Oil and Gas

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The challenges you are facing

Crude oil transport‚ from remote fields to the consumer market‚ is a long haul. Along this intricate network of pipelines‚ processing facilities and tank farms‚ the crude oil is repeatedly moved‚ treated‚ separated‚ boosted and ultimately refined prior to its delivery to various end markets. The total process is immensely energy intensive.

In the past‚ energy was more affordable and readily available and many crude oil producers and pipeline operators only concern was the reliable and uninterrupted operation of facilities. That single focus has now changed. With soaring energy costs‚ finite power generating capabilities‚ tighter emission controls and imminent carbon footprint regulations‚ existing operations and new projects are focusing more on the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to find better ways to manage their businesses by reducing operating expenses.

With our oil pumping equipment expertise‚ you're not alone

Our application and technology expertise allows us to safely and effectively manage these challenges with an extensive product portfolio of rotary positive displacement pumps. Fluids pumped include light and heavy crude oils‚ bunker fuels‚ bitumen‚ asphalt‚ emulsions‚ slop oil‚ distillate‚ condensates‚ lubricating oil and oily water. Colfax crude oil transport pumps and systems are trusted the world over.

Share your tough application needs with a Colfax engineer today.

Onshore and offshore production facility expertise

Colfax has proven experience in these challenging production applications‚ whether on the open water or on land.

  • Field Gathering Pumps
  • Heater Treater Charge Pumps
  • Free Water Knockout Pumps
  • Desalter Bottoms Pumps
  • Multiphase Pumps

Experience throughout the transportation network

The applications below demonstrate the proven experience Colfax has for each facet of this complex system‚ supporting crude oil pipelines‚ rails car loading and unloading facilities‚ marine barges as well as FPSO vessels.

  • Suction Booster Pumps
  • Mainline Shipping Pumps
  • Pipeline Re-injection Pumps
  • Scraper Trap Pumps
  • Chemical Injection Pumps

Storage expertise at tank farms and terminals

Daily conveying fluids into‚ around and out of storage terminals is another critical area that Colfax has proven experience in. Applications such as these are some of the services where our technologies are extensively applied.

  • Tank Loading & Unloading Pumps
  • Tank Blending Pumps
  • Tank Heater Circulation Pumps
  • Bitumen & Asphalt Emulsion Transfer Pumps
  • Shipping Pumps

Experience in supporting critical refining processes

In all of the major oil refining areas around the globe Colfax equipment provides proven fluid-handling solutions for these applications such as these.

  • Process Charge Pumps
  • Residuum & Vacuum Bottoms Pumps
  • De-asphalting Pumps
  • Tank Loading Pumps
  • Waste and Slop Oil Pumps

Experience in lubrication solutions for rotating equipment

LSC is the worldwide leader in the design‚ manufacture‚ installation and maintenance of centralized lubrication and oil purification systems for refineries‚ gas gathering‚ petrochemical plants and other processing facilities.

  • LubriMist® Oil Mist Generators
  • ThermoJet® Oil Purifiers
  • Pre Engineered Circulating Oil Systems
  • LubriMist® Syntehtic Oil

Colfax product brands offering oil pumping equipment and systems