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LittelfuseProtecting the Oil & Gas Industry
Littelfuse products are vital components in virtually every market that uses electrical energy. Our electrical safety product portfolio
includes industry leading power fuses, a comprehensive line of protection relays, custom engineered power centers as well as
generator protection, controls and alarm panels. Our portfolio of products help to minimize electrical safety hazards, limit damage
to equipment and improve productivity.

Through our Startco and Selco brands of products we combine over 70 years of experience offering ground-fault, motor and arc-flash
relays to serve the oil and gas industry. Now a part of Littelfuse, SymCom and SSAC bring a line of electronic products for monitoring,
protecting and controlling motors, pumps, timing controls, and custom designs.

Our team of professional engineers has extensive experience with petrochemical applications and are here to help our customers
improve safety and productivity in their petrochemical facilities.

Littelfuse Electrical Product Portfolio Includes:

Industrial

Our Product Offering Includes:

Arc-Flash Relays Generator Control & Protection Voltage/Phase Monitors
Neutral-Grounding Resistors Engine Control & Diagnostics Alternating Relays
Multi-Function Relays Alarm Monitors Pump Controllers
Voltage Protection Custom Power Centers Load Sensors
Fuses and Fuse Holders Enhanced Overload Relays Timers

Our Products Improve Safety While Reducing Costs & Hazards in the Workplace

IMPROVE REDUCE MINIMIZE

SAFETY COST DOWNTIME

Shock Hazard Fault Damage Replacement Time

Injury to Personnel Equipment Replacement Nuisance Tripping
Arc-Flash Hazards Calibration Costs Intermittent Faults
Open-CT Hazards Compliance Citations Unreliable Protection
Failed Resistors Motor Rewinds Calibration Time
High SCCR Devices Inventory Consolidation Fuse Indication
Touch Safe Footprint Reduction Fuse Cycling
Oil & Gas Applications
Oil Sands
One of the worlds largest producers of synthetic crude oil from oil sands requested assistance in developing
a ground-check monitor for long cables. We were able to provide them with a highly reliable solution, the
SE-135 Ground-Fault Ground-Check Monitor, to protect oil-sands mining shovels powered by 10-km long cables.
This allowed them to optimize their mine plan and save millions of dollars by minimizing substation moves,
which require expensive down time.

Refinery
A 140,000 barrel-per-day refinery uses VFDs to operate cooling tower fans. The VFDs are high-resistance
grounded in order to limit the ground-fault current to a safe level. They realized that the built-in ground-fault
protection on the VFDs, which are often designed to trip at high levels of ground-fault current, was not
sensitive enough to protect the VFD on a HRG system. Individual ground-fault relays specifically designed
for this application were installed to provide supplemental protection.

Oil Battery
An energy company that was building an oil battery was concerned about arc-flash hazards, not only in terms of
personnel safety but also to reduce the potential costs associated with damaged equipment and downtime. They
installed PGR-8800 Arc-Flash Relays in the low-voltage MCCs and medium-voltage switchgear. Incorporating the
arc-flash relay lowered the Hazard-Risk Category of many of the compartments by up to 2 levels, which reduced
the risk to employees and required less PPE. Littelfuse not only assisted in the design work, but also supervised
the installation at the contractors site.

Transportation
One of the longest oil pipelines in North America was experiencing grounding power-resistor failures. These
resistors are used on the power source to limit destructive ground-fault currents. Compounding the issue, the
pipeline crew wasnt even aware of the resistor failures since they were not being monitored. Once the pipeline
company became aware that they could continuously monitor the resistors using field-proven technology that
Littelfuse pioneered over 20 years ago, they standardized on the SE-330 on resistor monitoring for all of their
5-kV pumping stations. A high-pressure natural gas pipeline company selected our MPU-32 Motor Protection
Units to protect the motors in their compressor stations.

Natural Gas Processing

One of the largest gas processing plants in the Midwest U.S. continued to repair their older 480 V motor protection
relays and was looking for a new inexpensive, highly reliable, small form factor motor protection relay. After
considering the options (including installation time and time to learn new software), they selected our PGR-6150
to protect numerous motors throughout their facility.

Offshore Oil Platform

A series of four offshore oil platforms in the Middle East, owned and operated by MAERSK, specified use
our SIGMA Range of controllers for this critical application due to reliability and field-proven technology. The
synchronising system for 2 x 750-kVA diesel generators supplies emergency power to the four platforms,
which includes oil rigs and processing plants.

Oil & Gas Drilling Rigs

Typically, oil and gas drilling rigs use an ungrounded electrical system to allow for continuous operation during the
first ground fault. However, this type of system has many disadvantages such as potential overvoltages and difficulty
in locating ground faults. A large rig manufacturer experienced these issues and was looking for a way to eliminate
these problems. After consultation, they chose a high-resistance grounding package that included a zig-zag transformer,
neutral-grounding resistor and the SE-330, which continuously monitors the integrity of the grounding circuit. To help
determine ground-fault location, SE-701 Ground-Fault Relays were installed on each feeder. After installation and
during operation, they experienced a ground-fault, but located it in 1/10th of the time compared to the previous
ungrounded system.
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OIL SANDS
3 6 10
Offshore Drilling Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Oil & Gas Oil Sands Fracking FRACKING
MINING SHOVEL
HAUL TRUCK 9 14 OIL & GAS WELLS
WATER TRUCK
DRILL RIG
SE-330 Neutral-Grounding-Resistor Monitor SE-134C Ground-Fault Ground-Check Monitor SE-701/SE-704 Earth-Leakage Monitor SE-105 Ground-Fault Ground-Check Monitor
Used on HRG systems to monitor the resistor Monitors long cables powering oil-sands mining Used on VFDs to provide additional protection Monitors for ground-faults and proper bonding
1 2 3 for submersible pumps 4 of trailing-cable fed equipment
COMPRESSOR STATION

STORAGE
6 10
PUMP JACK
SB6100 Industrial Shock-Block GFCI
Used on welding receptacles to
EL3100 Ground-Fault & Phase-Voltage Indicator
Used in main power panel to identify ground-faults,
PGR-8800 Arc-Flash Protection Relay
Used to protect main switchgear from
MPU-32 Motor Protection Unit
Used in gas pipeline compressor stations to
TRAILINGS 11 9
5 provide personnel protection 6 protecting equipment and personnel 7 arc-flash hazards 8 protect motors
PUMP CONTROL PANEL
14 15
777-P2 MotorSaver & 777-KW/HP-P2 PumpSaver UL Class & Semiconductor Fuses, Fuse Blocks Fuse Replacement and Custom Kit Medium Voltage Fuses for Power Generation 1 2 4 7 15
9 Provides 3-phase voltage/phase protection, plus
10 Provides on-site circuit protection for service
11 The FRCK series helps reduce downtime by
12 Used between pole and site for incoming power PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION
motor/pump protection from current overloads main, control cabinet, freshwater injection panels, providing mobile storage in harsh fracking from utility; typically E-rated and R-rated fuses up 8 12 9
and underloads, current unbalance and transformers, pumps, and pump panels located at environments and can be filled with multiple to 4160 V, but can be larger
1 3 6
PUMP STATION

14 15
COMPRESSOR STATION
ground-fault protection each pump jack fuse series specific to your application
CRUDE PROCESSING

SIGMA Generator Controller 455 Voltage/Phase Monitor 460 / 201 A-AU Voltage/Phase Monitors 777-MV-P2 Voltage/Phase Monitors 7 8 10 16
Generator control and synchronizing units Provides voltage/phase protection and monitors Protects 3-phase motors from over/ Protect any 3-phase medium voltage
13 installed on their utility platform 14 voltage on the load-side of the motor contactor 15 undervoltage, phase loss, reverse phase, 16 motor drawing 10-800 full load amps
REFINERY 9
to detect contact failure unbalanced voltage and rapid cycling
GAS PROCESSING

Midstream SE-330 Neutral-Grounding-Resistor Monitor

Fuel Trading Terminal
C6200 Generator Controller
Pipeline Transportation
Used on HRG systems to monitor the resistor Used to synchronize and parallel generators
1 2 supplying fuel pumps
PGN Pulsing High-Resistance-Grounding System UL Class & Semiconductor Fuses, Fuse Blocks
Used to lower risk of arc-flash and Provides on-site circuit protection for service main,
Class T and Semiconductor Protection Fuses SE-134C Ground-Fault Ground-Check Monitor
Used to protect motors, pumps and Monitors long cables powering oil-sands mining
STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE
3 transformers involved in the refinery 4
and along the pipeline systems 1
460 / 201 A-AU Voltage/Phase Monitors 777-P2 MotorSaver & 777-KW/HP-P2 PumpSaver
Protects 3-phase motors from over/ Provides 3-phase voltage/phase protection, 5 6 8 COMPRESSOR STATION

5 transient overvoltages 6 MCCs, transformers, pump panels and VFDs located 7 undervoltage, phase loss, reverse phase, 8 plus motor/pump protection from current 1 2 3 4
throughout the pipelines and terminal systems unbalanced voltage and rapid cycling overloads & underloads, current unbalance
and ground-fault protection 5 6 7 9
MPU-32 Motor Protection Unit 455 Voltage/Phase Monitor
Used in gas pipeline compressor stations Provides voltage/phase protection and monitors FUEL TRADING TERMINALS
9 to protect motors 10 voltage on the load-side of the motor contactor
to detect contact failure STEAM GENERATORS 7 8 10

Downstream OFFSHORE DRILLING 1 2 4 5

Refinery Gas Processing 1 5 9
7 8 10
EL731 AC/DC Sensitive Earth-Leakage Relay PGN Pulsing High-Resistance-Grounding System Medium Voltage Fuses for Power Generation 460 / 201 A-AU Voltage/Phase Monitors
Used to provide adequate ground-fault Used to lower risk of arc-flash and transient Used between pole and site for incoming power Protects 3-phase motors from over/undervoltage,
13 14 15
1 protection on HRG systems 2 overvoltages 3 from utility; typically E-rated and R-rated fuses up 4 phase loss, reverse phase, unbalanced voltage
to 4160 V, but can be larger and rapid cycling OIL TANKER

SE-701 Ground-Fault Monitor 777-P2 MotorSaver & 777-KW/HP-P2 PumpSaver 455 Voltage/Phase Monitor PGR-6150 Motor Protection System
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS CARRIER
Used to provide adequate ground-fault Provides 3-phase voltage/phase protection, Provides voltage/phase protection and monitors Used to protect pumps and motors throughout
5 protection on VFDs and HRG sytems 6 plus motor/pump protection from current 7 voltage on the load-side of the motor contactor 8 the process
overloads & underloads, current unbalance to detect contact failure
and ground-fault protection LEGEND
SB6100 Industrial Shock-Block GFCI
Upstream
Used on welding receptacles to
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provide personnel protection Midstream
SERVICE BOAT

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Littelfuse offers a complete circuit protection portfolio of industrial power
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The comprehensive line of electronic and microprocessor-based protection
relays safeguard equipment and personnel to prevent expensive damage,
downtime or injury due to electrical faults.
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SymCom and SSAC are leaders in electronic control and protection for all types
and sizes of motors, pumps, timers and flashers used in numerous applications.

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An overview of the integrated turn-key systems vital to safely and reliably
deliver power in mining, oil & gas, and pipeline applications.

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