FLORENCE, ITALY - February 28, 2008 :- Following successful factory testing of the prototype unit, the second MS5002E (Frame 5-2E) gas turbine produced by GE Oil & Gas exceeded performance guarantees during recent onsite tests and has entered commercial service at a Yara Sluiskil B.V. fertilizer plant in Sluiskil, The Netherlands.

During a full-load test in premix mode (the normal combustor operating condition that enables lower emissions and less stress on component parts), the unit surpassed the contractually guaranteed electrical output by approximately one megawatt, with 3% less fuel consumption than specified in the contract.

The gas turbine, equipped with latest GE Dry Low NOx technology (DLN2), also achieved 12 parts per million (ppm) of NOx emissions during testing, compared to the contractual guarantee of 18 ppm.

“In response to customer requirements, the Frame 5-2E has been designed for high efficiency and low environmental impact, and the initial performance of the machine at its commercial launch site has met or exceeded our expectations,” said Alberto Tesei, Technology Commercialization Leader of GE Oil & Gas. “Compared to a standard 30-megawatt class gas turbine with 25 ppm NOx emissions, the Frame 5-2E is capable of reducing emissions by the amount that would be achieved in taking 5,000 European cars off the road”.

In addition to supplying the Frame 5-2E, GE Oil & Gas has signed a 15-year contractual service agreement with Yara Sluiskil that includes an availability guarantee.

The Frame 5-2E is the newest member of GE’s Frame 5 gas turbine fleet, which has compiled more than 16 million hours of service worldwide. The two-shaft machine combines the latest heavy duty gas turbine technology with proven design concepts to achieve 36% efficiency in mechanical drive operation and 35% in generator drive operation.

For its application, Yara Sluiskil needed a gas turbine capable of operating on two fuel compositions, G gas and H gas. GE designed the Frame 5-2E to automatically adapt to any changes or blends in the gas composition, with no interruption in production.

The new Frame 5-2E, which began commercial operation on November 5, 2007, replaces an existing non-GE gas turbine at the Yara Sluiskil site. It is producing 30+ megawatts of power and 50 tons per hour of steam to be converted into electricity elsewhere in the plant.

Prior to the installation of the second Frame 5-2E at the project site, the first unit produced underwent 600 hours of full-load validation testing at GE Oil & Gas facilities in Florence and Massa, Italy. This heavily instrumented prototype unit performed as predicted, delivering power, efficiency, and emissions in line with engineering expectations.

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