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Customer Success Story: LIIEC Oil Company

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

GENESIS32
AlarmWorX™32 Multimedia
TrendWorX™32 SQL Logging Option
AlarmWorX™32 SQL Logging Option
Pocket GENESIS™
WebHMI

Tech Stack

OPC Servers
Microsoft SQL Server
Windows 2000
Internet Information Server

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Productivity Improvements
Cost Savings

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing
Maintenance

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization
Predictive Maintenance
Remote Asset Management

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services
System Integration

About The Customer

A Large International Integrated Energy Company (LIIEC) with over $100 billion in annual revenue is a global energy enterprise developing vital energy resources in over 180 countries around the world and is a world leader in oil exploration and production. The USA-located, ICONICS-managed oil field has in excess of 3,000 drilling wells that are using WebHMI™ software to monitor oil well performance, production analysis and maintenance operations. The company is a major player in the oil and gas industry, with operations spanning across the globe. It has a significant presence in the Western United States, where it operates several oil fields. The company is committed to leveraging technology to enhance its operations and improve efficiency.

The Challenge

A Large International Integrated Energy Company (LIIEC) with over $100 billion in annual revenue is a global energy enterprise developing vital energy resources in over 180 countries around the world and is a world leader in oil exploration and production. The USA-located, ICONICS-managed oil field has in excess of 3,000 drilling wells that are using WebHMI™ software to monitor oil well performance, production analysis and maintenance operations. The challenge was to deliver data from any LIIEC Business Unit facility in the entire Western US area to any user anywhere within the LIIEC Intranet. In the West Coast Business Unit, there is a total of six major oil fields with numerous facilities controlled by Modicon and A-B PLCs.

The Solution

LIIEC installed ICONICS’ GENESIS32 suite of tools to deliver data from any LIIEC Business Unit facility in the entire Western US area to any user anywhere within the LIIEC Intranet. In the West Coast Business Unit, there is a total of six major oil fields with numerous facilities controlled by Modicon and A-B PLCs. GENESIS32 and WebHMI and various OPC Servers present the data from all of these systems to LIIEC users via the Web. A pilot system was installed at one of the LIIEC oil fields. There are currently five GENESIS32 systems and two WebHMI Servers with 50 Client Licenses in use. Pocket GENESIS and AlarmWorX32 Multimedia will be used to provide wireless access and notification for operators in the field. Approximately 15,000 I/O tags are monitored and controlled through these systems.

Operational Impact

Local operators, supervisors and technical management staff view trend data from the entire system via an ICONICS WebHMI Server using GenBroker routing over their Wide Area Network.
Users can view daily, weekly, and longer trends, as needed, to manage the flow of oil through the plants and into the distribution and storage network.
In addition to viewing real-time alarms and system faults, Microsoft SQL Server is used to record all Alarms, Events and Operator Actions for long term alarm archiving and alarm reporting.
Several local Operator Stations are equipped with the ICONICS Multimedia Alarm Notifications Option software so that supervisors and operators may be notified via alphanumeric pagers and telephones when critical systems require immediate attention.