The largest oil-fired oil dehydration plant in America was partially retrofitted with a state-of-the-art computer monitoring and data acquisition system. This paper describes Phase I of that system, and the benefits obtained. The new operator-interface software and future Phase II expansion plans are also discussed.

Keywords:
controller, separation and treating, fwko, emulsion, ht 617, requirement, upstream oil & gas, operation, objective, heavy oil dehy facility retrofitted
Subjects:
Processing Systems and Design, Information Management and Systems, Separation and treating
Copyright 1991, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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