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SIMATIC ET 200M

Turgai-Petroleum, Canada –

Remote control for oil production

Requirements

Turgai-Petroleum AG with headquarters in Kysyl-Orda is a joint

venture between the Russian LUKOIL Overseas and the Cana-

dian Petro Kazakhstan. LUKOIL is one of the leading worldwide

corporations in the oil and gas sector and is mainly active in

the exploration and production of oil and gas as well as the

production and marketing of mineral oil products and petro-

chemicals. The capacity of their production plants in Russia

alone is 41.8 million tons of oil per annum. Petro Kazakhstan

is one of the 100 largest oil producers. The Canadian company

that has specialized in oil-rich Kazakhstan produces 150,000

barrels per day and operates a refinery in this Central-Asian

country.

Energotechservice GmbH with headquarters in Almaty, Siberia

was tasked with the data acquisition and remote control of oil

production. The focus here was on integration in the existing

system and user-friendly features as well as their consistent

further development. Further requirements included imple-

mentation of data transmission over wireless channels and in-

tegration in the existing Telemechanik system.

Solution

The automatic control system for the technological processes

of the oil and gas sector is based on a system for telemetric

data acquisition and remote control. For Turgai-Petroleum,

120 probes were optimized using automation.

Due to the environmental conditions, SIMATIC ET 200M mod-

ules for use in hazardous areas were used. They are of a partic-

ularly rugged and intrinsically-safe construction. This I/O is

based on the same principle as the S7 controllers, so it inter-

acts well with the SIMATIC S7-300 components used.

Benefits

Due to the modular structure of ET 200M, the application was

implemented with the smallest possible number of compo-

nents. The redundant structure and the ability to make

changes to the configuration during normal operation has in-

creased the availability of the plant significantly. Modules can

now be replaced during normal operation and downtimes are

reduced to a minimum. By using STEP 7, 50 to 70% of the en-

gineering costs could be saved. Overall, the stability of the pro-

cess and the productivity has significantly increased. Drives

can now be easily controlled, either remotely or locally as re-

quired.