2007-11-05 - ABB is supplying integrated control and safety systems for the FPSO at Vincent oilfield off the Australian coast - as well as a complete electrification solution for the process module of the oilfield's floating production vessel.
ABB was independently selected by Maersk Contractors to supply integrated control and safety systems (ICSS) for the Aibel topside process module, the Türret by APL and for the Hull conversion by Keppel on the floating production, storage and off-loading vessel (FPSO).
ABB are providing the software and hardware to integrate the subsea control system into the FPSO ICSS. The systems will be integrated into a single control and safety system operated from the FPSO.
The solution is based on ABB's automation platform, Extended Automation System 800xA, which is the leading process automation system for the oil and gas industry worldwide. The high integrity, safety instrumented system enables process and safety applications to be executed within the same system and, if required, from the same controller.
Maersk Contractors will use ABB's System 800xA automation solution to integrate process control and safety systems at its FPSO. The Maersk operated FPSO will be deployed at Woodside Energy's Vincent field, off the coast of Western Australia.
Peak production from Vincent is expected to be 60,000 – 80,000 barrels of oil a day from eight subsea production wells connected to the FPSO. The Maersk Contractor-owned oil tanker, Ellen Maersk, is currently being converted into a floating production vessel at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore.
In addition to delivering the control and safety systems for the FPSO, ABB is also supplying a complete electrification distribution package for the process module on the Ellen Maersk.
ABB's ability to supply a complete, single-vendor ICSS and power distribution for the process module on the FPSO was a key factor in the customer's selection of ABB.
The Vincent FPSO will be located about 40km off the North Cape of Western Australia at a depth of 350m. The field is operated by Woodside Energy, Australia's largest oil and gas company, and is scheduled to go on stream in the third quarter of 2008.
ABB's comprehensive scope of supply:
For Maersk Contractors, APL, and Keppel
- Extended Automation System 800xA
- 2 AC 800M HI SIL II controllers for Fire and Gas Emergency Shutdown functions
- 10 AC 800M controllers for subsea control
- 2 AC 800M controllers for process control
For Aibel - Scope of supply:
An integrated control and safety system (ICSS) and complete electrification solution for the process module, consisting of: Extended Automation System 800xA
- 3 Process Portal operator workplaces
- 2 AC 800M controllers for process control
- 2 AC 800M controllers for the power management system
- 2 AC 800M controllers for process shutdown
- 2 AC 800M HI controllers for safety control
- S800 I/O system for 3,200 I/O signals
Electrification:
- MNS 440V motor control switchboards with INSUM (motor control,
- monitoring and protection) and MNS 220V distribution boards
- Unigear ZS1 11 kV switchgear with REF541plus relays
- Resibloc dry insulated transformers
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