2006 Press Releases-06 - Yokogawa United Kingdom

Runcorn, United Kingdom - 15 June 2006

Yokogawa UK supplies integrated control and safety system for SAGE gas terminal

An integrated control and safety system supplied by Yokogawa UK forms the communications hub of the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) Terminal at St. Fergus, 65 kilometres north of Aberdeen.

The SAGE terminal currently receives and processes gas from the SAGE and Britannia pipelines in the North Sea and pumps it into the Transco Grid which provides gas supplies throughout the UK. Through collaboration in a joint field development, BG and Amerada Hess have constructed an additional North Sea pipeline to transport gas and condensate into SAGE from the BG and Amerada Hess owned Atlantic and Cromarty fields located 80km North East of St Fergus.

The development includes the construction of a new extension to the SAGE terminal, dedicated to processing the Atlantic and Cromarty gas and liquids.

Yokogawa UK was awarded the contract for the control and safety system for the new Atlantic & Cromarty SAGE Extension by ExxonMobil in April 2004. The project management skills of the Yokogawa UK team were brought into full play. "Not only did the team respond to all the challenges of implementing the project", says Robin Blacklock, Projects Director with Yokogawa UK: "it has also provided support during the commissioning phase and will continue to offer long-term back-up after completion of the installation."

The Yokogawa system used in the SAGE terminal is based on a Centum CS3000 Distributed Control System and a Pro-Safe SLS safety system. Together, these offer an integrated solution which, in addition to providing control for the terminal itself, also interface with the measurement and control systems on the wells, including a high-integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS) system.

In addition to integrating all the measurement and control information and presenting a unified view of plant operation, the system is also fully integrated with the plant's management information systems.

"Although representing a relatively small proportion of the overall project value, the Yokogawa system lies at the heart of the whole project", says Robin Blacklock: "We believe that our project management expertise, backed up by many years of experience in dealing with major customers in the offshore oil and gas sectors, makes us uniquely suited to this type of installation."

About Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Yokogawa's global network of 18 manufacturing facilities, 83 companies, and over 650 sales and engineering offices spans 28 countries. Since its founding in 1915, the US$4 billion company has been engaged in cutting-edge research and innovation, securing more than 7,000 patents and registrations, including the world's first digital sensors for flow and pressure measurement. Industrial automation and control, test and measurement, information systems and industry support are the core businesses of Yokogawa. For more information about Yokogawa, please visit our web site at www.yokogawa.com

About Yokogawa Europe B.V.
The European headquarters were founded in Amersfoort, the Netherlands in 1982. Throughout Europe Yokogawa has its own sales, service and engineering operations. This dedicated network has been extended to Central and East Europe and Southern Africa to further enhance the coverage and support associated with serving the process control and automation market place. We develop and produce flowmeters at Rota Yokogawa in Germany, liquid analysers and industrial safety systems in the Netherlands. In addition to this dedicated network of Yokogawa subsidiaries a select organisation of Test & Measurement (T&M) subsidiaries and distributors is established in certain areas to support the specific customer needs of this continuously developing and specific market of T&M instrumentation. For more information about Yokogawa Europe go to www.yokogawa.com/eu

About Yokogawa UK Ltd
Yokogawa UK Ltd., part of the global Yokogawa Corporation, is a supplier of enterprise technology solutions to the process, manufacturing and utility sectors. The company is a technology and market leader in instrumentation and control, and holds many key patents and national and international approvals. Yokogawa UK's offices are in Runcorn, Cheshire and High Wycombe.

For more information contact:
Michelle Crowder
Yokogawa UK Limited
Stuart Road
Manor Park
Runcorn
CHESHIRE
WA7 1TR

Tel: +44 (0) 1928 597100
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