Instumentation • Computing • Control
Unmanned operations – where control technology is key
For oil and gas companies control technology is vital, whether to improve process design, plant operation, or worker safety. Eugene McCarthy reports.
Eugene McCarthy informa que la tecnología de control es algo fundamental para las empresas de gas y petróleo, ya sea para mejorar el diseño del proceso, el funcionamiento de la planta o la seguridad del trabajador.
Für Öl- und Gasunternehmen ist die Steuerungstechnik von höchster Wichtigkeit, sei es für Prozessoptimierung, Anlagenbetrieb oder Arbeitssicherheit. Eugene McCarthy berichtet.
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Fig. 1. Designed for unmanned operations, the platform could serve as a model for future developments in marginal fields, where such operations can help increase profits as well as worker safety.
esigned for unmanned operations, a new offshore production platform in the Solan oil field on the UK continental shelf could
serve as a model for future developments in marginal fields, where such operations can help increase profits as well as worker safety (Fig. 1). Te Solan field is expected to produce about 40 million barrels of oil, with an estimated initial production rate of 24,000 barrels a day by the end of 2014. Premier Oil has awarded Emerson
Process Management a US$17 million (€12.5 million) contract to automate the production platform. Emerson’s technologies and services will enable Premier safely and efficiently to manage the platform 100 miles west of Scotland from an onshore operations centre in Aberdeen.
As the project’s main automation and electrical contractor, Emerson will provide full project services including project management, detailed design, configuration, acceptance testing, commissioning, and start-up support, all as part of a complete solution. Te integrated solution will use
Emerson’s PlantWeb digital plant architecture, including its DeltaV digital automation system, DeltaV SIS process safety system, CSI 6500 Machinery Health Monitor, and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software. Other elements will include: Emerson’s Rosemount pressure, temperature, radar level, and vortex flow transmitters; Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters; and Roxar sand monitors and multiphase flowmeters. Emerson will also provide electrical switchgear, uninterruptible power
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