Shell Canada and Siemens Canada TR
team up for major projects
Major projects made the business relationship between
Shell and Siemens grow significantly during the last year.
Under the global »Shell-Siemens Main Power Distributor
Contractor« umbrella agreement, Siemens has recently
been selected to supply power transformers for the
Carmon Creek project located in the oil sands develop­
ment in Alberta, Canada.
The Canadian oil sands are the third-largest proven crude
oil reserve in the world. They will play an important role in
meeting future world energy demand. Carmon Creek
represents a safe and secure source of energy for these
demands.
The project, representing a total order intake of
approximately €10 million at this stage, involves three
75/100/125-MVA step-down transformers as well as three
138/184/230-MVA, 260/16.5-kV generator step-up
transformers, all of them manufactured at Siemens
Transformers Mexico, plus three 20-MVA 34.5/4.16-kV
unit auxiliary transformers sourced from Siemens
Colombia Transformers. Since the contract was awarded
in June 2014, Siemens Canada has already started the
imple­mentation of the project. Delivery of the
transformers is scheduled for 2015 and early 2016.
Siemens Canada will supply power transformers for a
cogeneration plant at Carmon Creek. The combined cycle
power generation plant is designed to produce steam for
oil extraction across well pads and electricity to be fed
into Alberta’s electrical system. Siemens transformers are
crucial for power distribution to the central processing
facility and the well pads. Siemens also suggested
improving the transformers’ design by using connection
terminals suitable for cable connections to gas-insulated
switchgear.
Siemens AG
Energy Management Division
Transformers
Katzwanger Straße 150
90461 Nürnberg, Germany
Alvarado, Eduardo
eduardo.alvarado@siemens.com
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Siemens AG
Energy Management Division
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91058 Erlangen, Germany
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