MPAC FEEDBACK
THE IMPACT OF MPAC
As we recently introduced Mitsubishi Compressor Smart Packaging, referred to as MPAC, we have been fortunate to receive some positive early feedback from customers and the industry. Our aim with innovation, as always, is to make life easier for our customers by delivering efficiency, accuracy and overall dependable products and services. We strive to be solution seekers to solve their problems. So, it was very encouraging to hear from actual customers who say we've hit the mark – again – with MPAC.
PROBLEM
Volatile labor supply, costs, weather event and other influences over the past decade have forced oil and gas companies to minimize unnecessary onsite work, leading the call for compact equipment designs and modularization. True, the shift toward modularization is well established in the offshore oil and gas industry; however, there were few options for onshore applications, until recently. Adding to customers' dilemmas, many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) simply offer offshore packages into onshore applications, which may not result in an ideal fit.
SOLUTION
In steps the MPAC solution. MPAC was designed to save space, reduce construction cycle time and to simplify their construction efforts, which is exactly what our customers and the industry has called for. As an added upside, customers are reducing their internal risk of potential incidents, which is always a win. The MPAC solutions minimizes the many mechanical and safety risks associated with performing onsite installations, making them our concern, not yours. By integrating all technical assemblies within MHI Compressor’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, end users can be released from the responsibility of performing complex engineering installations and reassured that the end product will work as intended by the OEM. Problem solved!
HOW IT WORKS
Instead of the end user receiving multiple cargo shipments to assemble at their site, MPAC integrates all packages into one that is fully assembled within MHI Compressor’s facility before it ever reaches the field. The MPAC package is comprised of the main compressor package and the lubrication oil system, which supports it. While the lubrication oil system would typically be supplied as two separate installations with their own foundations, the MPAC integrates it on skid with the main package. The work of connecting all piping and wiring between the two skids is now performed entirely in MHI’s facility before it arrives onsite; simplifying the construction process and freeing up time for the end user.