General Electric Rolls out Made in Saudi Arabia Gas Turbines

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GE Rolls out Made in Saudi Arabia Gas Turbines



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GE has announced that it has officially opened the phase II of its GE Manufacturing & Technology Center (Gemtec), in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, marking a significant milestone in its eight-decade-long presence in the kingdom.

The company also revealed its expanded capabilities including the ability to manufacture HA and F-class turbines at the facility. GE’s HA turbines are the world's largest and most efficient, leading the industry in output, said a statement from the company.

The opening coincides with the completion and delivery of Gemtec’s first 7F turbine to Saudi Electricity Company’s Waad Al Shamal combined-cycle power plant, it said.

GE’s chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt joined senior officials of the company and partners to inaugurate the second phase of Gemtec, which now joins the ranks of GE’s global gas turbine manufacturing facilities such as in Greenville, South Carolina and Belfort, France, it added.

“Our company has been on the ground in Saudi Arabia for more than 80 years,” said Immelt.

“Gemtec’s expansion and transformation is a significant milestone in our operations here in the kingdom. This facility will serve as a manufacturing, repair and research hub that services a wide market,” he said.

“Our investment of digitally-driven advanced manufacturing capabilities in Gemtec demonstrates our continued commitment to serving as a leading partner for transformational growth in Saudi Arabia,” he added.

Phase II of Gemtec will continue to develop an integrated industrial ecosystem in the kingdom, through local, Saudi-driven manufacturing, services and research and development (R&D). It creates more than 150 high quality jobs for Saudi professionals and draws on more than 300 Saudi suppliers to provide gas turbine parts that are manufactured locally, said a statement.

The expansion also adds 9,000 sq m of manufacturing space to the facility, taking the total area to 26,000 sq m - the size of 100 tennis courts. In addition to the enhanced manufacturing competencies, the facility offers services and repairs for gas turbines, as well as the first balance of plant (BOP) test and inspection services in the region, it said.

The expanded Gemtec also has a dedicated Monitoring & Diagnostics Center - Saudi PowerGen Efficiency Center (SPEC) - for gas and steam turbines, which opened earlier this year.

Another core component of the expansion is construction of a dedicated building for the Hot & Harsh Center of Excellence. Researchers there will study the effects of high temperature, dust, corrosion, erosion, duty cycle, and fuel harshness on the reliability and efficiency of power plants. This facility - expected to be complete by the end of 2016 - will design and prototype gas turbines and auxiliary components for testing, it added.

The announcement also marks the transformation of Gemtec to a ‘Brilliant Factory’, the first of its kind in the region. GE has introduced advanced digital industrial capabilities to Gemtec, including sensor-enabled service centre equipment to provide utilisation and performance data in addition to diagnostics.

Gemtec also utilises real-time monitoring of all utility consumption, and site equipment and infrastructure can be fully controlled and monitored remotely using GE’s brilliant manufacturing suite of services.

“With this expansion, our company can now build any heavy-duty gas turbine we offer right here in Saudi Arabia,” said Steve Bolze, president and CEO of GE Power.

“We’ve have already completed an F turbine at Gemtec, and we look forward to building our world-record-setting HA turbine in the kingdom - for customers in the Kingdom and beyond,” he added.

“Since its opening in 2011, Gemtec has helped build a strong local manufacturing ecosystem that today benefits Saudi small and medium enterprises,” stated Hisham Al Bahkali, GE’s president and CEO for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

“Led by Saudi technical talent, the centre’s expansion enables us to serve our customers more efficiently – assuring not only repair services but ‘Made in Saudi’ heavy duty gas turbines with the shortest turnaround time. Our investment in localised manufacturing and research also highlights our commitment to the Saudi Vision 2030 to continue to strengthen the competitiveness of the local economy,” he added.

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Excellent news.

 

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In related news:

GE strengthens local manufacturing with ‘Made in Saudi’ turbines​

Saudi Gazette report

Riyadh — GE has strengthened its localized manufacturing in Saudi Arabia with the delivery of six gas compression trains made at the GE Manufacturing & Technology Center (GEMTEC) in Dammam this year.

Six more gas compression trains, each comprising an aeroderivative gas turbine driving a centrifugal compressor, are being manufactured this year.

GE is also manufacturing GE’s 7F.05 heavy duty gas turbines at GEMTEC for Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). This is part of the contract from SEC for the EPC contract for gas turbine services for its Waad Al-Shamal combined cycle power plant project.

GE’s 7F.05 heavy duty gas turbines bring industry-leading flexibility to the Waad Al-Shamal plant with a 10-minute start time to an 80 percent load.
They can accommodate a wide range of fuels lending greater flexibility to operations while providing customers with lower fuel costs compared to previous technology.

“The localized manufacturing will also help build a local talent pool of Saudi professionals and develop more local suppliers and SMEs,” said Zaher Ibrahim, CEO, GE Oil & Gas Saudi Arabia.

All 12 of the gas compression trains, including the highly efficient aeroderivative turbines, are manufactured at GEMTEC, which now has over 500 employees, 70 percent of them Saudi technical professionals. Over the past two years, GEMTEC has also evolved as a strong supporter of the Saudi SME sector.

In 2014, 12 percent of components for the gas turbines being manufactured at GEMTEC were supplied by local SMEs.

These included base plates, battery compartments, batteries and small machine parts.

In 2015, the contribution of Saudi SMEs to GEMTEC increased to 21 percent with an even wider spectrum of ‘Made in Saudi’ products such as inlet ducts, exhaust stacks and control compartments.

“We are committed to strengthening localized manufacturing of high-end industrial equipment in the Kingdom. It supports the goals of the Saudi Vision 2030 to build the Kingdom’s manufacturing capabilities, create new jobs and support SMEs,” said Mazin Albahkali, GE’s VP of Strategic Accounts for Saudi Arabia.

“The in-country value generated through the localized manufacturing, led by Saudi professionals, is long-term and sets the strong foundation for more manufacturing initiatives by GE in the Kingdom,” he added.

With a presence of over 80 years, three offices and seven facilities, Saudi Arabia accounts for the largest GE workforce in the Middle East with over 2,000 employees driving the Aviation, Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Power and Transportation businesses.

http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/ge-strengthens-local-manufacturing-made-saudi-turbines/

GE to Invest $1.4 Billion in Saudi Arabia​

U.S. conglomerate teams up with Saudi state-owned oil firm Aramco and others to open up economy

DUBAI—General Electric Co. on Monday announced a raft of investments worth at least $1.4 billion in Saudi Arabia as the Persian Gulf kingdom seeks to reduce its oil dependence by further opening up its economy to international businesses.

The Connecticut-based conglomerate said it was teaming up with two partners, including Saudi state-owned oil giant Aramco, to build a $400 million manufacturing facility for the energy and marine sector that is expected to create 2,000 new jobs in the kingdom.

GE also signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly invest $1 billion in several sectors such as water and aviation by 2017, alongside a Saudi entity comprising the country’s biggest petrochemicals company, its public investment fund and Aramco. GE said also it would consider an additional $2 billion worth of investments in the same sectors after 2017.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/ge-to-invest-1-4-billion-in-saudi-arabia-1464004155

 

[echo 1]

I believe that Saudi Arabia is really pushing for more indigenous made systems, both military and civilian. this is a very good start for the country. Its always good news to hear this type of news

 

[C130]

Saudi Arabia needs to ween it's self off from oil fired plants and start building or buying GE 9HA gas turbines. cheaper fuel,more efficient, and better for the environment.

http://www.gereports.com/might-giants-worlds-largest-gas-turbines-will-light-pakistan/

 

[Sargon of Akkad]

I believe that Saudi Arabia is really pushing for more indigenous made systems, both military and civilian. this is a very good start for the country. Its always good news to hear this type of news

Saudi Arabia needs to ween it's self off from oil fired plants and start building or buying GE 9HA gas turbines. cheaper fuel,more efficient, and better for the environment.

http://www.gereports.com/might-giants-worlds-largest-gas-turbines-will-light-pakistan/

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Siemens delivers first Made in KSA gas turbine ​

ARAB NEWS | Published — Tuesday 24 May 2016

DAMMAM: In line with Saudi Vision 2030 and Saudi Aramco’s in-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) program, Siemens has delivered its first gas turbine built in Saudi Arabia.

The gas turbine, which will be installed at Saudi Aramco’s new power plant as part of the Jazan refinery project, was produced at the Siemens Dammam Energy Hub, Saudi Arabia’s first gas turbine manufacturing facility and the largest in the Middle East.
The celebration ceremony of the first Made in KSA gas turbine on Sunday, held with the support of Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid A. Al-Falih, was attended by Amin Nasser, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco, welcomed dignitaries from the government, as well as key stakeholders from the private sector.
Al-Falih said: “Today, we celebrate the first utility-size gas turbine to be assembled here in Saudi Arabia. My thanks and congratulations to everyone at Siemens who has worked hard to make this day possible – including, of course, the qualified young Saudis, trained by Siemens with Saudi Aramco support. This achievement closely aligns with Saudi Vision 2030 announced last month by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with the full blessing of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman.”
He added: “While oil and gas will remain fundamental pillars of our economy, the promise of Saudi Vision 2030 will liberate our economy from its over-dependence on oil exports for revenues. Instead, our natural endowments will enable our country’s other strengths and capabilities — especially the talent and energy of our youth, and the critical SME sector — in fundamentally new ways.”
“Today is a symbol of the win-win-win that can be achieved for suppliers, for Saudi companies, and for Saudi Arabia if we share the same vision and share the same responsibility for making it a reality. The Kingdom is open for companies, like Siemens, to invest further in our economy, our SMEs, and our people, in return for rich rewards – both here in the Kingdom and from resulting exports.”

Nasser said: “I congratulate the Siemens team for the delivery of the gas turbine from their largest Middle East manufacturing facility in Dammam Second Industrial City. Working with MODON and Saudi Aramco, Siemens has demonstrated that close collaboration can help realize localization growth opportunities, aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.”
Joe Kaeser, president and CEO of Siemens AG, stated: “The Kingdom’s Vision 2030 represents the ambitious determination of transforming the nation economically and socially. We sincerely believe that Vision 2030 is one of the most significant milestones in the Kingdom’s contemporary history since the discovery of oil. Siemens and its more than 2,000 employees in the Kingdom will actively support Vision 2030, through localization, innovation and global partnership.”
In 2011, Siemens, together with Saudi Aramco and Saudi Electricity Company, jointly committed to build the Siemens Dammam Energy Hub as part of the company’s continuously expanding local footprint in the Kingdom.
Saleh Al-Rasheed, director general of the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), said, “When MODON and Siemens signed the land lease agreement for the construction of a manufacturing and service facility in 2012, we had an ambition at that moment, and believed this would be one of many mega projects that MODON has successfully attracted to the industrial cities. Today, we are happy to see that the largest Siemens manufacturing facility in the Middle East to call the Second Industrial City in Dammam its home. We appreciate the efforts that Siemens has invested in training and qualifying young Saudis to achieve true knowledge transfer and the build-up of local capabilities.”
Siemens has embarked on a program to train young Saudi talent in advanced gas turbine technologies, both domestically and abroad. The graduates from the program are employed at the Dammam factory and represent the next generation of leaders and experts who will shape the future of the energy industry in the Kingdom.
Arja Talakar, CEO of Siemens Saudi Arabia said: “Today is a historic day for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and for Siemens. Together with our partners we were able to give this high-tech gas turbine a new home, with technology built by young Saudi talent, in Saudi Arabia, for Saudi Arabia. That is what we are celebrating today.”
Siemens has been active in the Kingdom for over 85 years and carries on with its commitment to being an active player in the development of the Kingdom’s infrastructure. Deputy Minister of Electricity and Chairman of Saudi Electricity Company Saleh Al-Awaji was among the dignitaries at the event and echoed this sentiment, and said: “No doubt Siemens is one of the historical partners in the Kingdom, a partner of our infrastructure development, particularly in the power sector.”
The event provided an excellent opportunity to underline Siemens’ new claim — Ingenuity for Life. Arja Talakar explained: “Ingenuity for Life is the claim that encompasses the unrelenting drive and promise to create value for our customers, employees, partners and society every day, and for an entire lifetime. With ingenuity, Siemens sets the benchmark in electrification and automation, enhanced by digitalization around the globe. Our goal is to serve and advance societies by making our technology and knowledge accessible to more people around the world.”
Kaeser added: “Since our company’s formation, nearly 170 years ago, we have had a clear commitment to thinking and acting in the interest of future generations because we believe that acting responsibly is the only way to achieve a balance between profitable long-term growth, the planet and people. Siemens conducts business to society, and together with Juffali we are ready to jointly identify what lies over the horizon and will leverage our collective strength to serve the Kingdom and its people. Because what is important to Saudi Arabia matters to Siemens.”

http://www.arabnews.com/node/928791/economy

 

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GE’s US$1 billion investment in Saudi Arabia creates a path for new initiatives in localization, technology innovation and manufacturing to drive country’s digital transformation by 2020
Saudi GE Innovation Center now joins the family of the world’s select GE Global Research Centers and is now Saudi GE Technology & Innovation Center
GE announces commitments to substantially increase localization in energy supply chain from extraction to consumption
With new initiatives GE aims to double Saudi workforce, strengthen local manufacturing, develop SME supply chain and train Saudi professionals


Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; November 3, 2015: With the successful accomplishment of its US$1 billion investment commitment in Saudi Arabia over the past three years, GE (NYSE: GE) today announced further long-term initiatives that underlines GE’s transformation as a digital industrial company and its focus on supporting its partners in the Kingdom to achieve stronger operational efficiency and productivity.

Jeffrey Immelt, GE’s Chairman & CEO, said: “GE enjoys a strong history in Saudi Arabia of over 80 years of operation, and we are a partner that has invested in the long-term growth of the nation. Our initiatives are aligned with the strategic development priorities of the Kingdom. Today, as GE marks its transformation as a digital industrial company, we look forward to further strengthening our technology innovation, localization, manufacturing and training programs.”

The new initiatives announced under GE’s ‘Saudi 2020 Sustainability’ Program will result in critical outcomes aligned to the country’s growth priorities:

Doubling GE’s workforce in the Kingdom from 2,000 to 4,000 by 2020
Doubling its Saudi supplier base from 150 to 300 to build a strong Saudi supply chain that supports GE’s local manufacturing facilities
Doubling training in energy, healthcare and localized research for over 10,000 Saudi professionals through local and global programs
Focus on achieving US$100 million in value of exports of products and services from GE to different parts of the world including the US and Europe
The new initiatives are outlined as follows:

Technology Innovation + the GE Store

The Saudi GE Innovation Center, located in Dhahran Techno Valley, joins the family of GE’s select Global Research Centers. Now named the Saudi GE Technology & Innovation Center, it is the first-of-its-kind in the region with the principal goal of helping meet the Kingdom’s growing demand for power through highly optimized operations across the energy supply chain. The Center will include researchers from GE Global Research, GE Power & Water and GE Oil & Gas, further accelerating the pace of localized innovation and the adoption of Industrial Internet technologies for the Kingdom.

The Saudi GE Technology & Innovation Center’s global research initiatives will focus on ‘hot and harsh’ technology programs for power generation and oil & gas applications as well as the Industrial Internet, accelerating software solutions and analytics. Dr. Nidal Ghizawi, a GE veteran of over a decade, has been appointed as the Chief Technology Officer of the Saudi GE Technology & Innovation Center.

The Center will also both benefit and contribute to the GE Store for technology. Being a part of GE’s global research network, scientists and engineers will be able to pull technical expertise from across GE’s industrial portfolio to accelerate localized innovations while at the same time contributing technology back to benefit GE’s businesses in other places around the world.

This closely follows the announcement earlier this year of a US$100 million investment commitment by GE to regional research and technology, with emphasis on a Power Generation Hot and Harsh Center of Excellence, energy efficiency, oil and gas research, and the Industrial Internet.

Localization and Manufacturing

As part of GE’s long-term investment and partnerships in the Kingdom, GE will substantially increase its localization plans across the energy value chain by 2020. GE will support manufacturing and exports in Saudi Arabia through manufacturing and assembly of materials and components for heavy duty gas turbines and Oil & Gas equipment. Programs for the oil & gas sector include downstream and surface, building on GE’s current Pressure Control Facility and upcoming GE Oil & Gas Manufacturing facility. In addition, on power generation, GE’s heavy-duty 9HA gas turbines, the world’s largest and most efficient that lead the industry in output while using less gas-per-megawatt than any other turbine on the market, will be rolled out next year from the GE Manufacturing Technology Center in Dammam.

This focus on local manufacturing, in turn, will boost the supply chain as GE will be looking with its local partners to find local suppliers. GE’s goal is to create US$100 million in exports from Saudi Arabia to different parts of the world through locally based facilities. This will be supported by a potential doubling in local supplier base, which is currently at 150, in the next five years.

Training and leadership development

Growing talent and the next generation of leaders is core to GE’s culture, and the company is working closely with customers on bringing that expertise and capability to the Kingdom. Through the Greenville Program for Saudi engineers and the Bio-Med Science Programs, GE is building the next generation of leaders across all key growth sectors, particularly, in energy and healthcare. GE plans to further strengthen the training offered for Saudi human capital development, and targets 10,000 young male and female engineers, technicians and technologists. In addition, the company will double its workforce from 2,000 t

 

[echo 1]

Again great news to hear. GE investing $1 Billion dollars into Saudi Arabia. The local economy is going to flourish. More jobs being created and so on. The most important aspect now is building a high skilled workforce to produce high quality equipment. Good luck SA

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Wow, I'm really surprised. Keep it up.

 

[ARABIC]

great work

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Again great news to hear. GE investing $1 Billion dollars into Saudi Arabia. The local economy is going to flourish. More jobs being created and so on. The most important aspect now is building a high skilled workforce to produce high quality equipment. Good luck SA

Thank you for the well-wishes brother.

This below should interest you.

http://vision2030.gov.sa/en

In short, by 2030, 50% of all military purchases are expected to be indigenous.

 

[echo 1]

WOW 50% that is amazing

 

[Saif al-Arab]

WOW 50% that is amazing

An ambitious goal for sure. I believe it is possible and I have seen concrete steps being taken to accomplish just that already a few months after the vision became official.

Speaking about Vision 2030.

 

[echo 1]

They have the monetary resources for sure and I am very sure and like the UAE they can work out things for resources and equipment. One of the best things I love about SA and the middle east is that they are really pushing for their nationals to become more educated and work to build a stronger economy and not just rely on oil.