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Field of View has brought in new, higher pressure, Phase VIII would also be the frst out both power and communications reservoirs requiring HIPPS to protect the expansion for the Simian area, meaning distribution. existing pipe line infrastructure. that original design expansion would still

Future developments

Where possible, the system has used be available. Although expansion of the common designs throughout the develop- process was conventional with regards Studies are in place for a tie in of the BP ment of the feld. And in the case of the to architecture, the new wells brought in West Nile Delta Libra-Taurus felds; dem-

Sapphire area, which is 24km from the new, higher pressure, reservoirs which onstrating that Burullus, and its operator, platform, has the same power supplies necessitated the addition of the HIPPS. continue to support the development of as installed for Simian, 52km from the new supplies of energy for the Egyptian

Process network expansion platform. This commonality would allow domestic market. the control system for the Sapphire feld Although phase VIII had maximized the to be expanded to power, and control, the system from the control systems aspect, David Smith joined additional wells and manifold that would there was still a need to expand the pro- the subsea controls be associated with the Scarab area, 46km cess network, with phase IXa requiring industry in 1991, from the platform via this route. the incorporation of a further 16 wells, following 15 years in

Analysis indicated that changing nine requiring HIPPS, and the associated the defense sector. the topside, platform location, power infrastructure to maintain the production He was involved with transformers, using actual data, managing plateau. the development of sensors and revising the subsea distribu- Expansion of the process network has control systems for tion would provide an acceptable level of been straight forward with only one addi- several Norwegian and UK companies system availability. tional manifold being required. However, and in 2001 joined INTEC to work on the

Process expansion was conventional in the expansion of the control system conceptual subsea controls and umbilical that each area remained separate, result- required signifcant upgrade. design for the next phase of a major gas ing in the Scarab feld being controlled Conceptual studies indicated that the development offshore Egypt in the through two different control systems most cost effective option was to utilize Eastern Mediterranean, and he has been interfacing to the plant integrated control the unused Saurus equipment on the there since working as Group Leader, and safety system, requiring various platform and install a new umbilical to Control Systems, though from the process and feld area shutdowns to be the feld at the Scarab area and to recon- conceptual phase to commissioning the included in both subsea systems. fgure the subsea distribution to balance plant on site in Egypt.

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