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News Release from: Invensys Process Systems | Subject: Mesh Control Network at Saudi gas plants
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 December 2006
Saudi gas plant DCS upgrade to mesh
network
A multi-million dollar contract from Saudi Aramco will upgrade the existing Foxboro DCS at the Saudi Aramco Shedgum and 'Uthmaniyah major gas plants to the latest Mesh Control Network technology
Invensys Process Systems has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Saudi Aramco to upgrade the existing Foxboro distributed control systems (DCS) at the Saudi Aramco Shedgum and 'Uthmaniyah gas plants Invensys Middle East will provide all engineering, procurement (hardware and software), and site services for the DCS upgrade project
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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These large I/A Series systems were installed late in the 1990s to replace the analogue panel board controls at both plants.
Under this DCS upgrade contract, which is designed to help keep both plants technologically current, Invensys will upgrade the existing I/A Series control networks at each plant with state-of-the-art Mesh Control Network technology.
A large number of control processors and workstations throughout both plants will also be upgraded to current I/A Series technology.
Invensys and Saudi Aramco personnel are working closely to help ensure that these upgrades will be completed without production interruptions and with maximum re-use of existing control strategies, operator displays, and information applications.
Saudi Aramco constructed the Shedgum and 'Uthmaniyah Gas Plants in the 1980s as key components of the Saudi Arabia visionary Master Gas Plan.
They remain the two largest gas plants in the Kingdom, with a combined processing capacity of well over four billion standard cubic feet per day (scfd).
The output from these plants is fed into the Saudi gas grid where it fuels local power plants and provides feedstock for petrochemical plants.
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