PUMP STATIONS, Status as of June 2009: We are now running on FOUR pump stations out of the eleven originally built. That is because the average BPD is now 672,028 whereas the high point back in the mid-1980s was 1.2 million BPD. We anticipate dropping to the minimal amount of just over 200,000 BPD within 10 years. That is NOT good !
• PS 1, 3, 4 and 9 operating.
• PS 5 operating as relief station only.
• PS 9 on line with new equipment December 8, 2006.
• PS 3 on line with new equipment February 12, 2008.
• PS 4 on line with new equipment May 21, 2009.
• PS 7 caretaker status March 9, 2008, in preparation for
ramp down in late 2010.
• PS 2 ramped down July 1, 1997.
• PS 6 ramped down August 8, 1997.
• PS 8 ramped down June 30, 1996.
• PS 10 ramped down July 1, 1996.
• PS 11 was not built but has maintenance facilities.
• PS 12 placed in ramped-down status April 1, 2005.
*originally posted about a year ago. NOW it appears that the 10 year estimate was probably optimistic. We MAY be looking at SIX years !
No comments:
Post a Comment