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IndustrialIT Solutions for Enhanced Onshore

Oil and Gas Operations


Creating value through integrated solutions

ABBs IndustrialIT for onshore petroleum


production - Operate your field the way you want
ABBs IndustrialIT is more valuable than the sum of our Products
As the worlds leading supplier to the upstream oil and gas blending the needs of the IT world with the needs of
industries, ABB has provided you with equipment, Industrial Automation. Thats ABBs IndustrialIT. ABBs
automation systems, software and services to run your philosophy is to add value from the ground up and within
operation productively and profitably. Youve thought of us every individual product. We ensure Absolute Value,
as a power company, a measurement company, and an emphasizing Lowest Installed Cost and / or Lowest Cost
automation company. Were all of those things. And all of of Ownership, so that you enjoy lower operating costs and
those things combined are Information Technology, or IT. increased revenues throughout your enterprise. This is our
We focus IT on the core processes in your industry, goal.

ABB custom-builds complete IndustrialIT solutions for the oil and gas industry
to maximize your profitability and minimize your costs
ABB offers total solutions for oil field operations to optimize control room, and on to the boardroom, ABBs IndustrialIT
and monitor oil and gas wells, oil batteries and plants in real gives your oil and gas production business a new
time across your business; eliminate losses; and meet strict competitive edge, with unsurpassed enterprise connectivity
government regulations. From the wellhead to the SCADA and information access.

Aspect Objects
A key feature of this next generation technology is ABB Aspect identity information) that makes the object instantly
ObjectsTM, which integrates information from a variety of recognizable to enterprise-wide information networks. With
applications and makes it available in real-time to any authorized Aspect Objects, pipeline information is deployed rapidly and
users regardless of their location. Oil field data and oil field uniformly, so that personnel throughout your enterprise view
components are presented as configurable software objects. your business through the same real-time window. Better
Each object carries a range of related information (for example, information means faster and better decision-making and more
electrical and mechanical capabilities, intellectual properties and control over assets.

Services
Much of the lifetime return on your investment For a typical onshore oil and gas industry project, we offer:
is determined from the moment you break ground Project management
on a new project. ABB can help by providing services, Site survey and analysis of existing facilities for asset
consultation and training as an integral part of the project and production optimization
throughout its life-cycle, including planning, design, Basic and detailed design
production and start-up. Our support doesn't end with Hardware and software engineering
commissioning: online and onsite support are also part Procurement and logistics
of our program. Installation and commissioning
Startup assistance and training
Service and maintenance
Onshore Petroleum Production Automation Solutions
ABB offers a complete line of products, operators, engineers and management and
devices and technologies for oil and gas field information storage and retrieval across your
automation, including: enterprise.

Field interfaces and transmitters Scalability - A components-based


Remote terminal units (RTU's) architecture permits both functional and
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) geographical distribution. Most small to
Electronic Flow Measurement (EFM) medium oil and gas fields can be run from a
Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) and VFD single server, while large fields can be
based Artificial Lift Controllers (ALC600) hosted by two or more computers.
Power equipment Availability - We offer fault tolerant solutions
Automated measuring systems (AMS) with automatic fail-over through hot
Communications equipment standby units.
SCADA Host Security - Our highly configurable authority
Production and Optimization Applications system prevents unauthorized persons from
Integration Solutions gaining access and activating commands.
Openness - Open communication with system
ABB addresses all your automation needs, from components is established through standards
the wellhead to the control room to the Web. such as Object Linking and Embedding
We can incorporate your existing sensors and Database (OLEDB),Open Database Connectivity
transmitters as well as your existing intelligent (ODBC), Component Object Model (COM),
electronic devices (RTU's, EFM's, PLCs ,VFD's) Active-X,Visual Basic (VB), Object Linking and
into a single automation system. Embedding (OLE) and OLE for Process Control
(OPC).These state-of-the-art features are
We've designed our solutions within a offered along with sophisticated front-end
software framework that integrates device- communications with redundant configurations
level control, business procedures, and automatic switchover in case of lost
human/machine interfaces for drivers, communications with remote devices.
OperateIT SCADA Vision
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) Features of OperateIT SCADA
systems improve the use of upstream oil and Vision
gas assets.The result is faster turnaround with Offers a network-accessible, object-oriented,
increased functionality. Oil and gas products relational non-proprietary database.
are moved from the point of production to High Performance real time database
the point of consumption in the shortest incorporates relational and object-oriented
possible time and at the lowest possible cost. characteristics while providing open SQL
The IndustrialIT solutions from ABB are designed (Structured Query Language) access.This
to fulfill this objective while keeping overhead enables many users to access the SCADA
as low as possible. system without affecting field data
acquisition and control function.
Scalability and Openness Client HMI access to SCADA data over low
All IndustrialIT solutions offer scalability and bandwidth networks using Publish and
openness, from single-node installations to Subscribe technology.This feature provides
multi-server systems. Moreover, the solutions a functional client HMI to the operators in
are implemented upon an object-oriented system remote locations using a dial-up/radio
based on true client/server principles and with connection.
a redundancy (hot-standby) concept. Security A polling engine that is capable of collecting
is offered through a highly configurable authority data from multiple device types and from
system that prevents unauthorized persons automation systems produced by other
from gaining access and activating commands. vendors; the DVI (polling engine) can poll
The open communication standard permits multiple devices with different protocols at
connections with data analysis and optimization the same time through one serial port.This
tools from third party vendors.Thus, IndustrialIT feature enables the SCADA system to collect
SCADA products and technologies communicate data from many different RTUs during one
not only with ABB RTUs but also with RTUs scanning cycle.
from other vendors, using protocols like Modbus A simple graphical design environment
(Fisher ROC, SCADA Pack, Bristol 3300, Daniels), based on Microsoft Visual Basic; no user
Allen Bradley DF1/DH+, Barton Adept, HP68000 programming is required to create fully
and Bristol BSAP. featured front-ends for operations.
OperateIT SCADA Vision
Ability to interface to EFMs beyond simple Business Object Templates (BOT) for configuring
polling of real-time/"end of day" values; this large amounts of similar devices (RTUs,
includes managing history records from the EFMs, etc.) in a very short time.This feature
EFM, with storage/manipulation of EFM data saves upfront engineering costs.With a few
according to API21.1 standard. mouse clicks, you can add and delete devices
A Windows Explorer-type interface to provide after the system is commissioned, for a huge
global access to SCADA Vision systems savings in operation and maintenance costs.
Multiple alarm states (more than 50), which Plug-in production and optimization
provide advanced diagnostic information, so applications, designed for the oil and gas
you can fully monitor the process and avoid industry.
costly downtimes.
Real-time server redundancy, allowing the Seamless Information Flow
system to run with an active/standby ABBs OperateIT SCADA Vision solutions
configuration. seamlessly link to your business and trading
Multiple communication routes for systems in real-time, creating a single source
networks and devices (RTUs, PLCs, etc.); for operational, engineering and business
when the system detects route failures, it information, in other words, and a total
automatically switches the network or device enterprise solution.With this approach, you
to another available communication route. can coordinate and optimize your operations,
Ability to handle a large database with and integrate them with the rest of your
unlimited client stations. business, a true competitive advantage.
OperateIT SCADA Vision Value Proposition
OperateIT SCADA Vision Value
Proposition
Reduction in maintenance costs:
- SCADA system is open, flexible and scalable
for current and future requirements.
- Inherent template feature allows expansion
of the system without expert assistance.
Reduction in production costs:
- Enables visit-by-exception to wells and
facilities. This improves the ratio of
operators per well as field expands and
reduces travel costs.
- Better control of field operations and
access to real time information allows - Allows control room to handle emergency
effective decisions for field management. responses.
Increase in production volume: - Proactive corrective action based on
- Real time monitoring allows immediate abnormal situation detection.
reaction to equipment faults leading to Improves Environmental protection:
reduce downtime. - Real time monitoring ensures faster
- Implementation of production and response to environmental issues.
optimization applications on SCADA system.
Enhanced decision making capability across OperateIT SCADA Vision is based on Open
the enterprise: standards and has been designed for the
- Links to enterprise resource planning onshore oil and gas and transportation market.
(ERP) systems. OperateIT SCADA Vision system offers
- Helps to concentrates and organizes data flexibility and scalability, which reduces
into knowledge. life-cycle costs while the simplicity of the
- Provides comprehensive data reporting to system results in lower system support
production, operations, maintenance, costs.The system also offers various
engineering, accounting and management value-added oil and gas applications integrated
- Enables change in work practices. with the system, which enables users to reduce
Improves personnel safety: operational costs.
- Awareness of existing site hazards,
reduced travel and hazardous site time.
MeterIT Automated Meter Systems (AMS) Libraries
IndustrialIT control solutions perform multi-tube
flow compensation calculations. MeterIT AMS
libraries include gas flow calculations such as
AGA 8 super compressibility calculations, AGA 5
energy volume, AGA 3 gas orifice (1985,92) and
AGA 7 gas turbines. Liquid flow calculations
include API equations applied to liquid orifice and
turbines for various densities. The MeterIT AMS
solution offers multi stream capability and is
implemented on standardized ABB ControlIT The MeterIT solution delivers higher value to users
hardware. These features reduce the implementation by including the integration of flow values into
costs,minimizes plant training,reduces hardware advanced control,production management
spares and capital costs for the customer. applications and IndustrialIT solutions.

Solutions for Pipelines


ABBs products,devices and technologies for oil Compressor, pump, pump group,valve and set
and gas pipeline automation encompass block point control
valve stations,pump stations and tank farms in Tank, flow, temperature, pressure and quality
liquid applications as well as compressing, measurement
reducing and metering stations in gas applications. Scraper/Pig launch and catch automation
For transporting and distributing crude, fuel, gas Operation shutdown function
and petrochemical products,the IndustrialIT Leak detection by pressure analysis
solutions include: Energy management
Advanced Production and Optimization Applications
ABB IndustrialIT SCADA technology offers an ABB provides many advanced production and
open environment to efficiently integrate ABB optimization applications for integration with
and third-party applications. SCADA integrates SCADA, including:
seamlessly with ABB DriveIT solutions for
optimizing rod pumps, progressive cavity pumps GAS database API 21.1 audit trail
(PCP) and electric submersible pumps (ESP). POC dynacard
POC interrogation and history
Compressor performance tracking
Well test automation
ESP/PCP pump control and protection
Automated pig launching
T&C production automation
Plunger lift control
Nomination control
Alarm management and cry out

FieldIT
Optimizing your investment Available now, ABB fieldbus enabled
Our broad ranging instrumentation portfolio - instrumentation and systems allow you the
unrivaled in its scope - provides the widest freedom to select not only the most suitable
choice of fieldbus enabled instrumentation. instrumentation solution but also the most
With the ability to integrate fully into IndustrialIT, appropriate system for your application -
instrumentation from ABB gives an opportunity including FOUNDATION fieldbus, PROFIBUS
for a complete, expandable solution - from and HART.
scaleable systems to complete asset optimization. FieldIT, helping you make the right choices.
Remote Terminal Units
ABB has RTUs to suit any application, with ControlIT X Series Remote Controllers from
small, medium or large-sized data point volumes ABB combine unmatched measurement
(for instance, block valve stations, scraper technology with next-generation remote
stations or city gates with pressure reduction controller technology to optimize your
and metering). ABB RTUs provide redundancy facilities - and your time. More I/O options
in CPU, remote communication and power keep you connected, giving you the flexibility
supply, they are available as high speed counter to control and monitor for maximized
interfaces for turbine meters, and they can efficiency. Upgradeable and extendable
monitor local pressure drops to detect pipeline architecture expands with your needs. With
leaks. Our smart RTUs combine a high spacious cable routing, large enclosures and
performance RTU with a library of field-proven powerful battery capacity, we've anticipated
algorithms (for example, flow computer your need to grow. XRC Remote Controllers
applications) in one controller. They perform combine the best of both worlds: accurate
multi-tube flow compensation calculations measurement with state-of-the-art remote
such as AGA 8 super compressibility control capabilities.
calculations, AGA 5 energy volume, AGA 3 gas For simple, affordable chart replacement
orifice (1985,92) and AGA 7 gas turbines. technology that grows with your system,
Liquid flow calculations include API equations MeterIT X Series Flow Computers from ABB
applied to liquid orifice and turbines for deliver proven accuracy with the individual fit
various densities. Other standard calculations, of a customized system. Through years of
like NX-19 are also available. applications-driven experience, we've built
greater efficiency into every function. Easier
installation, less frequent calibration and
streamlined, accurate custody transfer systems
are just the beginning. Electronic baseboards
increase stability, computing power and
reliability. X Series products work with your
existing equipment to increase efficiency
while saving costs, and I/O modules are
extendible and easy to upgrade.
Remote Terminal Units
For oil and gas pumping applications, ABB offers
DriveIT ALC 600 variable frequency drive based
Artificial Lift Controllers. ALC 600 offers standard
hardware and application specific software
designed to withstand the rigorous conditions
and challenges that are inherent to the oil industry.
The ALC 600 Artificial Lift Controllers for ESP,
PCP and Rod Pump applications has built in data
logging capability that allows the operator to
access critical well information either locally
or via the SCADA Vision system i.e. the ALC 600
can act as a RTU to transfer information from
the well head directly to the SCADA system.

Telecommunication
A total Suite of Applications
Telecommunication Solutions Internet and virtual private networks
ABBs solutions are based on the leading industrial Licensed and spread spectrum radio
telecommunication technologies, for simple, Microwave radio and leased lines
reliable and secure operation throughout your Cellular and cellular digital packet data
facilitys lifetime.These systems adapt to your (CDPD)
changing needs, protecting your investments. LAN/WAN
ABB designs each telecom system for integration Satellite
with other telecom, SCADA and automation
systems. This enables you to build seamless
common control and information infrastructures.
Motors and Drives
Worlds Leading Drives and Features
Motors Embedded algorithms to optimize Rod pump,
ABB is the pioneer in digital AC motor speed PCP, ESP and MPP operation
control for the oil and gas industries. Our Environmentally packaged drives for direct
dependable single-drive and multi-drive systems installation in oil fields
address a variety of oil and gas applications, OPS - Optimal Pumping System to control
including Rod pump, PCP's, ESP's and MPP and protect MPP, ESP, PCP and Rod pumps.
(Multi Phase Pumps).Variable speed drives Less equipment and fewer moving electrical
help reduce energy consumption while they components
enhance system versatility and user-friendliness. Efficient energy usage

Power Technology
ABB is also the worlds leading supplier of power Medium-Voltage Technology
technology products. ABB delivers solutions, Apparatus
systems and equipment to efficiently transmit, Switchgear
distribute and control electricity. We combine Modular systems
an extensive line of hardware with expertise
in network management, control, protection Power Transformers
and monitoring, and with consulting and Power transformers
diagnostic capabilities. Shunt reactors
Industrial transformers
SPH - Smart Power House Traction transformers
Equipped power and control room Transformer components
Harmonic filters included Repair and service
One communications infrastructure for a
group of wells Distribution Transformers
Oil type
High-Voltage Technology Dry type
Breakers and modules Special applications
Cables
Gas insulated switchgear Low-Voltage Technology
High-current systems Apparatus
High-voltage components Switchgear
Power line components Modular systems
IndustrialIT
The Next Way of Thinking

IndustrialIT solutions from ABB blend


the industry's broadest portfolio of industry
knowledge and products with a proven
architecture for real-time enterprise
automation and information.

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www.abb.com/oilandgas
e.mail: petroleum.info@us.abb.com

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