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North Sea gas plants get process, scheduling tools

Journal Article · · Oil and Gas Journal
OSTI ID:675587
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  1. MDC Technology Ltd., Middlesbrough (United Kingdom)
Mobil North Sea Ltd. has installed an operator guidance tool at its SAGE gas-processing plant at St. Fergus, Scotland (SAGE: Scottish Area Gas Evacuation). The system, supplied by MDC Technology, Teesside, U.K., will aid process decision making at the plant under MDC Technology`s RTO+ software. In addition, Shell U.K. Exploration and Production (Shell Expro) has installed a pipeline-scheduling system, also supplied by MDC Technology, at its Aberdeen control center. The system aids gas-movement scheduling through Shell Expro`s St. Fergus gas plant. The Northern Systems and Plant Scheduling (NSPS) system integrates MDC Technology`s RTO+ package with Microsoft Visual Basic and Excel. Mobil`s SAGE gas terminal at St. Fergus has two identical process trains (NGL recovery and acid-gas treatment), each with a capacity of 16.25 million std. cu m/day. The paper describes the guidance tool, the scheduling aid, and the installation of the NSPS.
OSTI ID:
675587
Journal Information:
Oil and Gas Journal, Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal Journal Issue: 46 Vol. 96; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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