BERGEN, Norway, Oct. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE:
HON) Process Solutions (HPS) today announced it will provide
advanced automation and safety solutions to enable remote onshore
operation for an unmanned offshore platform in the North Sea,
reducing overall production costs and improving safety.
When drilling operations are completed, Statoil's Valemon
platform, located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, will become a
periodically-manned installation and Statoil's first platform that
will be operated from shore. Control operations will be located in
Bergen, some 100 miles (160
kilometers) away from the platform itself. Moving personnel off the
facility will improve the overall safety of the operations while
also boosting efficiency by centralizing the controls at the
company's Bergen location.
"This project is a great example of how Honeywell is able to use
its technology and experience to help Statoil remotely control
operations at an important gas production facility," said Pieter
Krynauw, vice president and general manager of the Projects and
Automation Solutions business within Honeywell Process Solutions.
"As companies move oil platforms farther offshore and into other
remote, challenging locations to find oil and gas, managing those
operations efficiently while reducing risk to workers will become
increasingly important."
Honeywell will serve as the engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) automation contractor for the project. Honeywell
will provide a range of control and safety technologies for the
project including new operator stations and critical alarm panels
at the onshore Bergen operations
center that will communicate with the systems on Valemon. This
solution will reduce the complexity of remote operations and reduce
overall operating costs compared with standard solutions.
The Valemon platform sits in about 440 feet (135 meters) of
water and will produce natural gas and condensate from one of the
biggest undeveloped natural gas fields in the North Sea with an
estimated 192 million barrels of oil equivalent. Once drilling is
complete in 2017, the platform will have 10 production wells.
Among the technologies Honeywell will provide are its
Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS), integrated
protective solutions, Critical Alarm Panel with Safety Manager,
integrated fire and gas and emergency shutdown solutions, and
closed circuit TV software.
Use this link for more information about Honeywell's solutions
for offshore oil and gas operations.
Honeywell Process Solutions (www.honeywellprocess.com) is a
pioneer in automation control, instrumentation and services for the
oil and gas; refining; pulp and paper; industrial power generation;
chemicals and petrochemicals; biofuels; life sciences; and metals,
minerals and mining industries. It is also a leader in providing
software solutions and instrumentation that help manufacturers find
value and competitive advantage in digital transformation through
the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Process Solutions is part
of Honeywell's Performance Materials and Technologies strategic
business group, which also includes Honeywell UOP (www.uop.com), a
leading international supplier and licensor of process technology,
catalysts, adsorbents, equipment, and consulting services to the
petroleum refining, petrochemical, and gas processing
industries.
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