SINOPEC
selects Invensys to supply advanced SCADA system for new Dispatching
Center in Xuzhou
Posted: 15 April 2004
Foxboro SCADA system will remotely monitor, supervise,
and control three strategic pipelines in eastern China
SINOPEC Corporation, China’s largest producer of petrochemicals
and petroleum products, has awarded Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited,
an Invensys joint venture, an approximately US$500,000 turn-key
contract to supply a Foxboro SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition) system for its new Dispatching Center, to be located
in the Xuzhou area in eastern China.
The system will monitor, supervise, and control three major, multi-product
pipelines of strategic importance to SINOPEC’s core business
operations.
The Foxboro SCADA system will interface with three existing third-party
SCADA sub-systems to enable SINOPEC to gather, dispatch, transfer,
and deliver its raw and finished products throughout this large
and populous region in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective manner.
Ultimately, the Foxboro SCADA system will be expanded to supervise
all existing SINOPEC pipelines in China.
Invensys’ advanced SCADA solution for the new Dispatch Center
will include an appropriate mix of Unix and Windows technologies,
plus well-proven Foxboro SCADA applications to help increase safety,
improve pipeline operations, and enhance maintenance. An embedded
Web server will provide authorized SINOPEC individuals with secure,
real-time access to real-time and historical pipeline information
from anywhere in the world via either SINOPEC’s corporate
intranet or the Internet.
About SINOPEC Corp
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC Corp.)
is an integrated energy and chemical company headquartered in Beijing,
China. The Company is one of the largest integrated energy and petrochemical
companies in Asia. Its major physical assets are located in South-East
China (its principle market), an area that has seen the highest
economic growth in China and represents 75% of China’s GDP.
SINOPEC Corp. is China’s largest producer and wholesale and
retail marketer of petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel);
largest producer and supplier of petrochemical products; and second
largest crude oil and gas producer.
SINOPEC Corp. has more than 70 subsidiaries, either wholly or partially
owned, in exploration and production, refining, chemicals, marketing,
research, and foreign trade.
For more information see www.sinopec.com
About Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited
With the formation of the Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited
(SFCL) in 1982, Foxboro (now part of Invensys) became the first
major American manufacturer to establish a joint venture in China.
Today, SFCL manufactures a wide variety of state-of-the-art automation
products at its factory in Shanghai for both domestic use and export
purposes. In 1991, SFCL became the first company in China to be
certified under the stringent ISO 2001 international quality standard.
SFCL has implemented state-of-the-art process control systems in
hundreds of different world-class industrial facilities throughout
China. These include oil refineries, petrochemical plants, electric
power generation plants, steel mills, cement plants, float glass
plants, pharmaceutical plants, and food processing plants.
About Invensys
Invensys is a global leader in production technology. The group
helps customers improve productivity, performance and profitability
using innovative services and technologies and a deep understanding
of their industries and applications.
Invensys works closely with customers to increase performance of
production assets, maximize return on investment in production and
data management technologies and remove cost from the supply chain.
The company includes APV, Avantis, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServ, SimSci-Esscor,
Triconex, Wonderware, and other well-known brands. These businesses
address process and batch industries -- including oil and gas, chemicals,
power and utilities, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and personal
health care products, pulp and paper, metals and mining -- plus
the discrete and hybrid manufacturing sectors.
Invensys operates in more than 60 countries, with its headquarters
in London.
For more information see www.invensys.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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