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Success Stories

Refining

Index

Idemitsu Kosan, Chiba, Japan

  • Idemitsu Kosan, Chiba, Japan
    CENTUM series production control system, Exapilot

    - Exapilot was introduced to maximize operational efficiency at an experimental refining facility.

    - To prevent operator errors, it was essential to standardize operating procedures.

Valero Energy Ltd., Pembroke, Wales, UK

  • Valero Energy Ltd., Pembroke, Wales, UK
    Exapilot

    - Stable regeneration of butane driers and effective start-up of sulfur recovery plant.

    - Exapilot contributes to operational consistency and procedure management in large refinery plant.

Fractionation Research Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

  • Fractionation Research Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
    CENTUM CS 3000, Exaquantum, Exapilot

    - Exapilot smoothly starts up and shuts down the world's biggest experimental distillation unit.

    - Data visualization is the key, giving operators a complete understanding of what is is going on in the process, in real time.

Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain

  • Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain
    CENTUM VP, OMS

    - Successful migration of in-line blending distributed control and oil movement systems.

    - To minimize operator intervention and to keep the product properties on specification.

PTT Aromatics and Refining Public Co., Ltd., Rayong, Thailand


PTT Aromatics and Refining Public Company Limited, Thailand


Chevron, Cape Town, South Africa

  • Chevron, Cape Town, South Africa
    CENTUM CS 3000, Vnet/IP

    - To replace the existing CENTUM XL control station with the latest Yokogawa CS 3000 hardware and upgrade the control network.

    - The plan was to minimize plant downtime by doing a hot cutover from the old to the new control system.

SK Energy, Ulsan, Korea

  • SK Energy, Ulsan, Korea
    CENTUM CS 3000

    - The project goals emphasized schedule, quality, cost and safety.

    - More than 40 sub-system interface cards are utilized for b14 partners company7s system integrated with CENTUM CS 3000.

IRPC-ADU/DKU, Rayong, Thailand

  • IRPC-ADU/DKU, Rayong, Thailand
    CENTUM VP process control system

    - Integrated CENTUM VP and ProSafe-RS Systems Ensure Nonstop Operation of ADU/DKU Processes.

    - “This is a real VigilantPlant! We will continue to improve our production efficiency.”

ALDWICH ENVIRO-MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD, Malaysia

  • ALDWICH ENVIRO-MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD, Malaysia
    CENTUM CS 3000 R3 process control system

    - CENTUM CS 3000 plays key role in Malaysian waste oil to diesel project.

    - Yokogawa proposed to provide its systems and services as the main instrument vendor.

Tamoil SA, Raffinerie de Collombey, Switzerland


Exapilot with production control system


CEPSA, Spain

  • CEPSA, Spain
    Oil Movement and Storage (OMS) System

    - This has considerably improved the safety, quality, and efficiency of off-site operations.

    - Yokogawa was the clear choice for installation of the OMS.

Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    Rabigh Refinery
    Control System Replacement

    - Smooth and safe switchover to the new system

    - Easy-to-use, easy-to-engineer system, plus various post-installation enhancements

    - Tuned controllers for smooth plant operation and better traceability of process upsets

    - Various other improvements thanks to advanced process control and MVC implementation



Valero Energy Corporation, USA

  • Valero Energy Corporation, USA
    Ardmore Refinery
    Control System Replacement

    - Smooth project execution with no schedule and/minimal safety incidents.

    - Easy to use, easy to reconfigure interface that has resulted in numerous post-installation enhancements.

    - Minimizing day-to-day plant operation problems including reducing the alarming factor.



Shell Refining Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia-No.2


Shell Refining Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia-No.1

  • Shell Refining Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia-No.1
    Geelong Refinery
    Central Control Room (CCR) Integration

    - Successful centralization of formerly individual plant unit controls into a single CCR

    - Upgraded older control systems and panel instruments to an integrated production control system