Emerson Maersk Oil Chooses Emerson’s FloBoss™ S600+ for their Offshore Oil & Gas Fiscal Metering System

BENEFITS SUMMARY

Flexibility allowing multi-stream, multi-station

applications to be confi gured for simultaneous metering

of both liquids and gases

Hot cutover eliminated system downtime during a major upgrade

Reduced future maintenance and cost with availability of

spare parts, ensuring maximum productivity

APPLICATION

Offshore Oil & Gas f i scal metering systems

CUSTOMER

Maersk Oil in Denmark

CHALLENGE

Maersk had over 30 old Sentinel 500 fl ow computers installed on

their offshore platforms that were having obsolescence issues. With

the lack of available spares and support for the aging f l ow computer

and DEC supervisory computer, the risk to their metering operations

greatly increased. Their entire operation was at risk particularly

in losing fi scal metering data to accounting systems, associated

partners and third parties.

SOLUTION

Maersk chose the FloBoss S600+ to provide fl ow measurement

and monitoring functions for totalization, alarm monitoring, valve

monitoring and control. Their front end metering is performed by 11

FloBoss S600+ f l ow computers. The system confi guration involves

dual stream gas orifi ce, dual stream liquid turbine, four stream

Coriolis meter and four stream VCone.

The FloBoss S600+ is designed to provide standalone fl ow metering.

The OPC server will collate the data from each FloBoss S600+ fl ow

computers and pass this to the Maersk control system. The OPC

Server is used as an interface between the FloBoss S600+ Flow

computers and the Maersk control system.

Maersk acknowledged the FloBoss S600+ is the ideal replacement

and provides the functionality they require. This versatile fl ow

computer can be confi gured to meet their specifi c requirements.

During this hot cutover, the installation into existing cabinets has

proven to be straightforward with minimal disruption to metering

operations during the change out period.  Maersk continues to work

with Emerson and has confi dence in their professional approach,

wide knowledge and experience of fi scal metering systems.

Emerson continues to offer fl ow computer solutions including

upgrades and EExd cabinets for installation in hazardous areas.