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Gains Total Natural Gas Visibility with ConnectedProduction

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AboutthePresenter
CharlieKettner
ProgrammingSpecialist,NEBC
BornandraisedinDawsonCreek,BritishColumbia
Electricianbytrade,programmerbychoice.
Thatsmyboybelayingformeinthepicture!
IamtheonlypersonIknowwhohaswatchedabuilding
explodefromtheinside.
AboutARCResourcesLtd
AssetsspanwesternCanada
Activitiesincludeexploration,developmentandproductionofconventionaloilandnatural
gasreserves
Leaderintheapplicationofnewtechnologies
FocusonresultsandvaluecreationunderpinseveryaspectofARCsoperations
Business/TechnicalChallenge:
Safetyisalwaysaforemostthoughtindevelopmentofcontrolsystemssopredictableactionson
faultconditionsareamust
Processorwithcapabilityofcontrollinglargeamountsofinputsandoutputs
Scalablemeasurementsolutiontoexpandcurrentsystemlimitations
Artificialliftprogramcapableofmultipleformsofprocesstoassistagingwells
Reducecapitalcostsonnewprojectdevelopment
Stepforwardexistingcontrolandmeasurementsystems
SafetyIssuestoAddress:
ROC800andSCADAPack32controllersthatwouldlockupandfreezetheiroutputsbutgivenoindicationthat
therewasafault
o HadtoaddWatchDogtimerhardwaretomonitorforthisconditionandESDsite
Controllersnotcapableofhandlingtheamountofi/orequiredtoruntheentirefacility
o CreatedneedforcomplexhardwireshutdownsignalsbetweenprocessorsusingupalreadylimitedI/O
o Forceddecisiontoeliminateelectronicsignalslimitingtheamountofinformationavailableforcontroland
monitoring

SCADAPack32on5wellpad
Optimizationprogramcustombuilt
Processornearlyoutofmemory
Safety/Processor/MeasurementSolved:
ControlLogixPLC
o Predictableactionsonfaultcondition
o Abilitytotroubleshootcauseoffaultonlinewithprocessor
o Capableofhandlingtheamountofi/orequiredtoruntheentirefacility
o Inrackflowcomputer
o AbilitytointegrateexistingCompactLogixi/oonfiberopticdevicelevelring
o Spacesavingi/orackdesign

ControlLogixPLCupgradeto8wellpad.
WellManagerPlungerLiftartificialliftprogram
MeteringwithProsoft MVI56EAFC
Optimization:

WehavehadgreatupliftsuccesswiththeoptimizationprogramsinDawsonandParkland,whatis
availableforSunriseandfuturelargepaddevelopments? ProductionEngineers

PlatformsusedinDawsonandParkland15wellpads:
ROC800&FB107seriescontrollers
o Wellbuiltoptimizationprogramwithyearsoffieldusebyotherproducers
o VerysuccessfulinARCsDawsonfieldofsingleanduptofourwellpads
SCADAPACK32seriescontrollers
o CustombuiltoptimizationprogramusedinParklandfieldon35wellpads
o FunctionalbutnotasusefulasROCoptimizationprogram
Optimization:
WhatdoesRockwellAutomationhaveforanoptimizationprogram? IAsked
RockwellAutomationrespondedtheywereworkingonthatverythingandsentmesomedesignconcepts
o ThisstartedalonginteractionwiththeRockwellAutomationteamtodiscuss
Triggers
Actions
Dataretention
Valvecontrol
Operatorinterface
Safety
o Alloftheseitemscouldberesolvedusingthe
ConnectedProductionWellManagersolution:
OutoftheboxPLCandHMIsolution
Nocustomcode
Onesolutionforallphasesofartificial
liftwelllife
Easilyscalabletomultiwellpadsites
(upto32wellsperpad)
Onetechnologyplatform
ConnectedProduction:
Optimization
Designconceptsinacleanerformat
ConnectedProduction:
Optimization
Puttingittothetest
ConnectedProduction:
Optimization
Mainpage

Navigation SelectMode

Events
ConnectedProduction:
Optimization
OpenCriteria

SelectParameters

SetLimits
ConnectedProduction:
Optimization
OpenCriteria

SelectParameters

SetLimits
ConnectedProduction:
Optimization
PlungerConfiguration
CapitalCost(Before)
ControlLogixPLCforcontrol&ROC800RTUformeasurement
o Requirements
ProgrammingModbuscommunicationsinPLCandROC
ExtracabinetforROC
ROClicenseformeteringbasedontypeandnumberofmeters
Buyaflowcomputerandthen
buyalicensesothatitwillwork
CapitalCostReduction(After)
ControlLogixPLCforcontrol&Prosoft MVI56EAFCmoduleformeasurement
o Improvements
AOIinPLCforprogrammingease
ROCcabinetnotrequired
Prosoft MVI56EAFCdoesnotrequireadditionallicense
ExistingCompactLogixi/ointegratedintonewsystemwithonecontroller

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