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News Release from: Invensys Process Systems | Subject: Foxboro SCADA system
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 April 2004
SCADA system for SINOPEC multi-product
pipelines
A Foxboro SCADA system from Invensys will remotely monitor, supervise, and control three strategic pipelines at a new SINOPEC dispatching centre in Xuzhou, eastern China
A Foxboro SCADA system will remotely monitor, supervise, and control three strategic pipelines in eastern China SINOPEC Corporation, China's largest producer of petrochemicals and petroleum products, has awarded Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited, an Invensys joint venture, an approximately USD500,000 turn-key contract to supply a Foxboro SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system for its new Dispatching Centre, to be located in the Xuzhou area in eastern China
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The system will monitor, supervise, and control three major, multi-product pipelines of strategic importance to SINOPEC core business operations.
The Foxboro SCADA system will interface with three existing third-party SCADA sub-systems to enable SINOPEC to gather, dispatch, transfer, and deliver its raw and finished products throughout this large and populous region in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective manner.
Ultimately, the Foxboro SCADA system will be expanded to supervise all existing SINOPEC pipelines in China.
The Invensys advanced SCADA solution for the new Dispatch Centre will include an appropriate mix of Unix and Windows technologies, plus well-proven Foxboro SCADA applications to help increase safety, improve pipeline operations, and enhance maintenance.
An embedded Web server will provide authorised SINOPEC individuals with secure, real-time access to real-time and historical pipeline information from anywhere in the world via either the SINOPEC corporate intranet or the Internet.
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