Automation of oil movement systems prevents mistakes, saves money
- Whitehouse Consulting, Southampton (United Kingdom)
Experiences illustrate how oil movement and storage (OM and S) system automation can be justified and its benefits proven. From such examples, refiners can determine sources of project benefits and how project costs can be reduced without causing equivalent reductions in benefits. A number of examples also demonstrate the importance of designing an integrated information system, as opposed to a stand-alone OM and S system. This first of two articles covers project justification opportunities. Part two will discuss automatic data reconciliation, refinery information systems, yield reconciliation, and the decision to design or purchase an automated OM and S system. The paper describes the project benefits and gives examples: blending, planning spot cargos, inventory reduction, demurrage, recycling slop materials, routing errors, premature action, safety, unusual routings, incident analysis, and man-hour scheduling.
- OSTI ID:
- 6488447
- Journal Information:
- Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 91:12; ISSN 0030-1388
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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