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PRODUCTION

BP’s Glen Lyon

FPSO, moored west of Shetland.

Image from BP.

Schiehallion was discovered in 1993, and Loyal a year later, with production about control and safety system operat- DeltaV SIS process safety system for starting in 1998 from the

Schiehallion ing concepts, while gaining experience process and emergency shutdowns.

FPSO, which the will replace.

Glen Lyon of their actual process in preparation Personnel will learn both DeltaV operat- to effectively handle incidents, process ing concepts and the actual process, pre-

Schiehallion and Loyal together had upsets, and the management of abnor- paring operators to effectively handle more than a billion barrels in place and mal situations. abnormal situations and process upsets, recovery to date had been about 15%.

Training on a process-speci? c train- as well as providing decision support.

As a result of the redevelopment, ing platform raises skills levels, leading Before the dynamic simulation/pro- which could include polymer enhanced to faster and smoother start-ups, less cess model was developed and the com- oil recovery, BP hopes it can maximize downtime, less off-spec products, less plete multi-unit OTS delivered, Emerson recovery to above 30% and extend pro- supervision and increased energy provided BP with a simple separate ef? ciency. An American Petroleum standalone unit without dynamic duction out to at least 2035.

Institute study found there was a simulation. This was used to evaluate

The FPSO was constructed Glen Lyon

US$350,000/year per operator positive graphics, provide HMI familiarization at Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard ? nancial impact when an operator was and support pre-tow training and ICSS in Ulsan, South Korea, over a four-year upskilled from an average level to an engineering. period, amounting to some 21 million advance level. The standalone unit was based in hours.

Improved operator effectiveness also Aberdeen, but networked to allow leads to increased plant-wide safety. remote access by operators located

Dynamic simulation can also replicate Shetland, replacing the Schiehallion throughout the UK and also in Korea, very unusual situations with tran- FPSO, as part of a redevelopment of the where the FPSO was being built. This sients, such as start-ups and shutdowns, Schiehallion and Loyal ? elds. At 270m- enabled a larger group of BP operating that operators may rarely otherwise long and 52m-wide, the unit, which ar- technicians to carry out training, evalu- experience. rived on station in June of last year, with ation and competency assessment.

How does it work in practice? The start-up expected this year, is one of the It is anticipated that the dynamic following examples demonstrate how largest FPSOs in the North Sea. simulation will provide future bene? ts dynamic simulation has supported the A high ? delity dynamic simulation for BP in Glen Lyon’s project stage as engineering phase of two BP projects to was developed by Emerson to support a well as ongoing operations. reduce commissioning time and how an number of activities including engineer-

OTS was used for operator training and ing and training. Ronnie Bains is the competency assessment, so that opera- Emerson is providing a fully opera- dynamic simulation tors were better prepared and able to tional training replica of the Glen Lyon and process minimize production trips. project, in BP’s Aberdeen of? ces, prior optimization to start-up. Training provided by the business manager at

Glen Lyon

OTS could help BP personnel achieve Emerson. Bains has

An OTS with dynamic simulation is safe, ef? cient operations and take full an Executive MBA currently supporting the Glen Lyon advantage of the ICSS that Emerson is from the University ? oating production, storage and of? oad- providing for the new vessel. The OTS of Leicester Business School and a ing (FPSO) deployment. The Glen Lyon includes a virtualized DeltaV system bachelor’s in chemical engineering from

FPSO will be installed in the West of that will control production, and a Loughborough University.

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