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LIMS play a key role in major Russian oil and LNG recovery project
The decision to standardise on one laboratory information solution (LIMS) is helping Sakhalin Energy to improve both production and transportation at its Sakhalin II oil and LNG recovery project in Russia’s Far East. Sean Ottewell reports.
La decisión de estandarizar en uno el sistema de información de laboratorio (LIMS) ayuda a mejorar la energía de Sakhalin tanto en producción como en transporte en petróleo Sakhalin II y el proyecto de recuperación de GNL en el extremo oriente ruso. Sean Ottewell informa.
Durch die Standardisierung auf ein einziges Laborinformations- und Managementsystem erzielt Sakhalin Energy Verbesserungen bei Förderung und Transport bei seinem Sakhalin II Öl- und Flüssiggasförderungsprojekt im Osten Russlands. Sean Ottewell berichtet.
Fig. 1. The ultra-modern laboratory is located at the LNG plant.
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he Sakhalin II Project is the largest integrated oil and gas development project in the world and as such has a major undertaking for
sampling and testing. Environmental and health and safety compliance have been important drivers in the development of Sakhalin II, both to monitor the field operations and plant processes and to measure product specification and quality test the products.
Te function of the laboratories on
Sakhalin Island include quality testing of oil and gas, process monitoring at LNG plants, testing at upstream facilities and environmental monitoring across the island. In order to provide a real-time round- the-clock analytical regime, an ultra- modern laboratory was commissioned to be located at the LNG plant (Fig. 1). Tis new central laboratory is also supported by upstream satellite laboratories. Laboratory specialists are now analysing samples of oil, gas, chemicals and wastewater from the LNG site. In
addition, the laboratory will be used to analyse, as required, samples brought from the onshore processing facility (OPF) as well as managing non-routine samples. Te decision to invest in a new LIMS to manage the sampling process from upstream to sample report was imperative for Sakhalin Energy’s new laboratory. Sunil Pandya, the head of laboratory
for Sakhalin Energy, explains: “Our laboratory has well-defined procedures for essential quality control work, for scheduling samples, to managing resources and reporting on samples. To manage the workload and integrate with the instrumentation, we selected Termo Scientific SampleManager LIMS for the laboratory.” Te Sakhalin Energy facility handles
the entire process from extraction to issuing SOPs and certificates of quality with all samples tracking managed from within the SampleManager system. Te laboratory has to operate according to GLP/OECD guidelines and uses SampleManager to demonstrate its procedural conformity. Sakhalin Energy staff use SampleManager LIMS 24/7 to help manage the data from the thousands of samples that are required throughout the sampling stages on Sakhalin Island. Some instruments of the laboratory
are planned to be connected into the LIMS so that reports can be accessed centrally and instruments can be scheduled for calibration from within the LIMS. Te data from the facility’s state-of-the- art equipment, including gas chromatographs, is all directly transferred into the LIMS which is tasked with storing and tracking data processed in the laboratory. Te LIMS is also used for data trending and analysis, or to identify when product is moving out of specification. Since the implementation of
SampleManager LIMS at the laboratory, 40
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