North Sea Flow Metering Upgrade Project

Our Client

The System Integrator (S.I) that Applied Integration supported on this project are the world’s largest independent flow computing system integrator focused on bespoke metering control systems and support for the oil and gas sector, working with upstream, mid-stream and downstream customers across the globe.

Client Requirement and Solution

The Flow Metering panels were supplied to the S.I for an upgrade to a major North Sea Oil and Gas Operator platform which lies approx 175miles southeast of Aberdeen. The platform takes oil from multiple wells and exports Gas and Oil to the a nearby platform acting as the central fiscal point. The upgrade was to accommodate the introduction to the platform of two new subsea wells, one on the UK side and one on the Norwegian side.

The platform has some serious space issues having been constructed in the 1980’s to handle only one well.

A space was located in the metering room where a desk and filing cabinet previously stood. The Metering panel had to accommodate ten FloBoss S600+ flow computers, Applied Integration (AI) worked with the S.I to come up with a solution where the front panel of the flow computers was remotely mounted, allowing the main body of the flow computer to be mounted in a more space efficient manner. AI then angled the main body of the flow computer so that the electrical boards within the flow computer could be extracted without having to dismount the entire case. The mounts for the flow computers were custom designed by AI based on a previous S.I supplied design. Due to the size and space constraints, a separate marshalling panel was constructed. This would house all the field cables and then by way of a custom designed interconnect cable take the required signals to the metering panel.

The client then requested some test points, this would normally be easy, however they didn’t want the engineers to have any access to the internal of the panel to perform testing. This meant bringing each cable that required a test point out to the side panel. AI drilled approximately 250 holes and mounted 4mm sockets each with an identification plate.

Lastly, the panel was fitted with fold down transparent covers for the flow computer front panels and a foldaway tray for the test points so that the engineer could rest test equipment on it.

Applied Integration (AI) is a leading systems integrator, specialising in delivering the latest industry technologies with a focus on Industry 4.0, Digitalisation, Internet of Things (IoT), Analytics, Big data / Cloud Technologies, Safety Critical Systems (SIL1, SIL2, SIL3) and Robotics and Collaborative Robots (Cobots). Founded in 2005, AI has grown by being innovative in their approach to providing solutions for the industries we deal with. We have a dynamic, 46 strong engineering team with many years combined experience.