Hibernia: the next generation of offshore platform control systems

Author

Gobrick, Robert ; Legge, Neil

Author_Institution

Chevron Canada Resources, St. Johns, NF, Canada

Volume

2

Issue

3

fYear

1996

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

14

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. Some of the design criteria used in the control system design are discussed: system operability, training, safety, maintainability, constructability, expandability and integration, engineering/management information, and cost effectiveness. The main features of the control system are then described including: the process control system, fire and gas detection system, emergency control system, ECS/PCS process shutdown, electrical power management system, HVAC control system, drilling data acquisition system, and the engineering/management information system

Keywords

alarm systems; control system synthesis; control systems; data acquisition; engineering computing; engineering information systems; load management; management information systems; oil technology; power system control; safety; training; ECS/PCS process shutdown; HVAC control system; Hibernia; computer-integrated enterprise; control system; control system design; cost-effective control system; drilling data acquisition system; electrical power management system; emergency control system; engineering information; fire detection system; gas detection system; maintainability; management information; offshore drilling platform; offshore platform control systems; offshore production platform; safety; system operability; training; Companies; Control systems; Disaster management; Drilling; Engineering management; Management training; Petroleum; Power engineering and energy; Power system management; Production;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2943.491380

Filename

491380