BP North Sea FPSO replacement selects Emerson for training 21 February 2014

BP's Quad 204 North Sea FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) unit replacement project has selected Emerson Process Management for its DeltaV operator training solution (OTS).

The contract, worth $7 million, will see a fully operational training replica of the Quad 204 Project in Aberdeen, with training provided through the OTS helping BP personnel achieve safe, efficient operations.

They will also be able to take full advantage of the integrated control and safety system (ICSS) that Emerson is providing under a separate contract.

"The OTS will provide a high fidelity dynamic simulation of the Quad 204 facilities," comments Carl Slatter, Quad 204 Project OMS Manager at BP.

"It offers a safe environment for operators and others to learn the best ways to deal with situations they may face in actual operations," he explains.

The longer term aim is to relocate the training system to the BP Upstream Learning Centre in Sunbury.

The OTS itself will include a virtualised DeltaV digital automation system for process control and DeltaV SIS (safety instrumented system) for process and emergency shutdown, and for fire and gas detection.

High fidelity modelling of the topsides process and of an Olga subsea process will be provided by engineering contractor KBR and integrated into the virtual ICSS using SEEDS (standard entities for the engineering of dynamic simulators) to ensure consistent implementation.

By providing an engineered, hands-on, process-specific learning environment, the DeltaV OTS will expose operators to what they will experience in their actual control room so they can gain experience in an off-line, non-intrusive environment.

Brian Tinham

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