Hibernia-the next generation of offshore platform control systems

Author

Gobrick, Robert ; Legge, Neil

Author_Institution

Hibernia Manage. & Dev. Co. Ltd., St. Johns, Nfld., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

12-14 Sep 1994

Firstpage

197

Lastpage

204

Abstract

CIE (computer-integrated enterprise) technically best describes the Hibernia´s new Grand Banks, Newfoundland offshore drilling and production platform. Designed and constructed in an era of oil company belt tightening, Hibernia takes advantage of modern technology to achieve the goal of a safe, cost-effective control system design. This paper outlines some of the opportunities realized by using modern control technology to integrate process control, fire and gas detection and protection, emergency shutdown, electrical power management, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, drilling and engineering/management information systems

Keywords

HVAC; alarm systems; industrial power systems; information systems; petroleum industry; power system control; process control; safety systems; Grand Banks; Hibernia; Newfoundland; air conditioning; computer-integrated enterprise; control system design; electrical power management; emergency shutdown; engineering/management information systems; fire detection; gas detection; heating; offshore drilling platform; offshore platform control systems; offshore production platform; process control; protection; ventilation; Belts; Companies; Control systems; Drilling; Fires; Petroleum; Power system protection; Process control; Production; Temperature control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 1994. Record of Conference Papers., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Incorporated Industry Applications Society 41st Annual

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1987-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.1994.347615

Filename

347615