This leading EPC firm specializes in onshore and offshore pipeline operations, providing clients with a wide range of engineering and project management services for the gathering, transmission, and processing of hydrocarbon products.
Using Stratus Edge Computing, the EPC firm addressed the midstream Oil & Gas company’s requirement for 100% uptime for LNG monitoring of terminal operations. They consolidated offshore and onshore monitoring systems into a fault-tolerant Stratus platform, sharing information via thin clients. The solution provided accurate measurement and data sharing between the FPSO and onshore terminal and visibility to the organization’s headquarters.
By deploying the Stratus Edge Computing, the EPC firm delivered the solution to the LNG company 20% faster, enabled remote management of the system, and reduced aftermarket support by 50%. Thin clients running on the Stratus platform provided real-time remote access to data, reducing the need for on-site staff by 50%.
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INDUSTRY

Risks

  • Difficulties in centralize monitor and control
  • Without operational visibility
  • With downtime
  • Provide 100% uptime for monitoring of LNG pipeline and terminals
  • Enable visibility on operations across onshore, offshore, and enterprise locations
  • Commission new system quickly and safely using remote staff
  • Develop scalable and repeatable Rockwell Automation-based monitor and control architecture
  • Stratus ztC Edge® platforms in paired, fault tolerant configuration running five VMs
  • Rockwell Automation® FactoryTalk® SE
  • Rockwell Automation Historian
  • Rockwell Automation Thin Client® server with six thin clients
  • Engineering workstation
  • Replaced duplicate systems with a single Stratus ztC Edge Computing platform
  • Eliminated unplanned downtime by 100%
  • Enabled new levels of reporting to help drive end client business decisions
  • Increased safety with automatic shut-off at the pipeline and the ship
  • Delivered the new system 20% faster
  • Reduced aftermarket support by 50%