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By Greg Jandjel 16 Jan, 2024
After 130 frac stages, the Eco2Power (SPG) gas frac pump operation was temporarily removed from the field to modify the equipment and improve its operation. “We have already made a firm proposal for a company” to develop a gas fracturing set, said Eco2Power executive director Mario Mochkosfky. They estimate that it will be operational at the end of 2024 or beginning of 2025. "We started thinking about turbines in 2015 for two reasons," said the founding partner of Eco2Power, Carlos Fernández, in dialogue with Energía On. On the one hand, they had the objective of responding to the growing demand for more power per pump. On the other hand, accompany the objectives for the energy transition. "The combination of the two things made us think it was a good path to follow," he recalled. In 2015 they brought a turbine to the country from the United States and carried out studies with Oilstone. In these tests they recognized flaws in the equipment such as air filtration and transmission. After hard work and with these difficulties resolved, at the beginning of 2021 "we felt that we were in a position to build a prototype," commented Fernández. QM Equipment is the company in charge of assembling the gas fracturing pumps. Their vast experience in the matter led Eco2Power to call them: "we shared our progress and proposed the possibility of facing the project of assembling a pump based on the turbine, transmission and other issues," he expressed. With the prototype in the pipeline, they presented the project to YPF. The majority state firm accompanied the assembly and "allowed and helped us financially so that we could test it in Loma Campana," he said. Afterwards, the prototype headed to La Calera, operated by Pluspetrol. From then until now, about 130 stages have already been fired. YPF «has expressed interest in using the technology. “He was excited about the result,” said Fernández. From the operations with the prototype "we learned and we are making some modifications to improve the equipment. This is a continuous evaluation, which “will end the day we go into production. In the meantime, we are always testing », he explained. The nationally manufactured pump works with a turbine, which allows it to have greater power. The typical pump used in Vaca Muerta frac sets is 2,500 HP (horsepower) and QM Equipment's reaches 5,000 HP. At the same time, by changing diesel for gas, the carbon footprint is reduced by between 25 and 30% according to data provided by specialists. With the journey made that allowed us to achieve these comparative advantages, the fracture set is on its way to becoming a reality. «We have already made a firm proposal for a company. We have to present one more proposal in the next two or three weeks for the second one,” Mochkosfky said. In the near future, "we are going to use mostly gas that is produced in the same field," they said. First gas fracturing set: how it would be composed In Vaca Muerta there are two modalities for fracturing wells. One is the fracturing of a single well and the other is Dual Frac or Simul Frac, in which two are fractured simultaneously. "Today what we are proposing for the Simple Frac modality is eight pumps" to reach the capacity of the diesel fracturing sets, which have between 16 and 20 pumps. "For Simul Frac, there are 14 or 16 gas turbines," he said. (Note that these are SPG4 Gas Turbines produced by Signal Power Group. Regarding monthly fuel consumption, on average the gas turbine consumes about 380 million BTUs, while the conventional pump used in Vaca Muerta requires about 11,000, 11,500 liters of diesel. QM Equipment calculates that the gas fracturer would mean 70% fuel savings, 30% less emissions and 200% more power. "If things go as we and the clients are planning, possibly by the end of next year or the beginning of 2025 there will be a fracturing set with these pumps and working in the field," he stressed. https://www.rionegro.com.ar/energia/vaca-muerta-tendra-su-primer-set-de-fractura-a-gas-para-fines-del-2024-3127772/
18 Nov, 2023
BROOKSHIRE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Signal Power Group (“Signal Power" or “SPG”) announced today an expansion of its partnership with Honeywell to broaden the reach of Honeywell’s storied turboshaft turbine engine technology. The latest turboshaft technology, developed as part of Honeywell’s T55-714C program, expands the partnership to now include the energy service market. The advanced turboshaft technology has been exclusively licensed to Signal Power, which will continue to be the original equipment manufacturer, for use in distributed power generation, combined heat and power, pressure pumping, marine propulsion, and other energy and industrial applications. These new equipment packages will broaden SPG’s product offering and offer greater versatility to customers. The strategic relationship between Honeywell and Signal Power continues to be supported with investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, which remains the majority shareholder in SPG. “These turboshaft upgrades will create a new paradigm for high-density energy solutions with applications in the industrial, energy service and marine industries. The technology offers many advantages that include significantly more horsepower, lower maintenance hours and costs, substantially lower emissions, and greater fuel efficiency. Innovative solutions from Signal Power and Honeywell will accelerate the transition to environmentally friendly fuel sources, renewable natural gas and hydrogen blends, that provide our customers lower-cost alternatives and reduce their carbon footprint with a clean source of power,” said Rob Marchitello, Chief Executive Officer of SPG. “This expanded license will further support the ongoing and historic transition from diesel fuel-based equipment to lower cost and cleaner fuel sources, including natural gas and even hydrogen,” said Rod Hynes, Vice President Defense Americas at Honeywell Aerospace. “The ability under this license to now provide a more efficient 6,000 shaft horsepower class turbine engine in the energy service markets should further separate SPG from its competition.” “We are proud to support the continued growth of SPG and its outstanding team in its expanding strategic alliance with Honeywell, a world-class partner with market-leading turbine engine technology,” said John Moon, head of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners. “We believe that this license for the improved turboshaft technology further differentiates SPG’s product offering and delivers a drop-in replacement for its current engine providing even greater value to customers.” SPG continues to serve its energy service, industrial and marine customers with a complete portfolio of solutions, including a patented controls technology and a proprietary multispeed gearbox delivering a range of speeds engineered for specific customer applications. SPG provides a wide range of service plans that include performance monitoring and predictive maintenance, further reducing downtime and costs. As part of their strategic relationship, Honeywell and SPG will continue exploring even higher horsepower engines and advance the use of alternate and hydrogen blended fuels to further reduce emissions in its equipment. For more information on Honeywell’s gas turbine, or aerospace propulsion offerings, visit aerospace.honeywell.com. About SPG SPG is a leading provider of sustainable energy solutions, and related services for the global industrial, energy and marine markets. SPG’s product offerings include turbine drive trains and related solutions for electric power generation, including microgrids, datacenters, combined heat and power and mobile power solutions, natural resources applications and the marine end markets. SPG is a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners. About Morgan Stanley Energy Partners Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, the energy-focused private equity business of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, is a leading energy private equity platform that makes privately negotiated equity and equity-related investments in energy companies located primarily in North America. Morgan Stanley Energy Partners pursues a differentiated investment strategy, focused on the buyout and build-up of strategically attractive, established energy businesses across the energy value chain in partnership with world-class management teams. For further information about Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, please visit www.morganstanley.com/im/energypartners. Contacts SPG Contact: J Chris Boswell, Chief Commercial Officer investorrelations@signalpwr.com Phone: +1 888-SPG-POWR Morgan Stanley Energy Partners Contact: Alyson Barnes, Executive Director alyson.barnes@morganstanley.com Phone: +1 646 536-1733
01 Nov, 2021
Honeywell Teaming With Signal Power Group On Turbine Engine Technology To Reduce Emissions
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