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Amerada Hess standardizes on Emerson’s Process Equipment Performance Monitoring Solution
Spurred by 10% compressor performance increase at one site, AMS
Suite: Equipment Performance Monitor is
identified as best-in-class technology for subsequent sites.
Teesside, United Kingdom, April 16, 2003 - Emerson Process Management’s mechanical and process
equipment performance monitoring solution, AMS
Suite: Equipment Performance Monitor, has been selected by
Amerada Hess as the proven choice to provide accurate and timely information on the performance of process equipment.
AMS Performance Monitor has been used on Amerada Hess’ Triton Floating Production Storage and Offloading
(FPSO) operating
vessel for the last two years. Here, AMS Performance Monitor identified degraded performance on a compressor that, following
maintenance activity, increased performance by over 10%. In addition, it also detected faulty instrumentation,
responsible for lost production on a compressor train.
AMS Performance Monitor will be used by maintenance personnel on an additional Amerada Hess facility, called the Scott
platform, to track the performance of centrifugal compressors, to enable maximum performance gains, and to foresee any
need for preventive maintenance. Amerada Hess is driving for production increases on the Scott platform, the largest
oil and gas field to come on stream within the UK sector of the North Sea within the last decade. The company expects
production from this field, and the neighboring Telford field, to produce the equivalent of 7% of UK oil requirements.
“Having seen the capabilities of this tool on the FPSO, this contract demonstrates that
AMS Performance Monitor is our
preferred choice for performance monitoring on North Sea assets,” said Martyn Campbell, Amerada Hess Senior Maintenance
Engineer for the Scott platform. “Our objective is to improve operational performance, by applying best-in-class
technology, to maintain production and reduce the possibility of downtime. Therefore, it is beneficial to standardize on
a proven tool, when it comes to selecting a system to provide accurate and timely information on the performance of our
process equipment.”
“Our challenge is to exceed our customers expectations. The way
AMS Performance Monitor is being adopted by world-class
organizations as their preferred choice for performance monitoring, I’m confident that we are meeting that challenge,”
said Craig Llewellyn president of the Asset Optimization
Division of Emerson Process Management.
Emerson’s Asset Optimization offering combines services and technologies to improve availability and performance of
production assets. It takes advantage of the PlantWeb® digital plant architecture to automate the flow of information
on asset reliability and performance to the people who run the business.
About
Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business, is a
leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the refining, chemical, oil and
gas, pulp & paper, power, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and other industries. The company combines superior
products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management, and maintenance services.
Emerson brands include: PlantWeb®; Fisher®; Micro Motion®; Rosemount®;
DeltaV™; Ovation®, and AMS™ Suite.
About Emerson
St. Louis-based Emerson is a global leader in bringing
technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers in process control; electronics and
telecommunications; industrial automation; heating, ventilating and air conditioning; and appliances and tools. Sales
in fiscal 2002 were $13.8 billion.
PlantWeb, Fisher, Micro Motion, Rosemount, DeltaV, Ovation,
and AMS are
trademarks of Emerson Process Management.
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