Abstract

The automation of the high-production Ramos gas field, located in the northern region of Argentina, has enhanced field production and well safety and also improved operations by centralizing control of the gas production. A field supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) computer located in a gas treatment plant automates the gas production throughout the field by means of a radio telemetry link to a well control unit (WCU) that is located at each automated well site. From the plant, operations personnel can change the production rate or monitor production variables at any wellsite, view real-time or historical trends of those variables, or change alarm set points in a WCU from graphical screens on a computer console. The computer archives the production data onto a hard disk for further processing and analysis.

Keywords:
scada computer, operational safety, wcu, knowledge management, choke, wellsite, setpoint, upstream oil & gas, ramo gas field, safety valve
Subjects:
Safety, Professionalism, Training, and Education, Information Management and Systems, Operational safety, Communities of practice, Knowledge management
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1999. Society of Petroleum Engineers
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