Introduction

On a upstream Oil & Gas production site, all the daily activities are being carefully monitored and controlled to guarantee smooth production and to ensure environmental and personnel safety.

At the heart of the Central Control Room is the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS), which quietly regulates the production process by means of the Process Control System (PCS), Safety Instrumented System (SIS), Fire and Gas detection System (FGS) and Electrical Control System(ECS).

 

Real Time Information & Control

Within the control room, an overview of the production process is made available using ergonomically-designed Operator Control stations.

Any disruption to the process can be closely monitored in the form of visual, alarm logs and historical archives.

Operators are given real-time information necessary to make proper corrective actions to put the process back to track.

Should any unwarranted process upset occur despite operator invention, the affected process units will be shutdown automatically by the highly integrated SIS.

The SIS prevents escalation of process upsets due to equipment failure, sudden fluctuation in process parameters or human error, whilst manipulating the control features.

The smooth operation of the Plant is largely dependent on the effectiveness of the control strategies implemented by the PCS.

These include managing the start-up permissive, start-up bypass, sequence control, proper tuning of PID control loops, proper interlocking and recording functions such as sequence of events, historical archiving and alarm management.

In the emergency condition of hydrocarbon gas leakage, smoke or even fire outbreak, the Fire and Gas system (FGS) will detect any surge occurrence and execute protective actions. These include fire alarm sounding, fire beacons, fire or gas area indication and cascading signals to the SIS to protect process equipment by shutting down the affected units.

Energy Optimization

 

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You can capture, analyze, store, and share energy data with key stakeholders using a standard web browser. This makes it simple to distribute the knowledge necessary to optimize energy consumption, manage power quality, correlate energy usage, determine cost to production, and improve efficiency.

Technology

The PlantPAx® Process Automation System from Rockwell Automation is a modern distributed control system (DCS), built on a standards-based architecture by using Integrated Architecture™ components that enable multi-disciplined control and premier integration with the Rockwell Automation® intelligent motor control portfolio.

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