Product category:
Process Simulation
News Release from: Honeywell Process Solutions | Subject: StatoilHydro Kalundborg
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 May 2008
Operator training plant simulator for
StatoilHydro
A new plant process simulator will strengthen operator skills to deliver better business performance by improving safety, reliability and efficiency at the StatoilHydro Kalundborg refinery
Honeywell announces a contract to supply StatoilHydro, one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, with a plant process simulator and operator training system that will be used at their Kalundborg Refinery in Denmark The new simulator will be developed using the Honeywell UniSim simulation technology and is being installed in three phases, with final delivery planned for the end of 2009
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Honeywell OneWireless solutions seminars
Register today for the OneWireless Solutions Seminars in the UK, and learn how Honeywell OneWireless improves safety, reliability and efficiency at your plant
Process management for adding value to production
NAMUR has selected Honeywell as the sponsor of its 2008 general session, which this year is themed: 'Process Management - More than Instrumentation and Control'
StatoilHydro will use the simulator to train new plant operators and provide refresher courses and self-training modules.
The simulator will also be used as a design, development and implementation platform for advanced process control in order to improve the operational efficiency at Kalundborg.
Honeywell will also supply tools that allow process and system data to be imported into the simulator, thereby supporting alignment with any future configuration changes at the refinery.
"We selected Honeywell because their process simulator provided us with the features we were looking for, and because it was easy to integrate and maintain with our existing control system," said Torben Ravn Andersen, project manager, StatoilHydro.
"Operator training is very important to us as there is a direct correlation between skill set and operational safety.
Better training provides better operators that give safer, more secure and stable plant operation.
At the end of the day, improving the skill sets of our operators benefits the overall efficiency and output of the plant".
"The simulator and operator training system are prime examples of how we are improving business performance for customers through technology that promotes safety, reliability and efficiency," said Seth Bergstrom, sales leader for Honeywell Process Solutions Scandinavia: "The StatoilHydro contract underscores a trend we are seeing toward investment in operator training and operations support tools.
The primary reason is that many plant operators are retiring and being replaced by a new generation of workers who must learn the requisite skills".
• Honeywell Process Solutions: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Processingtalk email newsletter
• Processingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
