Innovative control technology and systems services are vital in reducing project costs and risk, and enhancing enterprise efficiency and connectivity. Yokogawa is one of the world’s leading vendors in this sector.
The upstream oil and gas industry are facing the challenge of managing the ever higher risks and greater challenges imposed by the increasingly difficult and hostile environments in which it must operate. Control products and innovative systems have been developed to minimise the risk and turn the challenges into profitable business.
Advancing Control for the Upstream Fossil Fuels Industry
Suppliers must be able to provide control systems for all major applications in the upstream oil and gas supply chain to ensure consistency throughout this vertical market. Process-wide involvement, together with the experience gained from a global involvement in the sector, are what gives organisations their ability to meet the needs of this sector.
Yokogawa has risen to this challenge, with a network of specialists spread around the globe. This team has been delivering results around the world for many years and continues to provide innovative and beneficial solutions for clients’ projects.
Delivering Bottom Line Improvements
Process control technology plays a key role in helping upstream oil and gas managers meet the challenges of reducing capital expenditure/expense (CAPEX) and operating expenditure (OPEX), and realising realtime control of the business. For the oil and gas operator, project contractor and original equipment manufacturer (OEM), a vendor’s greatest asset is often its experience. It is only by ensuring that the expertise staff gain from upstream applications work is globally and continually shared that a network of systems specialists can be equipped with know-how that makes a real difference to every project’s bottom line.
While front-end savings can be ensured through innovative system concepts that deliver CAPEX reduction, it is essential that savings continue throughout the equipment life-cycle. Through choosing a supplier renowned for its reliability, equipment will deliver lifelong OPEX savings. Enhanced process visibility from advanced systems can also offer major scope for performance gains.
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When reviewing suppliers, pioneering technology should always be looked for. Yokogawa has delivered many examples of this. These include:
- first with fieldbus foundation interoperability;
- first subsea high-integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS);
- first unified cargo/propulsion control for liquified natural gas (LNG) tankers;
- innovative ‘zero calibration’ digital pressure (DP) and pressure transmitters;
- high-pressure vortex flowmeters for gas lift and water injection;
- connectivity-oriented, enterprise-aware control nodes;
- autonomous, Web-serving remote terminal units (RTUs) for remote locations;
- Windows human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for integration with enterprise information technology (IT); and
- concurrent engineering support for rapid project completion. All of these advances are wrapped up with the exemplary reliability on which Yokogawa’s reputation has been built.
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