Invensys implementing InFusion system for Petro Rabigh
Posted: 3 October 2007
Plant information management system will enable the Petro Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Complex to compete at the highest level
Petro Rabigh has awarded a multi-million
dollar contract to Invensys Process Systems to implement an
InFusion-based plant information management system (PIMS) for its
refining and petrochemical complex located in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.
The
plant, which is a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo
Chemical Company (Japan), will start operations in the third quarter of
2008.
The plant information management project integrates best-in-class
technologies into a unified system using Invensys' InFusion
infrastructure.
InFusion's object- and service-oriented technology
enables easy access to the real time data from the process and
utilities units and easy integration and transfer of data between
applications to provide a seamless and scaleable information system.
InFusion interfaces will facilitate integration with SAP modules.
The current system scope includes an integrated solution comprising
Real Time Data Base and Historian, Laboratory Information Management
System (LIMS), data reconciliation, plant-wide material balance and
production accounting, alarm monitoring, emissions monitoring, and
performance management, with more modules planned for the future.
The proposed solution consists of best-in-class technologies available
in the market, including Invensys' new Material Balance Module for unit
material balances and data reconciliation unified with InFusion
technology.
The Material Balance Module lets engineers efficiently
evaluate volume and mass balances on-line, enabling them easily to
improve data quality and reliability, which forms the basis for process
analysis and improvement.
"This is a significant project for Invensys where the capabilities of
the InFusion infrastructure, combined with best-in-class applications,
will be cost effectively integrated to provide accurate, useful,
contextualized information throughout the enterprise," said Nabil
Kassem, Vice President and General Manager of Invensys Process Systems
Middle East.
"These systems provide our customers with the
repeatability of information feedback, consistency of business process
execution and visibility of information that enables faster and better
decision-making. It reduces the noise in the information, permitting
better understanding of the business and facilitating business process
improvement."
About Petro Rabigh
Petro Rabigh is a joint venture (JV) company between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical Co. headquartered in Rabigh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The plant is the corner stone for a broader downstream conversion
industrial development in the western region and in Rabigh in
particular.
Startup is planned for 2008 4th quarter. Saudi Aramco will
supply Petro Rabigh with crude oil, ethane and butane.
Sumitomo Chemical will provide proprietary petrochemical technology and
marketing of petrochemical products base in some regions. The Rabigh
facility being built is a world-class refinery and petrochemical
complex.
The refinery will consist of an upgrade of the existing 400
MBD topping refinery to include Vacuum Distillation Unit, Vacuum Gas
Oil Hydro treating Unit and Alkylation/Isom Unit.
A range of refined
products will be produced including naphtha, kerosene, gasoline, diesel
and fuel oil.
The centerpiece of the expanded site is the high olefins
fluid catalytic cracker complex integrated with a world scale ethane
based cracker.
These petrochemical derivative units will produce a
total of 2.4 million ton/year of polyolefin's.
Posted by Richard Price, Editor EnergyME.com
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