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BP Refinery selects Emerson's Process Equipment Performance
Monitoring Solution
Success at other BP operating sites leads to further investment
in AMS Suite: Equipment Performance Monitor
Teesside, United Kingdom, March 04, 2002 - BP
has awarded a contract to Emerson Process Management for use of its AMS
Suite: Equipment Performance Monitor solution at the Coryton Refinery in
the U.K. The project builds on the success Emerson have experienced
with BP where AMS Performance Monitor has been applied to
monitor process equipment on the North Everest, Lomond, Cleeton, and
Valhall production fields in the North Sea.
As a key element of Emerson's Asset Optimization family of
services and software, AMS Performance Monitor delivers
web-based performance monitoring of process and mechanical equipment
and is designed to improve the availability and reliability of
equipment, and increase productivity with improved maintenance
management decisions.
This project builds on the track record of success with previous
BP investments where AMS Performance Monitor delivered
significant benefits including:
- Pinpointing poor equipment performance resulting in corrective
maintenance activity that increased production by over
$3M/annum.
- Optimization of maintenance activities leading to fewer
equipment downtimes and accelerated production of more than
$1.5M per annum.
- Early detection of catastrophic failures of key pieces of
equipment, saving millions of dollars in lost production and
repair costs.
- Identification of faulty instruments and subsequent prevention
of incorrect and potentially costly actions based on bad data.
AMS Performance Monitor will be used by BP to monitor the operating
performance of propane compressors and back pressure steam turbines
on the lube leg unit at the refinery. BP will access the performance
indicators via a secure Internet connection, and refinery personnel
will use the information primarily to optimize the operating
performance of the process equipment. AMS Performance Monitor
will also track the cost of performance degradation and highlight
any potential causes of downtime and production inefficiency.
Jerry Whittaker, Mechanical Reliability Engineer for the BP
Coryton refinery, commented, "Using AMS Performance
Monitor will provide us with a complete monitoring overview of the equipment
critical to the Lubes units. We'll be able to keep equipment
performing at design levels and by doing so improve their efficiency
and reliability”.
"AMS Performance Monitor meets BP's requirement for
a superior system providing highly accurate performance information
coupled with fulfilling the plant's immediate need for an easy to
implement solution," continued Jerry. "AMS
Performance Monitor
directly complements condition monitoring used at the refinery to
provide underlying performance improvement, cost savings, and more
reliable operation."
Emerson's Asset Optimization solutions bring together a unique
combination of world-class services and innovative technologies to
help users make significant and continuous improvements in asset
performance. Supporting this key functionality, Emerson's PlantWeb®
digital plant architecture delivers information on asset reliability
and performance to people who run the business. Asset Optimization
solutions improve plant availability, increase productivity and
reduce equipment cost-of-ownership across the full spectrum of plant
assets including mechanical equipment, process equipment, electrical
and power systems, field devices, and personnel development.
About
Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process
Management, an Emerson business, is a leader in helping
businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in
the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and 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. Its brands
include PlantWeb®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Daniel®,
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 2001 were $15.5 billion.
Fisher, Rosemount,
Intellution, Micro Motion, PlantWeb and DeltaV are marks of one of
the Emerson Process Management family of companies. Other marks are
the property of their respective owners.
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