Real-time Asset Monitoring Control and Management of Oil Drilling Platforms

Dec. 10, 2010 - PRLog -- A Global Fortune 500 Petroleum Company based in India. The importance of the company to India's infrastructure is reflected in the fact that they contribute a large percentage of India's crude oil and natural gas production. They maintain a vast influence over India's hydrocarbon industry. The company owns and operates more than 11,000 KM of pipelines across India, of which 3200 KM are undersea pipelines, and have active exploration projects in 26 sedimentary basins throughout India. They are involved in a wide range of activities in the petroleum industry. Principal activities include exploration, production, refining, transportation, and marketing crude oil, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, liquid ethane/propane, and related products. They required services that include site survey, system design, engineering, supply, installation, and a 6-year maintenance contract for 45 offshore and onshore drilling stations across India. The most important accomplishment of this project is that they will be able to manage its manufacturing and assets remotely from their central control room. The project involves creating systems that integrate real-time information from production facilities with asset data, and then transmitting the information to their corporate data centre to manage the performance of the 45 offshore and onshore drilling stations. This feat was achieved by integrating different SCADA systems into an enterprise-wide SCADA network for managing oil and gas drilling platforms. The enterprise's control room includes several SCADA servers that form a control terminal for the remote control and monitoring of the drilling platforms. A communication network was set up to  link the enterprise-wide control room with the 45 drilling stations for the purpose of collecting data remotely. The system adopted a TDMA radio to form a wireless network between the control level network and the servers in the enterprise control room. Each drilling platform uses HART instruments connected to redundant remote terminal units to control drilling facilities on the floating platforms in the field. The remote terminal units are equipped with Ethernet ports to transmit data over an Ethernet network formed by Moxa's EDS-408A series industrial managed Ethernet switches. The EDS-408A's capability for high-bandwidth, real-time transmission helps ensure efficient communication between the field operation facilities and control station. With a solid 5-year warranty, high MTBF value, and extended operating temperature, the EDS-408A industrial managed Ethernet switch is especially well suited for applications in harsh industrial environments. In addition, the EDS-408A series switches are DNV and Class 1, Div. 2/Zone 2 certified to ensure reliable operation in offshore oil and gas fields, such as drilling platforms in India.

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The Benefits are: Moxa's managed Ethernet switches are ABB IIT,UL508, DNV, and Class 1, Div. 2/Zone 2 certified, making them a natural fit for offshore oil and gas applications.  The redundant power inputs long MTBF, and 5-year warranty of Moxa's Ethernet switches make the network extra reliable. The SNMP V1/V2C/V3 and RMON feature supported by Moxa's managed EDS-series switches make it easier for engineers to monitor and control their devices over the network.

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