Tokyo, Japan -
January 22, 2002
Yokogawa’s PIMS Selected by Shell Oil Products
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Shell Oil Products has selected Yokogawa's Exaquantum Plant Information and Management System (PIMS) as the standard Operational Data System (ODS) for their East Zone. The East Zone is a geographic area that includes Middle East, South Asia, North Asia, Indochina, South Asia, China, Japan and Australia.
The Exaquantum system will be implemented in phases starting in 2002 at Shell's refineries in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Australia. The new system replaces older UNIX and VMS based ODS which will be decommissioned.
During the 18-month evaluation conducted at Shell's Singapore's facilities, Yokogawa's Exaquantum was found to have a development strategy that embraces the open standards and flexibility of the latest Microsoft Windows NT and 2000 technology. In addition, the seamless integration of the system with their Distributed Control Systems was found to translate into reduced implementation time and lower long term maintenance cost. Shell's ODS functions as the data repository from which advanced control, optimization, planning and scheduling applications can draw historical data improving their ability to control and manage work processes. Due to the open design, Exaquantum allows the use of many standardized application solutions without the need to develop custom software.
"The standardization of Exaquantum by Shell's East Zone is a significant milestone for Yokogawa because it is recognition that we are a major Manufacturing Execution Systems supplier", says Akira Kohzuki, Senior General Manager, International Solutions Division. "Our relationship with Shell worldwide continues to bring benefits to both companies and we hope that this decision will influence other opportunities in the area. We are excited about Shell's selection because we respect their evaluation process and their implementation of this power technology."
About Exaquantum
Exaquantum Integrated Information Management Systems forms the basis of Plant Information Management Systems (PIMS) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) that provide business benefits to users in the Hydrocarbons, Pulp & Paper, Power & Utilities, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing and other continuous or batch processing industries.
Exaquantum provides industry with powerful integrated information management covering both the business and the process control domains. It eliminates the gap between business systems and process control by integrating information to match complex business requirements. Yokogawa Marex Limited, UK and Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Japan jointly developed Exaquantum.
About Shell Oil Products
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies was formed in 1907 between Royal Dutch Petroleum Company in The Netherlands and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c., in the UK. Today the Group has five core businesses of which Oil Products is one. The others are Exploration and Production, Chemicals, Gas and Power, and Renewables. Please visit website at www.shell.com
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