Pumps & Systems

Crude Oil Transfer and Multiphase Boosting Solutions

Delivering increased oil recovery at lower costs

NETZSCH Pumps & Systems – Solutions you can trust

From Canada to Russia, from Latin America to Indonesia
Where there is heavy oil, there is a hot spot for NETZSCH pumps

NETZSCH progressing cavity pumps are first choice when

API grades are below 25°.

NETZSCH Pumps North America, LLC

Exton

NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme GmbH

Waldkraiburg

NETZSCH do Brasil
5 NETZSCH factories Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
on 4 continents
Pomerode
More than 30 NETZSCH sales companies
More than 200 NETZSCH distributors
and agents

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 NETZSCH Lanzhou
Pumps Co. Ltd. Cooperation partner
Heishin Ltd.
Kobe
Japan

NETZSCH
Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
Goa

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Products and Components

Products and Components

The highest standards for equipment

NEMO® Progressing Cavity Pumps NETZSCH Engineering and safety are a basic requirement for
Standard pumps Testing and quality control oil field work to ensure that processes
Hopper pumps Inspection and certification remain safe and reliable. NEMO® and
Immersible pumps Special documentation TORNADO® pumps contribute to such
High pressure pumps safety and reliability. The complexity of
(injection pumps) NETZSCH Accessories pump media ranges from highly viscous
Custom built pumps Skids to low-viscous, from shearing-sensitive
Protection devices to heavily laden with solid matter. The
TORNADO® Rotary Lobe Pumps Flushing/Sealing pressure devices sophisticated and reliable design meets
Standard pumps Control systems the particular pump job requirements
Trolley assemblies and contributes to efficient process
Tools control. These pumps meet the
Valves requirements of API 676 3rd edition
and also NACE MR-0-175.

Wide Range of Applications Quality and Choice

NEMO® progressing cavity pumps are We manufacture according to interna- The shaft seals are available according
normally used for fluids having the tional standards and are certified to API 682 with installation space API
following properties: according to DIN EN 9001: 2000. We 610. Stuffing-box packing, lip seals,
weld in accordance with ASME IX and single-acting mechanical seals with
 Shear-sensitive use materials such as Chromium-Nickel and without quenching, dual-acting
 low to high viscosity steels, Duplex and Super Duplex steels, mechanical seals (back-to-back or
 With or without solids Hastelloy, Titanium, as well as synthetic tandem) as well as shaft-seal-free
 Dilatant or thixotropic and ceramic materials. NBR, HNBR and designs with magnetic coupling.
 Abrasive Viton are employed as elastomers. Thermosyphon systems according to
API designs.

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Further Options

Safety Valves and Bypass System Diaphragm Pressure Gauge and Heating Jacketed Pump Housing
Over Pressure Protection and Dry Running Protection

 Safety valves and bypass system  Gauge internals are isolated When the temperature of the
equipped between the inlet and from the media by a generously medium in the pump exceeds the set
outlet can protect the system. dimensioned diaphragm value or no medium passes through,
 When pressure exceeds the maxi-  Stainless steel diaphragm the NEMO® pumps equipped with
mum allowable limit, relief valves  Display of operation pressure STP-2A dry running protective
protect pump and pipe systems  For highly clogging fluids system will stop operation automat-
from damage  Shutdown at the adjusted pump’s ically. For special applications, such
maximum discharge pressure as the pumps are installed in cold
region, we provide the pumps with
a heating jacket. When the hot
Control Panel After Sales water is introduced in the jacket,
the whole pump will be heated,
 Frequency inverter  Commissioning ensuring that the pumped media is
 Complete instrumentation  Start-up assistance kept in a flowable condition.
 PLC controlled  Maintenance at site
 Training at site and inhouse

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Products and Components

Design of NETZSCH Progressing Cavity Pump

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3 1

NEMO® block construction pump

Compact design with flanged drive; low investment, operating and maintenance costs.
Four rotor/stator geometries for optimised performance.

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4 5
3 1

NEMO® bearing housing pump

Bare shaft pumps with double bearing for high torques in material cast iron. Connection to the
drive through flexible couplings, spacer couplings according to DIN or API.

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 1 Rotor 3 Drive Train 4 Shaft Seal

Wear and corrosion resistant designs Drive shaft and connecting shaft with Standard design with single acting, wear
available in a wide variety of metal alloys coupling rod and two universal joints resistant mechanical seal independent
as well as Duplex, Super Duplex, 254 for power transmission from the drive of the direction of rotation; on request
SMO, Monel etc. (materials acc. to NACE to the rotor in all usual materials, as different types of single/double acting
possible). Surface hardening is used to well as Duplex, Super Duplex, 254 mechanical seals by various manufac-
transfer medium with sand for better SMO, Monel etc. (materials accord- turers, cartridge and special seals with
component life. ing to NACE possible). For high volume circulation systems.
and high pressure application double
seal pivot joint available. Its feature is
2 Stator high intergrity, long-life and steady 5 Suction and Pressure Housing
transmission.
Vulcanised into a tube, with integrated Flanges acc. to DIN, ANSI, JIS etc. or
seals on both ends in a variety of threads. Materials in Cast Iron, Cast Iron
elastomers, plastics or metals. Stators internal rubber-lined, Halar® coated, AISI
with equal wall thickness for high 316 L or Ti, Duplex, Super Duplex, 254
temperature variations. We also SMO, Monel etc. (materials according to
supply special materials Viton, HNBR NACE possible).
for products including H2S and high
temperature.

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NETZSCH Multiphase Pumps

Why would you need multiphase fluid boosting solutions?

In the past many oil fields were When you have to support NETZSCH Multiphase Pump
considered as unprofitable due to the force of the natural well
unpredictable flow rates, not any pressure:
more: Multiphase fluid boosting solutions Applications
Multiphase pumps can handle these take the pressure off the well and
conditions and make exploitation support the transfer over long  Pumping of oil, gas or water mixtures
profitable. distances. with solids
 Pumping from the well to the
When the quality of an oil field When you don’t want to waste manifolds or gathering stations
decreases, with increasing gas any natural resources, avoid
friction, more water or sand mixed flaring in the fields:
with the oil: Use multiphase pumps to make Large Range of Capacities and
Multiphase pumps keep exploitation the exploitation of the oil field even Pressures
profitable. more profitable.
 Flow rate from a few m³/h up to
600 m³/h (91,000 bpd)
 Pressure up to 60 bar

NM105SY NM090SY
Capacity: 44-94 m3/h Capacity: 11,5-50-55 m3/h
Pressure: 18 bar Pressure: 23-30-35 bar
Medium: multiphase water, gas, crude oil, H2S Medium: oil, water, gas
Gas rate: 85% Gas rate: 35%

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 Advantages

 Can handle high content of sand

 Low operating and maintenance

cost

 Very low emulsifying effect on

oil/water mixtures

 Efficient transport of oil/water

mixtures with a very high content
of sand and/or gas

 Efficient transport of highly

viscous products

 Almost pulsation-free pumping

 Installation in any position

 Efficient transport medium with NM053SY

high content of gas Capacity: 2-12 m3/h
Pressure: 28-40 bar
 Near to no shear rate – lowest Medium: oil, water, gas 20-30%
Gas rate: 32%
shear of any pump design

NETZSCH Transfer- and Multiphase pump

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 Benefits compared to Low Pressure Separation

System Chart of Pumping Multiphase

Control system

Power supply
Safety valve

Gate valve

Natural gas
pipeline Gate valve

Gate valve
Oil and
gas tank Gate
Oil & gas mixture valve Single way
transfer pipeline valve

Gate valve Pressure

Throttle Pressure Multi-phase pump 1 relay
transmission

Gate valve Oil & gas mixture

Single way transfer pipeline
valve

Discharging heavy Gate valve

solids (sand/soil) Multi-phase pump 2

Characteristcs
Advantages
Adopt an automatic constant pressure The temperature sensor installed at the
 Reducing investment cost by control system of inlet in the process of stator can avoid the damage of the
reducing the need for separate pumping blended oil and gases: a stator resulted from dry running.
pipelines for gas and oil pressure transducer installed at the inlet
 Increase the service life and raise can regulate the rate of flow of NEMO® One of the two parallel-connected
efficiency for mitigating the pumps through the automatic constant pumps is equipped with a transducer;
operating load of oil pump and pressure control system to reach a they employ one control system and the
saving maintenance cost constant pressure at the inlet. control of the flows ranges from zero to
the sum of the maximum flows of the
 Realize a stable and high Overpressure guard installed at the two pumps.
output of oilfields for reducing outlet will alarm or stop pumping when
the backpressure at the mouth the pressure at the outlet exceeds the
of the well and the leakage set pressure.

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Why should you decide for NETZSCH multiphase fluid boosting and transfer solutions?

NETZSCH multiphase solutions give

the Oil & Gas industry the flexibility Before: 2
to challenge traditional field process
systems.

Low Pressure Separation (LPS) requiring

separation vessel 1 ,export compressor
2 and oil export pump 3 can be export
replaced with the simpler multiphase 1
pump 4 .

Benefits

 Multiphase pump system has a 3

smaller overall footprint.
 Multiphase pump system has a After:
smaller overall weight.
 You gain greater flexibility in field
development.
 Multiphase pump system can be
rapidly deployed to the field. export
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 Technical Expertise and Experienced Design

NETZSCH experience from six decades of application knowledge

gives you the needed expertise even in harsh conditions

System solutions for overcoming process supply range, we can very precisely
challenges such as prolonged slugging engineer those subtle features that we
and high GVF applications are just know make a difference.
some of the considerations important
for safeguarding the operation of Success in the field is demonstrated with
the pump. With a broad range of the supply of so many pumps to mostly
elastomers whose formulae also benefit heavy oil regions for boosting oilfield
from our experiences of downhole pcp crude oil to gathering stations.

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We speak your language

Working towards the successful

application of the specification and
specific needs of the varied types of
oil field we are asked to operate in.
Our people know how to speak the
language.

Design temperatures of -40°C force

instruments indoors. NETZSCH pumps
are proven at standing the cold. Proven Adapting to the ocational challenges: The final pipeline lagging read for a cold winter in a remote
and practiced solutions for pump Kazakhstan. Commissioning teams are always on hand to help up and cure unforeseen start up challenges.
protection are available from our
engineering and field teams.

A small transfer pump operating in the cold winter at a small Russian independent oil producers transferring
low volume multiphase fluid from a small well site. Discharging into pipe at 30 to 40 bar
Instrumentation located in a heated cabinet (435 to 580 psi).

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 Adapting to the challenges of extended periods of slugging;
Proved quality and on-site support

System design is important to smooth

out the lumps, bumps and difficulties
that prolonged slugging brings to
multiphase pumps. NETZSCH pump
system consultants and field engineers
have years of practised techniques
of injecting liquid with pumps from
external sources or by liquid collection
and recirculation techniques also
involving pumps.

NETZSCH pump operating in remote Russian multiphase crude oil application, with liquid collection

NETZSCH pump operating with 85% GVF

at oilfield in Russia. Small injection pump for
lubrication working when GVF is high.

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NETZSCH delivered solutions
standing the test of time and
mother nature

Pumps installed in the field of Sudan’s

Melut basin over 6 years ago, then
and now.

Good maintenance and robust

NETZSCH pump skid solutions are still
looking good today. Operating in the
hot and remote locations in Sudan’s
Melut basin could not wear them out.
Skidable solutions are easily moved
to suit the operational needs of the
various oil fields in the basin. Commissioning photo 2005

Complete package delivered

according to local requirements

 Skid
 Control system
 Filters
 Valves
 Instruments

NETZSCH service team condition monitoring survey photo

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The NETZSCH Group is an owner-managed, internationally operating technology
company headquartered in Germany.

The three Business Units – Analyzing & Testing, Grinding & Dispersing and Pumps &
Systems – provide tailored solutions for highest-level needs. Over 2,500 employees
at 130 sales and production centers in 23 countries across the globe guarantee that
expert service is never far from our customers.

The NETZSCH Business Unit Pumps & Systems offers NEMO® progressing cavity
pumps, TORNADO® rotary lobe pumps, screw pumps, macerators/grinders, dosing
systems and equipment custom built and challenging solutions for different
applications on a global basis.

NPS · 409 · 02 · 07/12 · 01 · Technical specifications are subject to change.

NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme GmbH

Business Field Oil & Gas Downstream
Geretsrieder Str. 1
84478 Waldkraiburg
Germany
Tel.: +49 8638 63-1024
Fax: +49 8638 63-2333
info.nps@NETZSCH.com www.netzsch.com