Instumentation • Computing • Control
Integrated control and safety solutions aid optimum reservoir recovery
Demand for modern, integrated control systems is being fuelled by investments as diverse as floating production, storage and offloading vessels and petrochemical complexes.
La demanda de sistemas de control modernos e integrados está siendo impulsada por inversiones tan diversas como unidades flotantes de producción, almacenamiento y descarga o complejos petroquímicos.
Die Nachfrage nach modernen, integrierten Steuersystemen wird durch Investitionen in unterschiedlichste Bereiche, wie schwimmende Produktions- und Lagereinheiten (FPSO) sowie petrochemische Anlagen, vorangetrieben.
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n the heels of being named BP’s automation contractor of choice for offshore oil and gas operations in the North
Sea, Emerson Process Management has been awarded a US$21 million (€16.1 million) contract to provide integrated control and safety systems for a new BP floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Te new vessel, which will replace the existing Schiehallion FPSO, forms part of the North Sea Quad 204 project that will access the remaining hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, located approximately 130km west of Shetland, UK.
Increased storage capacity Larger than the existing Schiehallion FPSO, the new 270-metre Quad 204 FPSO is designed to produce 130,000 bbl/d of oil and 2.2 million m3
recovery, extend field life and also allow for any future expansion. Te integrated solution will use
Emerson’s PlantWeb digital plant architecture, including its DeltaV digital automation system and DeltaV SIS process safety system, and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software. Te DeltaV system will control and monitor platform operations using FOUNDATION fieldbus and HART communication technologies. Advanced process control software functionality within DeltaV will optimise facility performance, production and yield. Te DeltaV SIS system will perform
process and emergency shutdown functions, if needed, plus control fire and gas detection systems to enable secure control of oil production on the platform. In other good news for Emerson,
/d of gas.
Tis increased processing and storage capacity will enable optimum reservoir
Netherlands-based Vopak has awarded the company a three-year global framework agreement to become one of the providers of process automation systems and services for Vopak’s 80-plus storage and
Fig, 1. New process control systems will help Vopak improve strategic planning and project execution.
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