Turbomachinery International, November 1st, 2007
GE SHIPS ITS 1,000TH UNIT TO SAUDI ARABIA
Recently, GE shipped its 1,000th F-technology gas turbine to Saudi Arabia. The Frame 7FA will be one of four to be installed at the Saudi Electricity Company's Riyadh Power Plant No. 8 expansion project in Saudi Arabia's Central Province.
The shipment is part of a recent surge in new power plant activity in the Middle East. Since December of 2006, GE has announced orders totaling nearly $3.8 billion for gas turbine-based projects in the region. Of the 77 GE gas turbines involved in those projects, 45 are F-class machines.
As the gas turbine market i...
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