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Condition and Performance Monitoring

Turnarounds and Shutdowns

Wireless Communication

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TAIL – Integrated OperationsThe purpose of the TAIL IO newsletter is to share some of the challenges and results achieved in the TAIL IO project with a broader audience. We hope that you will enjoy the reading and perhaps get a better understanding of what TAIL IO is all about.

TAIL IO has been in “production” since January 1st 2006 and has a lot of exiting results on its way in the pipeline. It is great to see how cross company, cross cultural and cross discipline teams collaborate to create results together. This is R&D in the true spirit of integrated operations.

We have a dedicated team committed to deliver first class innovations to support StatoilHydro in achieving their overall goals for extending the lifetime of StatoilHydro’s oil and gas fields:

- increase daily production by at least 5 percent by reducing production losses caused by operational failure, maintenance stops and inadequate equipment performance- reduce operating, construction and maintenance costs by 30 percent- reduce the number of unwanted incidents relating to health, safety and the environment (HSE)

For those of you that have the opportunity to visit Technoport in Trondheim 18-20 October, see us at stand 46, “Samarbeid i praksis” where you will get an excellent opportunity to meet some of the key people in TAIL IO.

If you have any questions or issues you would like to discuss in more details with members of the TAIL IO team, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Svein Vatland Mona Svenes

TAIL IO Project Management teamsvein.vatland@no.abb.com mas@statoil.com

Statoil defines integrated operations (IO) as “collaboration across disciplines, companies, organizational and geo-graphical boundaries, made possible by real-time data and new work processes, in order to reach safer and better decisions – faster.” To help identify the methods, tech-nologies and work processes necessary to integrate its operations, Statoil appointed a R&D consortium consisting of ABB, IBM, SKF and Aker Kvaerner.

The consortium and Statoil are each contributing equally to the project in terms of input and resources. In addition, the Norwegian Research Council is a major contributor to the funding of the project, which has a budget of $24 million and will run for a period of three and a half years.

As its name suggests, TAIL IO is aimed initially at improving opera-tions at fields approaching the end of their life-spans. Tail-end production is a major challenge facing all oil and gas companies. It is the stage where the production rate is declining, the facilities are ageing, and the cost of operation is high. Extending the economic lifetime of these fields is vital to all companies, especially those operating in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. However, most of the solutions developed in TAIL IO will also be applicable for green field installations.

TAIL IO is divided into seven sub-projects, also known as technology areas. Each technology area is closely linked with the others and collaboration between them is encouraged.

1. Condition-based maintenance and performance monitoring The objective is to develop solutions and technologies that will support work processes at IO centers and enhance the use of condition based maintenance. The project will develop methods for early fault detection and residual life prediction and for condition monitoring of critical assetslike pumps, valves and electrical, rotating and static equipment

2. Turnaround and shutdown optimization The goal is to to reduce the duration and frequency of turnarounds through develop-ment of a solution for benchmarking and measurement of the preparedness of on-going turnaround projects, definition of the optimum duration and frequency of future turnarounds of an asset, and optimization of turnarounds across assets.

3. Wireless communication and sensor systems Among the objectives are the design of new and open communication systems, the installation of wireless instrumentation to

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reduce cabling and capital expenditure, and the automation of maintenance tasks to reduce maintenance man-hours.

4. Collaborative visualization By using modern technology in 3D visual-ization and collaboration, this project team develops tools for preparation and training, simulating the execution of maintenance operations and work processes carried out offshore, thereby preventing serious situations or shutdowns to occur.

5. Mobile ICT The focus is on man-machine technology, work processes and mobile ICT infrastruc-ture that support plant personnel. The grow-ing deployment of wireless networks and mobile devices is making it increasingly pos-sible for maintenance technicians to access information, support systems and personnel required to solve a problem or carry out an operation in the field via a wireless connec-tion and PDA (personal digital assistant).

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human inspection and intervention ca-pabilities at subsea, topside and onshore facilities. The objective is to develop solutions that combine tele-robotics and advanced visualization to enable remotely operated inspection and main-tenance operations, as well as to identify and close technology gaps.

7. Common Integration Architecture A critical success factor for fully inte-grated operations is access to real-time information about production, equip-ment and performance from process-ing and operational units across the organization. This is achieved through a common architecture for the operations and maintenance systems, which makes it easy to find, interpret and understand real-time data across all facilities. The integration of data from control and monitoring systems with the overall administrative systems, support of corporate as well as plant specific work processes and goals, will strengthen the integration between sea and land.

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The collection of real-time informa-tion about production, equipment and performance status from pro-cessing and operational units across the organization is a critical success factor to achieve completely integrated operations.

Integrated Operations (IO) is enabled through monitoring of real-time data. Real-time or historical data collected at the plant floor must be made available in control rooms, in collaboration rooms like operational centres, and to managerial functions with responsibilities related to production operation, well operations, maintenance, and logistics. Through a closer integration of data from control and monitoring systems with the overall information system solutions, support of corporate as well as plant specific work processes and goals are optimized. A critical success factor for the IO concept is a closer relationship between the industrial IT and the enterprise IT and administrative domains.

- The real-time information must be collected across the organization from any oil field or plant and made accessible for analysis and comparison. We have all this data, but we need to structure it to common concepts to make it easy to find and to understand, Helle Stoltz, Statoil industrial IT discipline advisor explains.

- The project task is to strengthen the integration of sea and land-based activi-ties, a task hosting many challenges. To achieve this goal we have developed solu-tion components based on requirements

from Statoil that is piloted through the TAIL F0 project. This solution will enable the integration of real-time data from the control- and operational systems with the administrative systems like SAP and PROSTY, allowing the processing and operational units to establish new flexible business solutions with seamless access to information and services across the corporation, says Frode Myren, consor-tium sub-project manager for the F0 Common Architecture project, and lead-ing the architecture development across the various subprojects in TAIL for IBM.

Common access to information and services is required to reach the fore-casted industry production and efficiency goals. This can be achieved through investments in standardization of information across the petroleum industry. The standardization of proto-cols in the underlying information and communication technologies should be coupled with a more flexible and inter-changeable approach when constructing new solutions. Instead of large applications and applications suites, the news business solutions are assembled from components that form an architec-ture of standardized, reusable services, allowing flexible integration.

The real-time information integration project in detailThe TAIL F0 project is piloting a common Real-Time Integration Solution, planned to support a common integrated archi-tecture across TAIL and eventually across Statoil facilities and enterprise domains. The subproject started in January 2007.

The key components of the solution are based on SOA products. The initial solution aims to integrate real-time and historical data for operations and maintenance at the Statfjord A and Gullfaks B facilities through a carefully chosen set of test cases.

This pilot will verify that information from both facilities can be uniquely accessed, processed and visualized through the same applications and services, by using standardized and flexible information structures. The pilot is being installed on test systems in Stavanger, and will access real-time data historians at both facilities. The information integration model, Refer-ence Semantic Model, RSM, is adding value to the standardized common integration service already acquired by Statoil, the Enterprise Service Bus, which facilitates new levels of flexibility and reuse of information and services.

Common practices for the entire industryIn the TAIL IO project, all the subprojects target specific essential IO concepts for safe and cost-efficient operation of facili-ties. The real-time solution extends the enterprise-wide integration to also include a common architecture foundation for operations and maintenance, thus provid-ing common information integration models for the entire oil and gas industry.

To facilitate the adoption across the TAIL projects, and subsequently Statoil, the F0 project also targets the establishment of an architecture governance model and additionally an Integration Competency Practice, providing guidance and expert resources.

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Verification and fine-tuning of the integration practice will be carried out through testing of the architecture at the Statfjord/Gullfaks, and also through integration of the other TAIL projects, for example at the Snøhvit facility. The final specifications of the application for the Common Architecture and the Real-time Integration Solution will then be completed, with subsequent proposal for implementation and rollout.

Business benefitsImportant business benefits are being targeted: lower operation costs and accelerated production through faster rollout of new operations, maintenance processes and applications across Statoil’s various assets, and also faster standardization of processes and applications. Further advantage is expected from reduced implementation and standardization costs.

- There are practically no changes required to operating assets, therefore replacement costs are minimized, says Frode Myren. – The information is accessed directly at its source, ensuring that information is correct and up to date. We also expect to see a considerable efficiency improvement by eliminating many complex, expensive and time-consuming interfaces, he continues.

The project also targets improved leverage of onshore operation centres through a common approach to real-time data. The F0 approach supports Statoil’s strategy for deployment of new value adding IO solutions.

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access to the information in the drive monitor upon demand. E.g in a fault situation, Statoil personnel and experts from ABB are able to in real time to do fault analysis and corrective work with-out being physically located where the drive is. This is truly Integrated Operations and will surely lead to reduced meantime to repair.

The pilot installation is at Kollsnes and has just been put into operation and testing is currently going on.

Early Fault DetectionThis is another focus area for the project group. Despite the term fault detection, we are concerned with every aspect of performance monitoring: process mal-function, instrumentation degradation, suboptimal process behavior, and inter-nal or external disturbances. A special focus is on early detection, meaning that we will try to identify trends at an early stage where they are otherwise difficult to observe. We want to give a warning

on what may become a problem days, weeks, and even months ahead.

The topic early fault detection includes a chain of challenges such as: data acquisition, methods and techniques, work processes and user interfaces. The work on early fault detection includes the following activities:

EFDD – Early Fault and Disturbance Detection:The project goal is to develop a software tool that will provide data driven methods for process modelling and analysis, based on both time and frequency domain techniques – originating from Statoil and ABB, respectively. Methods are being verified against field data from Åsgard B.

EEW – Event Early Warning: This is based on IBM’s patented EEW technology. The approach is based on identifying patterns and logical depen-dencies in the data. A potential pilot is on the detection of malfunction and

sub-performance of the separators on Heidrun.

Data acquisition:Both the above approaches rely on the availability of historical and real-time data for configuration and analysis. Data access is a serious bottleneck that is responsible for a lot of wasted time spent on solving a number of practical problems before we can start the real work on diagnosing the process. Our ultimate goal is to provide means for instant access, at any time, anywhere, to all process variables; with maximum resolution and accuracy, and for the total lifetime of the process.

The intention is that the data is to be made available to Statoil’s partners. Challenges related to this are: access time, visualization, and anything that has to do with handling very large data sets in general. The solution is ready to be tested against Åsgard B.

Sub-project F1, Condition and perfor-mance monitoring, focuses on condition- and performance monitoring of critical sub-sea and topside equipment. The objectives of the project are to review and develop systems, methods and work processes to enhance and improve condition based maintenance in Statoil. The project includes participants from Statoil, ABB, SKF, Aker Kvaerner and IBM and is managed by Statoil and ABB.

Effective lifecycle management requires continuous tracking of asset history when it comes to operation, wear, damage and maintenance. Careful monitoring of the condition and performance of assets allows the implementation of predictive maintenance programs that might signifi-cantly reduce maintenance costs and risk of asset failure. Without this information, performance suffers and maintenance costs rise.

The F1 project group is working on sev-eral solutions that focus on condition and

performance monitoring, in the following some examples of ongoing work is presented.

Drive Monitor The Drive Monitor is designed for remote monitoring of variable speed drives, and is intended for use together with ABB Drives. Several parameters are available from the drives: these include shaft torque, phase current and phase voltages. These data – as provided by the drive unit and analyzed by the Drive Monitor – can return valuable process status information regarding process outliers, process drift and changes. The information will be extracted and calculated without requiring any extra Instrumentation, as it is based on parameters contained in the Drive unit.

A main goal for the project is to demon-strate how the Drive Monitor can be accessed from remote locations in a safe and efficient way. This enables experts located anywhere on the globe to get

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Statoil regularly has to close down the production on its oil & gas fields, due to preventive and corrective maintenance activities, modifica-tions of the plants, and tie-in of new fields. In 2006, turnarounds and unplanned shutdowns were the single-most important cause for lost production in the Tampen area. Statoil has launched several initiatives to minimize production losses due to turnarounds and reduce the probability of unplanned shutdowns.

To support these initiatives the Statoil R&D and the TAIL IO projets along with Tampen have launched a joint project for development of work processes, methods and solutions for improvement. The solutions will improve Statoil’s ability to:

.Monitor the progress of ongoing turnarounds according to WR2091: “Management and planning of turnaround projects”, and assess consequences on turnaround performance and possible delays in production start up.Prolong the intervals between turn- arounds and reduce the duration of future turnarounds without increasing losses due to unplanned shutdowns.Optimize turnarounds and shutdowns across assets that are dependent on each other

- The project is part of the TAIL IO initia-tive, explains Statoil’s project manager Tom Anders Thorstensen. - In addition to Statoil R&D and Statoil Tampen, IBM and

Aker Kværner actively participate in the project, which is managed by Statoil and IBM. - IBM has also allocated optimization experts from its R&D lab in New York to the project, Thorsensen continues.

- Development of the solutions is well on its way, says IBM’s project manager Kaare J. Finbak. In April the project delivered the first prototype and now pilots of the solution for monitoring of ongoing turnarounds are being tested out by the Tampen organization.

The work processes, methods and solutions developed will consist of three main building blocks, i.e., a turnaround and shutdown knowledge analyzer, a turnaround and shutdown risk analyzer and a turnaround and shutdown optimizer.

Knowledge analyzerThe knowledge analyzer will provide tools for continuous monitoring of the progress of ongoing turnarounds, monitoring of shutdown preparedness, reveal possible delays and evaluate the consequences of delays on production start up.

Risk Analyzer The risk analyzer will offer tools for real-time evaluation of various turnaround scenarios for a specific oil and gas field, and selection of the scenario that has the overall lowest production loss.

Optimizer The optimizer will contain tools for “on-the-fly” development of turnaround

scenarios across assets, and identify the scenario that produce the best result in minimizing production losses.

Such tools do not exist in the market today. The work processes, methods and tools will provide a round-the-clock monitoring of all turnaround and report on shutdown preparedness. Operators will be able to receive realtime evaluationof any delays expected for ongoing projects or any adjustments or modifica-tions carried out to scheduled plans, in addition to receiving continuous updates on optimization of turnaround scenarios of specific assets as well as across assets. The overall objective of this TAIL IO project and Statoil R&D is through usage of the new processes, methods and tools, to improve PUF significantly and to lower turnaround and shutdown costs. As stated by Sven Tømmerås, discipline ad-viser for O&M planning: “The economical potential of the project is believed to be significant. We believe it is very impor-tant that WR2091 is fully implemented throughout the entire Tampen organiza-tion, and that we have effective support and control tools that enable us to meet our regularity (PUF) and production targets.”

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The project presented this work at an inclusive one-day “Wireless Technology” seminar held at Rotvoll in March 2007 which was attended by representatives from the consortium, and many Statoil assets. Furthermore, parts of the technical results from the laboratory pilot have been published at the IEEE Emerging Trends in Factory Automation conference in September 2007, and have been accepted for presentation at the SPE Intelligent Energy Conference to be held in February 2008.

In March 2007, one of the laboratory pilot test rigs was exhibited at ABB’s Automation World in Orlando, Florida.

This rig illustrates the potential value of replacing wired fieldbus segments with wireless in a control network. The rig will be exhibited, among other F3 prototypes, at Technoport in October 2007.

In conjunction to the laboratory-based work, the F3 project has also visited Kårstø and Kollsnes onshore facilities to conduct a “Wireless Evaluation” study for each site. The goal of the studies was to identify and evaluate areas where wire-less technology would benefit the sites in terms of improved production and HSE. The project is planning to conduct its first offshore evaluation study in November 2007.

Looking to the future, F3 are working closely with both onshore and offshore facilities to promote the use of wireless technologies in pilot installations. We are continuing to educate with a further seminar planned in Q4 2007. Further-more, we are embarking on an exciting research project to develop the Wireless Field of the Future which will combine different aspects of wireless technolo-gies, pervasive computing and novel applications.

The TAIL IO “Wireless Communication” (F3) project aims to test, evaluate, and apply wireless technologies for Oil and Gas applications. The initial phase of this 3,5 year endeavor was based at Statoil’s research laboratory in Rotvoll which provides a quasi real-life environment with large multifaceted metal structures and flowing liquids. In 2006, a team of international experts from Norway, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Holland, and Sweden representing ABB, Statoil, SKF, and Sintef worked together with the Rotvoll scientific and laboratory staff, to undertake an extensive wireless evalu-ation pilot. The goal was to evaluate a variety of technologies which can deliver

the following three key results to Statoil installations:.Improved HSE.Increased Production.Lower Costs

Technologies that were identified by the F3 project team, through scouting and discussions with Statoil operations personnel, as crucial to the successful de-livery of the above results include: Wire-less Sensor Networks, WLAN, Wireless Vibration Monitoring and Analysis, Wire-less Control and RFID. Range, throughput, reliability, availability, stability, security, and interference testing was given spe-cial emphasis at the laboratory.

Imagine an environment where wireless sensors can be quickly deployed to provide measurement points as required. Imagine an envi-ronment where field operators can wirelessly access real-time process data, stream voice and video, con-figure and calibrate their instru-ments. Imagine an environment where equipment can be quickly and easily located and identified. Believe in wireless…the TAIL IO F3 Wireless Communication project does.

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compressor 3D design presentation and prepare the maintenance work order. “Thanks for your time, help and coopera-tion Bjarne. Have a nice day”. “Don’t mention it, it’s raining outside anyway”.

This could be a typical collaborative maintenance scenario. By using modern technology in 3D visualization and collabo-ration, maintenance and work processes carried out offshore can be done smoothly and efficiently, thereby preventing serious situations or shutdowns to occur.

Collaborative visualization tools are used for preparing, training executing and supporting maintenance operations.

The objectives of this project are to develop means of visual collaboration based on the 3D design models of plants and installations. The visual collaborative arena is an interactive 3D-viewer presen-tation of the actual assets. The scenarios could be as follows:

Multi-organisational design teams collaborating in the design and modification phase . Multi-organisational teams collaborating to perform maintenance operations. Preparation and training for the most efficient and effective maintenance package. Capability for remote diagnostics and remote assistance from Centres of Excellence. Capability to integrate with specialist services easily and without disruption, regardless of the source (in-house or external). Learning based improvement loops for execution of work processes (main- tenance workflows) and training personnel on HSE

A virtual presentation of the assets in a 3D-viewer or modelled on a gaming plat-form gives a new dimension to the collab-orative and interactive way of information sharing, managing and performing work processes.

A wireless solution for testing fire and gas detectors on Statoil’s Snøhvit field is being launched. The ”Fire & Gas” solution is an innovation from the TAIL IO F5 project group, working with wireless solutions on handheld units to bring the field worker office out to the plants. Manual and tedious work is replaced by automated and efficient procedures, yielding great savings for the industry.

This is a good example of how the industrial collaboration between Statoil, IBM, ABB, Aker Kværner and SKF is beginning to bear fruit. Using modern wireless technology and hand-held PDAs, the company can now test fire and gas detectors autonomously.

A demo of the solution was successfully tested in Bergen this summer by repre-sentatives from Snøhvit, Troll/Sleipner, Kårstø and Gullfaks. The development team received valuable feedback for the upcoming pilot that will be implemented on the Snøhvit field at Melkøya within 2007.

ChallengeThis type of material management and maintenance operation was previously performed in close collaboration with the control room, and was extremely time and resource-consuming. The operators in the field would perform their routine controls and testing, and report to the control room on shore via radio commu-nications.

Manually checking of machine parts and equipment can be a vulnerable process because it is easy to record the wrong ID number, which can lead to inhibition of the wrong detector, which again could result in unnecessary evacuations or fire-brigade turnouts that are both time and cost consuming.

SolutionThe new solution is based on reading the ID on the barcode or RFID chips that are attached to all of the detectors, using a wireless unit. The ID is then checked against SAP, which confirms whether it is the right detector. The detector is then tested, and maintenance is performed. The operator reports back and updates SAP directly, using the handheld unit. This entire operation is carried out in real-time.

The hand-held PDA device makes it possible to communicate directly with the Safety and Automation System (SAS), check and update information in SAP, provide location tracking, and transmit live video and audio from the offshore plant to the control room and vice versa.

BenefitsBy reading a unique ID that is checked directly against the SAP system, errors are avoided and the work process is simplified. It saves hours of work, time and money, and resource-demanding shut-downs are avoided.

The solution suggests improved safety and health from the worker’s perspec-tive. The number of radio communication interrupts between the field worker and the control room personnel will be significantly reduced. This will allow for more time spent on monitoring safety systems and alarms in the control room. Less stress and automated routines also improves the safety.

- A more autonomous field worker might experience a better job satisfaction hav-ing more control of his tasks. Addition-ally, there will be less paperwork and the job can be carried out in a more efficient way, explains Maria Vatshaug Ottermo, Sub-project Manager from Statoil.

- The HSE risk of loosing overview and control of human resources by implementing the Fire and Gas solution offshore, can be solved by using Asset Tracking, another wireless solution designed by our project group, says Maria Vatshaug Ottermo.

- This is a textbook example of what integrated operations are about in practice: increasing the efficiency of work processes and cutting costs using information technology and smart solutions developed by experts in the oil and gas industry, says Sub-project Manager and IT architect for the Fire & Gas solution, Tom Rojahn of IBM.

The results and lessons learned will form the basis for further commercialization of the solution.

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These people can be contacted for further details regarding the solution: Maria Vatshaug Ottermo, Statoil e-mail: mvo@statoilhydro.comTom Rojahn, IBMe-mail: tom.rojahn@no.ibm.com

The objective of the TAIL F5 sub-project is to ”Bring the Field Worker Office to the Plant”. The focus is on man-machine technology, work processes and mobile ICT infrastructure that support plant personnel. The growing deployment of wireless networks and devices is increasingly making it possible for maintenance technicians to have continuous access to support systems and personnel via a wireless connection and PDA (personal digital assistant).

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Rrriing – rrriing …….. ”Yes, Bjarne speaking.” “Hi, this is Tore, the Maintenance Planner at Veslefrikk. We have a problem in keeping up a stable gas reinjection process. You are referred to as the expert on the process control system for this type of equipment. By the way, where are you located, and are you prepared to help us out?”

“At the moment I am on vacation at my country house in Sweden, but no problem, I will help you out. Just a moment and I will connect to the web.”Bjarne connects his laptop to the web, then Statoil net, and opens the 3D-viewer of the Veslefrikk topside. A quick search in the system hierarchy brings up the visual image of the gas compression area. Over his headset he listens to the onboard observations explained by Tore. There are two process trains working in parallel. Bjarne “walks” through the simulated process area and recognizes the two compressors. He addresses the tag num-bers one by one and checks the process data coming up. All values are in between acceptable range. But the real time data are slightly fluctuating. Bjarne calls up the historical database, and by using a semantic search he gets a few hints and matches of similar previous experiences and decides to make a further inspection.“Tore, do you have an operator in the area? Connect him to the phone and let him show me a view of the scene on his VisiWear CCTV. He must also carry an infrared camera”.

Bjarne instructs the operator to show him pictures from the camera screen on the wireless handheld VisiWear PDA (CCTV). Bjarne was right in his suspicion of the indirect cause to the registered prob-lem. On the transferred TV picture there is a clear heat contour of leaking gas from the HPgas seal, invisible to the eye.Together Bjarne and Tore discuss the necessary action and measures needed to be taken by calling up and share the F4

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Robotics has for at least three decades been a key technology in engineering industries for increasing industrial productivity and for competitive manufacturing, and it is now at a point where its scope is dramatically expanding. However, in the Oil & Gas industry the exploitation of robots has until now been restricted to subsea applications. This trend is it that the Robotics sub-project will try to change.

An orange ABB robot (manipulator) and its controller started their long and meaningful life at ABB Robotics in Västerås Sweden. They have now both travelled a great distance to a sleepy Swiss village called

Langenthal. Güdel, a Swiss company specialising in designing and constructing very large but also very precise motion systems, has built a gantry crane on which they have mounted the robot upside down. The working range of the robotics system is as much as 8m x 6m x 0.8m (length x width x height).

Now the robot and gantry system has trav-elled its final journey to Norway, where the project team eagerly has started to explore it. Figure 1 shows the robotics system. A single controller controls the entire system. The main focus of the Tail IO Robotics – Future Facilities - project is to develop a prototype system that demonstrates a remotely operated automation system including manipulators for performing operational tasks on the process. Such tasks cover normal operation, inspection and maintenance both on offshore and onshore oil & gas installations.

The conceptual idea is to be able to oper-ate the process without involving people onsite. The robotics test rig will operate on a compact oil & water separator process module, which Aker Kvaerner is designing and commissioning. The process module will be delivered to the robot lab shortly after the arrival of the robot test rig. Figure 2 illustrates the process module, the robot and gantry crane.

The purpose of the test rig is to demon-strate the technologies for designing the future’s platforms, which are based on modular process modules (almost like lego)

Figure 1: The robot and gantry system

Figure 2 Process Module, robot and Gan-try modelled in a 3D world

Asset Tracking, based on RFID technology, will help operating companies and suppliers trace their assets shipped in containers to plants offshore.

With the new wireless Asset Tracking solution from the TAIL IO F5 group based on RFID technology, the oil and gas industry has found the answer to tracking and locating equipment from when it is dispatched by suppliers until the equip-ment is delivered and assembled on offshore installations. This helps supply stations onshore receive cargo and load it onto containers being shipped to offshore installations.

The F5 project group will design a new solution for offshore logistics based on RFID technology, developed in collabora-tion with researchers at IBM.

Diversity of useThe solution offers a variety of use. The petroleum industry has vast quantities of rented equipment and material which needs to be kept track of. Rental equip-ment is extremely costly, and it is impor-tant to keep track of its location at all times, and quickly return it after use. The logistics of all material can be dealt with using RFID and wireless units – it can be tracked from the supplier, via the ware-house and truck, to the container being placed on the deck of the cargo or supply

ship, until the cargo is received offshore.

Petroleum and chemicals suppliers also need to label chemical tanks. For instance at the large chemicals facility at Mongstad there is a great need to keep close track of all chemicals at all times. Asset tracking can help them not only with the logistics for chemical tanks, but also with the quantity of chemicals, when to order and how much.

Chemical plants like Mongstad, with its enormous ports, needs to be operated efficiently and securely, and can save large amounts by using this kind of wire-less solutions and handheld units. The operators do not have to run back and forth with documents, but can instead read containers, equipment, tanks, vol-ume or quantity, and update SAP automatically using a wireless solution.

Tracking of personnel is another area of use for the Asset Tracking solution. The same technology that is being developed for cargo and container tracking, can also be used for tracking of personnel. This will facilitate a higher level of safety for personnel working offshore, and contrib-ute to the HSE asset requirement set for all offshore and onshore installations.

Smooth Logistics with wireless RFID and SAP Proper logistics are secured by the data on the labelled material

or equipment being checked against the company’s SAP system. The ID on the wireless RFID chip, attached to the container, is read and its location is being monitored in real-time. The coordinates will be updated in SAP to ensure the correct cargo is being loaded into the correct container. This will further pre-vent losses and reduce manual errors.

When large quantities of equipment are to be dispatched, it is possible to print pick lists in SAP. All of the equipment can be labeled with an RFID chip that can be attached to any kind of surface, including steel. When an order is placed with a sup-plier, and the order is dispatched, a pallet can be run through an RFID portal or read by a handheld RFID reader that records the content.

When the dispatch is received offshore, the ID on the wireless RFID chip is read using a handheld RFID reader, and the requisition and work order for the equip-ment can be updated in SAP.

The solution is based on IBM Middleware, which provides the key glue to the logis-tics process.

Pilots of the Asset Tracking solution for offshore logistics will initially be tested at Ågotnes, where hundreds of containers are loaded and shipped daily, and later implemented on many onshore plants.

Wireless Asset Tracking solves Offshore Logistics

For more information please contact: Maria Vatshaug Ottermo, Statoil: mvo@statoilhydro.com Tom Rojahn, IBM: tom.rojahn@no.ibm.com

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surrounded by a system of gantry and robot manipulators. The robot manipulators generally perform daily operational tasks such as inspection and light maintenance tasks while larger maintenance tasks will require additional support. The process module will then either be shipped and maintained/repaired onshore or a small mainte-nance team will enter the normally unmanned area during process shut down to perform specific mainte-nance tasks, often in collaboration with the robot manipulators.

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Info:>>> Jørn Leivestad, jorn.leivestad@akerkvaerner.com

Terje Mugaas, Terje.Mugaas@sintef.no

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