier for motors, drives and the drive house, and as little electrical work on site as possible.

What we did

Drive train design

Three 2.5 MW 3.3 kV Ex db flameproof motors, sized for full-flow restarts and load sharing between pumps.
Drive house

Medium voltage drives, transformers and controls in one 18-metre steel building, cooled for 50 °C.
System test

Full-power test of all three drive trains in Jebel Ali, witnessed by the operator’s engineers.
Site and support

Commissioned in five days by our Muscat team, who now hold critical spares on site.