Diseño de instalaciones eléctricas para la ampliación de una plataforma petrolera ubicada en el bloque 66

Abstract

In the petroleum industry, electrical installations requires a meticulous design criteria that contemplates their safe and continuous operation, since they are located in areas where due to the presence of flammable gases, vapors or liquids there can be a temporary or permanent risk of fire and/or explosion. Therefore, these installations must be designed under the application of international regulations such as: API, IEEE and NEC, which provide information according to this type of industry for the adequate selection of equipment and technical requirements of the electrical installations. In this project a document called "Design Guide for Electrical Installations in Petroleum Industries" is structured, which describes the basic guidelines to be taken into account and a design methodology based on the scope of a Basic Engineering of a project in the electrical area. Based on this guide and by collecting information in the field from the existing facilities with the special requirements presented by the Consortium, the design of the new installations of the "Tigüino 06" platform was carried out, which consists of: load study, sizing of main distribution transformers, sizing of conductors and protections, lighting system and grounding design.