New demands for pipeline shaping scada systems

Journal Article · Mon Mar 24 04:00:00 EST 1997 · Oil and Gas Journal

OSTI ID:455507

Whaley, R S ^[1]; Wheeler, M L ^[2]

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1. Whaley (R.S.), Houston, TX (United States)
2. PanEnergy Corp., Houston, TX (United States)

Development of functions in a supervisory control and data acquisition (scada) system is driven by requirements of the pipeline market. In the US operating world following Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 636 (1992), operating a pipeline has radically changed, with pipeline companies becoming transporters of natural gas rather than buyers and sellers of gas. The business cycle has decreased from monthly to daily and is now quickly moving to within-day. These developments necessitate changes in how the pipeline is run as well as in how operations departments interact with other business units. The result is the need for more functions and enhanced performance from the primary source for pipeline information, the scada system. The paper discusses operations, training, alarm handling, safety, business requirements, maintenance, reliability, current technology, computer platforms, data handling, communications, and software directions.

• OSTI ID: 455507
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal, Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 95; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
MAINTENANCE
NATURAL GAS
OPERATION
PIPELINES
SAFETY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TRANSPORT