Curtiss-Wright Corp has signed an agreement with Shell Exploration & Production Company to manufacture, test and provide operational support for an Electro-Submersible Pump (ESP) for a Shell offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
This joint initiative is designed to demonstrate Curtiss-Wright’s canned motor technology as an effective and reliable alternative to current subsea pump technologies that reduces unplanned outages and production interruptions. In addition to delivering the ESP solution, a test facility, funded as part of the agreement, will be designed and constructed by Curtiss-Wright to enable full-power testing to demonstrate the 125-foot-long, fully assembled pump’s capability and performance prior to its shipment and subsea deployment.
The work will be performed at Curtiss-Wright’s EMD facility in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, part of its EMS division in the Naval & Power segment. The first canned motor ESP is to be tested and ready for delivery by the end of this year.