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the need to implement separate communications and distinctive hardware architectures for the DCS and SIS, thus fast tracking implementation at Sabine Pass, lowering overall costs, and simplifying operation and maintenance. Cheniere owns 100 per cent of the Sabine Pass LNG terminal located on the Sabine Pass deep water shipping channel less than four miles from the Gulf Coast. Te Sabine Pass LNG terminal has regasification facilities that include existing infrastructure of five LNG storage tanks with capacity of approximately 16.9 billion cubic feet equivalent (bcfe), two docks that can accommodate vessels of up to 265,000 cubic meters, and vaporisers with regasification capacity of approximately 4bcf/d. Te company is developing natural gas liquefaction facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal adjacent to the existing regasification facilities. Cheniere Energy Partners plans to construct over time up to six natural gas liquefaction trains, which are in various stages of development. Each train will have a nominal annual capacity of approximately 4.5 million t/y. In a separate development, Yokogawa has released and enhanced version of the STARDOM network- based control system on February. With this release, says the company, the integrity of the data transferred between supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) is ensured in challenging upstream oil and gas and other applications. Te FCN autonomous controller and the FCN- RTU low power controller are core components
of the STARDOM network-based control system, which is widely used in applications involving the monitoring and control of oil and gas fields, water supply facilities, and other installations that are often hundreds of kilometres apart. In such applications, the controllers installed at each site send data via a narrowband communications link to the SCADA system at a central control facility. To ensure that no data is lost, such systems generally employ DNP3, an open distributed network communications protocol. Te STARDOM system has been enhanced to make better use of the functions supported by the DNP3 protocol.
Upgrades in Russia and Japan Invensys Operations Management has successfully completed the first phase of a main automation contractor project at the new Yaysky oil refinery in Kemerovo, a city in Russia’s Kuzbass region (Fig. 1). Under the terms of the multimillion dollar
agreement, Invensys, as the main automation provider, has supplied complete control and safety solutions, including field instrumentation, process analytics and valves. Included in the project are the company’s
Foxboro distributed control system, Triconex emergency shutdown systems and Foxboro measurement and instrumentation solutions, as well as new Foxboro visualisation and configuration tools. Te company will also provide comprehensive installation, engineering, development, support and on-site training services. During the execution of the project Invensys
Seamless integration of subsea and topside automation systems H
oneywell has announced the integration and certification of the FMC722 subsea automation protocol with its Experion process knowledge system (PKS) C300 controller as a native interface. A global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry, FMC Technologies supplies the automation platform as part of subsea production systems for control and monitoring of offshore oil and gas fields. Within Honeywell’s Experion PKS solution, the Experion C300 controller executes control strategies, interfaces to various types of input/ output (I/O) devices, and directly
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interface provides integration of the FMC protocol on the controller, enabling seamless peer-to-peer communication between topside and subsea control assets. Tis solution gives operators access to thousands of process parameters without the need for any intermediate hardware or protocol conversions, leading to fast response, reduced downtime and greater ease of maintenance. “Our technology offers advantages not only in bringing a new field online today, but also provides lower ownership costs over the lifecycle
of the field’s operations due to common engineering, operations and maintenance. Also, ongoing developments in the FMC722 protocol can easily be integrated in future versions of Experion PKS. Te integration and certification of these solutions will boost the productivity of oil and gas field operators and engineers by providing them with a precise view of the field’s process status. Additionally, it will simplify the way the subsea automation system interacts with the topside distributed control system,” said Tracey Haslam, vice president of marketing, Automation Solutions, Honeywell Process Solutions. ●
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