Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that Shell UK Exploration and Production (Shell Expro) has selected the Yokogawa CENTUM CS 3000 distributed control system (DCS) for a major upgrade of the Brent Alpha North Sea production platform. The $1,32m project includes the DCS and integrated emergency shutdown and a fire and gas safety system, using Foundation Fieldbus technology in the field devices.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that Shell UK Exploration and Production (Shell Expro) has selected the Yokogawa CENTUM CS 3000 distributed control system (DCS) for a major upgrade of the Brent Alpha North Sea production platform. The $1,32m project includes the DCS and integrated emergency shutdown and a fire and gas safety system, using Foundation Fieldbus technology in the field devices.
The key requirement on this project is to enable Shell Expro to manage the Brent Alpha production platform from a remote location. Fieldbus technology will provide on-line device diagnostics and realtime plant operation data. The remote operation of the platform facility could not be reliably achieved without a reliable control system - and the digital communication benefits provided by Foundation Fieldbus technology.
"Shell Expro will have a fully integrated Process Automation System which maximises the digital benefits of intelligent field devices allowing realtime access to plant and instrument maintenance data", says Akira Kohzuki, Sr, GM Solutions Division. "Yokogawa and Shell have a long history together. The decision to use fieldbus makes this project even more exciting. We are pleased to partner with Shell on this unique application."
Shell currently has a significant number of Yokogawa's ProSafe emergency shutdown and fire and gas safety systems, many of them on critical applications. The decision to select Yokogawa was based upon a proven record of supplying reliable control systems, cost-effective technical solutions and excellent service and support. The project also includes several hundred Yokogawa EJA pressure transmitters and YVP Valve Positioners, all registered fieldbus devices. To ensure proper implementation of the fieldbus technology, Yokogawa will actively participate in the design and engineering of field segments.
About Shell UK Exploration and production
Shell UK Exploration and Production operates in the UK sector of the North Sea on behalf of Shell, Esso and co-venturers.
About Yokogawa
Yokogawa's global network of 18 manufacturing facilities, 69 affiliate companies and over 200 sales and engineering offices span 28 countries. Since its founding in 1915, the US$3 bn company has been engaged in research and innovation of the highest order, securing over 4500 patents and registrations, laying claim to the world's first DCS and digital flow and pressure measurement sensor. Industrial automation systems, test and measurement systems and information services are a core business of Yokogawa. For more information about Yokogawa Electric Corporation, visit our website at www.yokogawa.com
About Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa South Africa was originally founded in 1978 as Delta Controls, the exclusive distributor of Yokogawa Process Control and Instrumentation (PCI) products in South Africa. In 1997 Delta Controls became a wholly owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Europe B.V.
Via our head office in Johannesburg and branches in Vanderbijlpark, Durban and Cape Town, we are fully capable of selling, engineering and supporting the full range of Yokogawa PCI products.
The main Yokogawa product groupings are: recorders, controllers, transmitters, flowmeters, analytical (liquid and gas) as well as distributed control systems. We are also exclusive distributors for American Meter and Dresser gas equipment, Barksdale pressure and level devices and Kinetrol actuators.
For more information contact Anna-Marie de Lange, Yokogawa South Africa, 011 681 2500, [email protected], www.yokogawa-europe.com
| Tel: | +27 11 831 6300 |
| Email: | [email protected] |
| www: | www.yokogawa.com/za |
| Articles: | More information and articles about Yokogawa South Africa |
© Technews Publishing (Pty) Ltd | All Rights Reserved
printer friendly version