ALSTOM wins second multi million euro order to supply gas turbines to Algeria

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ALSTOM has won a second order, valued at around 40 million, to supply gas turbines for Phase 2 of a pipeline project in Algeria. The contract was awarded by SPIE CAPAG- SAIPEM GEIE (Groupement Européen dIntérêt Economique), a joint French/ Italian company.

Under Phase 2 of the project, ALSTOM will supply 15 Tornado gas turbine pump drivers to a total of 6 pumping stations on the new OZ2 pipeline, a 86 cm diameter and 800 km long pipeline which will expand the capacity of the crude oil corridor between Haoud El-Hamra and the Arzew terminal on the Mediterranean coast.

The Tornado gas turbines will be operated by Sonatrach TRC and manufactured at ALSTOM s industrial gas turbine facility in Lincoln, UK.

The equipment for Phase 2 of the project will be delivered from Lincoln over a six-month period, from the end of August 2003 through to the end of February 2004.

ALSTOM has already been contracted under Phase 1 of the project to supply 15 Tornado gas turbine pump drivers for installation at 3 pumping stations on the existing OZ1 pipeline and the new OZ2 pipeline.

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