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Customer Success Story: LIIEC Oil Company
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries
- Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions
- Maintenance
- Process Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Process Control & Optimization
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
A Large International Integrated Energy Company (LIIEC) with over $100 billion in annual revenue is a global energy enterprise developing vital energy resources in over 180 countries around the world and is a world leader in oil exploration and production. The USA-located, ICONICS-managed oil field has in excess of 3,000 drilling wells that are using WebHMI™ software to monitor oil well performance, production analysis and maintenance operations. The challenge was to deliver data from any LIIEC Business Unit facility in the entire Western US area to any user anywhere within the LIIEC Intranet. In the West Coast Business Unit, there is a total of six major oil fields with numerous facilities controlled by Modicon and A-B PLCs.
About The Customer
A Large International Integrated Energy Company (LIIEC) with over $100 billion in annual revenue is a global energy enterprise developing vital energy resources in over 180 countries around the world and is a world leader in oil exploration and production. The USA-located, ICONICS-managed oil field has in excess of 3,000 drilling wells that are using WebHMI™ software to monitor oil well performance, production analysis and maintenance operations. The company is a major player in the oil and gas industry, with operations spanning across the globe. It has a significant presence in the Western United States, where it operates several oil fields. The company is committed to leveraging technology to enhance its operations and improve efficiency.
The Solution
LIIEC installed ICONICS’ GENESIS32 suite of tools to deliver data from any LIIEC Business Unit facility in the entire Western US area to any user anywhere within the LIIEC Intranet. In the West Coast Business Unit, there is a total of six major oil fields with numerous facilities controlled by Modicon and A-B PLCs. GENESIS32 and WebHMI and various OPC Servers present the data from all of these systems to LIIEC users via the Web. A pilot system was installed at one of the LIIEC oil fields. There are currently five GENESIS32 systems and two WebHMI Servers with 50 Client Licenses in use. Pocket GENESIS and AlarmWorX32 Multimedia will be used to provide wireless access and notification for operators in the field. Approximately 15,000 I/O tags are monitored and controlled through these systems.
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