Servi extends hydraulic life on production vessel Åsgard A
- With the robustness of this critical system, we are much better equipped to meet the winter storms, and maintain stable and safe operations on Åsgard A," says Planning and Maintenance Manager (PV manager) on Åsgard A, Svein Erik Lien, about the maintenance job Servi Group has performed on the ship in 2022.
- Industry: Offshore
- Owner: Equinor on the FPSO Åsgard A
- Delivery: Maintenance job on the hydraulic system
- When: 2022
- Service delivered by Servi Group SLS (Servi Lifecycle Services)
Servi originally supplied much of the hydraulics when the ship was built in the period 1996-1998 – where McGregor/Aker Pusnes was responsible for the delivery of the hydraulic systems.
After more than 20 years of operation, without much maintenance, a seawater leak in a hydraulic oil cooler sent a team from Servi Group back onto the ship.
Once the team from Servi was in place, they examined the rest of the hydraulic system on the ship; Further maintenance was needed here.
Here you see Team Servi after completing the maintenance job. Svein Erik Lien, VP manager in Equinor, is very pleased with the work done.
In order for the ship to maintain stable and safe operation, the following maintenance work was needed:
- Replacement of approx. 1000 meters pipes 10, 12 and 18mm
- 4,220 gyrolok articles
- 14 Master valves to be overhauled/cleaned
- 67 horizontal cylinders flushes
- Max flow of flushing approx. 1,200 rpm
- 700 liters of pre-filtered HVXA 46 oil
Prolongs the life of hydraulics
Without service and maintenance, you experience faster wear and tear on systems and components. This can cause the system to come to a halt - often at an inconvenient time - and you have to replace parts for the machinery to work again, for example.
Servi wants to prevent a "use and dispose" mentality by extending the life of new and old systems. Reuse, monitoring and regular service ensure this. We call this Servi Lifecycle Services.
The advantages of servicing systems and components are several:
- Maximizes uptime
- Ensures reliability
- Longer lifetime with preventive maintenance
- Environmentally friendly
- Resource-saving - both in labor and economy
- Help ensure that old systems become more energy efficient
Very pleased: At Equinor's internal Yammer in the summer of 2022, Equinor's platform manager, Ronald Mikkelsen, describes the effort and work Servi does on board Åsgard A:
Facts about Åsgard A:
- Åsgard is located on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, about 200 kilometres from the coast of Trøndelag and 50 kilometres south of the Heidrun field.
- The Åsgard A production vessel was built in 1998 and was in place on 8 February 1999 and was able to start oil production on 19 May.
- Overall, the Åsgard field is among the largest developments on the Norwegian continental shelf with its 63 production and injection wells spread over 19 subsea templates
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