Marechal Plugs & Sockets For Offshore Oil & Gas (Hazardous Area) Industry

Published 12 Jan 2017

Plugs Sockets Connectors Decontactors | Distributed in UK by Thorne & Derrick

hazardous area Electrical Connections For Oil Applications

By Chris Dodds : estimated reading time 4 minutes

Marechal hazardous area plugs and sockets are ATEX approved with an integrated load-break isolating switch making them a safe, reliable, compact and cost-effective electrical disconnection device for motors and power supplies in Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous area applications.

Marechal DXN plug-socket assemblies are specified throughout the Onshore and Offshore Oil, Gas & Petrochemical industries.

Contact T&D to discuss your Hazardous Area Electrical Distribution Equipment requirements – T&D Sales Engineers are trained by Marechal to support the correct specification and supply of their range of potentially explosive atmosphere application plug-socket assemblies.

Marechal Plugs & Sockets For Offshore Oil & Gas (Hazardous Area) Industry

Hazardous Areas

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Watch our Marechal video providing an overview of EX products certified for hazardous areas including plug-socket outlets, lighting, control stations (Zone 2), junction boxes, flameproof electrical enclosures and electrical socket boxes

Hazardous Area Plugs - Zone 1 & Zone 2 Plugs, Sockets & Connectors (Explosion Proof - ATEX & IECEx)

Decontactors = Plug + Socket-Outlet + Motor Load Make/Break Switch. No ordinary plugs and sockets, Marechal Decontactors permit safe connection and disconnection of electrical equipment from live power supply, with no requirement for hard-wiring or contactor.

hazardous area Applications

Offshore platforms and oil refineries
Drilling solutions for oil & gas and geothermal energy
Offshore and onshore oil fields
Oil and gas / seismic exploration
FLNG (Floating Liquefied Natural Gas)
Equipment for oil and oily wastes treatment

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Marechal ATEX Certified Plugs and sockets

Ex Certification

Marechal’s plugs and sockets as well as socket-outlet boxes and junction boxes are certified in compliance the ATEX 2014/34/EU Directive and are also IECEx certified for use in Zone 1 and Zone 2 (Gases) & Zone 21 and Zone 22 (Dusts).

Proven safety in harsh operating conditions

Marechal’s ATEX plugs and sockets have a compact housing and are designed with personal safety in mind with quick release which automatically isolates the power to eliminate the risk of arcing.

marechal References

NOV (National Oilwell Varco), United Kingdom

Marechal Plugs & Sockets for NOV

Power supply in hazardous areas to main generator and AC electrical control panels
Power supply in hazardous areas to sludge treatment system and pumps for sludges
Power supply to control cabin for drilling, cable trays, cable cabinets, conveyors, connectors on extension cable

DRILLMEC, Italy and Turkey

Marechal Plugs & Sockets for Drillmec

Power supply to offshore drilling equipment for oil, water and gas drilling

ATWOOD MAKO / PPL SHIPYARD, Singapore

Network distribution boxes for power supply to sewage pumps (discharge of water in the wellhead) on offshore platforms

PERENCO, Peru

Marechal Plugs & Sockets for Perenco

Connection on offshore drilling rigs along the Amazon River for the manufacture of fuel barges

ARGAS Arabian Geophysical & Surveying Company (Taqa Group and Veritas Group), Saudi Arabia

Power supply to machines for seismic and geological survey and exploration

UNICO – Santos LNG project, United States

Power supply to motors/pumps “Unico LRP system” for oil rigs (Marechal DS6 for 400V pumps), control and high power 230V (Marechal PN), heavy power pumps.

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