Communications/Telemetry
For real-time information, both about plant operation and personnel safety, wireless technology is at the heart of new communications developments. Sean Ottewell reports.
Sean Ottewell informa que la tecnología inalámbrica es la base de los nuevos desarrollos de comunicación para información a tiempo real sobre el funcionamiento de la planta y la seguridad personal.
Funktechnologie bildet das Zentrum neuer Kommunikationsentwicklungen für Echtzeitinformationen über den Anlagenbetrieb und die Sicherheit des Personals. Sean Ottewell berichtet.
Wireless technology delivers track-and-trace
W
ide-area passive radio frequency identification (RFID) supplier Mojix has been appointed by BP
to deliver track-and-trace technology for the US$7 billion (€5 billion) Clair Ridge oil platform construction that will operate in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Tis solution provides real-time visibility of oil platform components moving from suppliers located around the globe to the platform’s construction site. BP is using this solution to monitor and manage the supply chain which includes tracking crates, heavy lift and out of gauge equipment, containers and vessels to improve the efficiency and safety during the construction. Mojix says its STAR 3000 System delivers next-generation wide- area passive RFID at warehouses and yards, creating supply chain
visibility which will result in cost savings and risk mitigation for BP.
BP deployed the Mojix STAR 3000
Fig.
1.Smart Wireless Gateway 1410 eliminates manual readings in remote locations, and delivers real-time information to help operators make better production and maintenance decisions.
System as the cornerstone of its global track-and-trace of the supply chain for the construction of the Clair Ridge platform in Asia. Two different types of tag technology are used by BP including passive EPC Gen 2 RFID tags on all materials and components and global positioning (GPS) sensor telemetry tags on containers and heavy equipment. Te passive tag and GPS location information is consolidated from around the globe into the Mojix’s centralised, web-based,
visibility platform. Finally, commercial ocean vessel tracking information is integrated to the same centralised visibility platform giving BP a single-point of view of the location and flow of goods on roads, oceans, and warehouses.
Metering
Alderley has secured its largest metering order to date with a contract to provide 22 gas and liquid metering skids for the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) telemetry
project in Kuwait. Te £19.5 million
(€23 million) contract was awarded by South Korean company Daelim Industrial. KOC is
implementing
telemetry systems for monitoring
and controlling the majority of the gas and liquid petroleum products pipelines that provide fuel to government and other consumer network facilities.
Te scope of supply for
Alderley includes 10 gas ultrasonic metering skids, one
gas coriolis metering skid, two liquid ultrasonic metering skids and four liquid coriolis metering skids. A further four liquid coriolis metering skids and one liquid ultrasonic metering skid will be supplied for use by Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). Each of the 22 metering skids will come with the associated controls which will consist of supervisory systems, S600+ flow computers and programmable logic controllers. Te control systems will be installed in remote temperature controlled
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