Infotechnics, the leading supplier of Operational Logging and Action Tracking software to the Oil and Gas, Power and Chemicals industries, have been awarded a contract by National Grid Grain LNG to supply the business with their leading operational logging system ‘Opralog’. Commissioned in 2005, National Grid Grain LNG is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid, the international Electricity and Gas Company. Based at the Isle of Grain, South England, the importation and regasification terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the UK’s leading LNG terminal, designed to fill the gap between the rising demand for gas in the face of domestic decline in production.
Simon Richardson, Production Manager, for National Grid Grain LNG outlined the company’s requirements from Opralog; “At present work is underway to triple the terminal capacity at the Isle of Grain. This has involved the construction of 3 new state of the art LNG storage tanks, each holding as much as the existing plant and equal in size to the Albert Hall! With this expansion underway and further expansion planned in the next 3 years it was important that we introduce a centralised operational logging system which could be deployed across Grain LNG, primarily to ensure effective communication between the control rooms. Opralog is a robust system which we can tailor to our individual needs by leveraging data already held in other plant information systems. We can therefore ensure that valuable, consistent data is captured and is easily accessible, not only to the control rooms, but across the organisation to those who need it”.
Speaking of the contract, Infotechnics Business Development Director Jon Howard said “Opralog will fulfill Grain LNG’s basic requirement to ensure effective communication between the control rooms. It will improve the consistency of the importation plant’s operational logs in terms of format, structure and content, along with enhancing their ability to act as a source of management information by recording key status information. Operational and commercial risk will be reduced as effective data capture and reporting will increase the visibility of abnormal events, which could otherwise go unnoticed. Grain LNG will further benefit from enhanced performance management by time saved capturing data, reduced downtime, comprehensive audit trails and the nurturing of a safer, more efficient environment. We are delighted that National Grid Grain LNG have chosen to work with Infotechnics and we look forward to enhancing the way in which they operate”.
