Page 55 - Oil&Gas-AustralAsia-2015-Issue-5
P. 55
N EW PRODUCTS

helifuel and chemical tanks and the and transported under strict controls, risk to both people and the environment.”
company has invested in a fleet of larger set down in the IMDG code, an inter- Ferguson has a dedicated team of fluid
chemical tanks after consultation with national set of regulations for maritime solutions specialists who are on hand to
their clients. transportation. The IMDG code is advise on how best to handle potentially
Verner: intended to protect crew members and hazardous chemicals and acids.
“Our new chemical tanks are a 10 foot their environment.
tank with an 8000 litre capacity and a
20 foot tank with a 20 000 litre capaci- Verner: Verner concluded:
ty. These have been designed to store a “Our tanks are constructed using differ- “Our Fluid Solutions Team is able to
larger volume of chemical over a small- ent materials to meet with the storage advise on the correct tank type for your
er footprint, which is necessary with and transportation requirements of a operation. Ferguson offers a level of
the lack of space on a typical platform. wide variety of oilfield chemicals. Some expertise in chemical handling that can
It is more cost effective too, with larger chemicals can have a corrosive effect save customers time and money.Ӥ
capacity tanks meaning fewer uplifts if incompatible with the tank material, For further information please contact
being required.” causing pitting and damage to the tank marketing@ferguson-group.com
Chemicals used offshore must be stored shell. It is therefore important to ensure
product compatibility at all times. Using
the wrong tank could potentially pose a

Emerson expands its SCADA software to deliver improved safety,
reliability, and profitability for remote oil and gas operations
OpenEnterprise™ v3.2 adds interface to AMS Device Manager

Emerson Process Management has whether to maintain or replace field for AMS Device Manager SNAP-ON
released enhancements to the OpenEn- devices, before making trips out to the applications, OpenEnterprise SCADA
terprise v3 SCADA platform for the on- field.” server redundancy, multiple deploy-
shore oil and gas market. The OpenEn- The native interface of OpenEnterprise ment options, and data collection for up
terprise v3.2 release adds a native v3.2 to AMS Device Manager enables to 10,000 HART devices ensures flexi-
interface to the AMS Device Manager the collection of wired and wireless bility and scalability for a wide range of
asset management software, enabling HART digital device data over low remote oil and gas applications.
users to remotely manage and maintain bandwidth wide-area SCADA networks Learn more about the OpenEnterprise
HART and WirelessHART devices in from Emerson ROC, FloBoss, and v3 and other Remote Automation Solu-
wide-area SCADA networks. tions products from Emerson Process
Oil and gas asset owners are under Management at www.emersonprocess.
increasing pressure to maintain the com/OpenEnterpriseV3SCADA. §
profitability of their field operations.
OpenEnterprise v3.2 together with
AMS Device Manager allows asset
owners to extend the reach of their
predictive maintenance capability out to
their remote assets, providing a power-
ful and proactive method of diagnosing
potential device problems remotely.
This results in reduced trips to the field
and helps to avoid unplanned process
shutdowns, improving safety, reliability,
and profitability.

“We developed OpenEnterprise v3.2 ControlWave RTUs without adding the
to offer new ways for our customers to additional complexity and expense of
improve the productivity of their opera- external HART multiplexers. Support
tions,” said Aaron Boettcher, senior
SCADA systems manager, Emerson
Process Management, Remote
Automation Solutions. “Now we can
provide them with significantly en-
hanced capability to rapidly respond
and make informed decisions on

A Awww.oilandgasaustralasia.com NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015 OIL & GAS ustral SIA 53
   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60