Offshore staff
ABERDEEN, UK -- ConocoPhillips has contracted ABB for an integrated process control and safety system for the new Jasmine wellhead platform in the UK central North Sea.
Additionally, ABB will enhance existing network and operating systems on the host Judy installation in ConocoPhillips’ J-block.
Jasmine is being developed via a 24-slot wellhead platform with bridge-linked accommodation. The wellhead platform will be connected via a multiphase pipeline to a new riser platform, bridge linked to the Judy platform.
ABB will provide its System 800xA process controls for Jasmine, with remote and locally mounted I/O units around the wellhead platform. The 800xA system will be able to integrate third party packages, including fire and gas detectors and metering packages, allowing these facilities to be operated from a single location.
The scheme also allows ConocoPhillips’ engineering contractors to access ABB’s engineering data during the design stages. This, ABB says, ensures that changes and developments can be tracked and integrated during the project’s lifetime.
01/05/2011
