ENGlobal is an engineering services
firm that specializes in oil and gas automation solutions, subsea control
systems and engineering and construction projects. Housed within its Subsea
Controls and Integration (SCI) group is the company’s patented Universal Master
Control Station (UMCS), the result of a collaborative development effort with a
major global oil company that recognized an important need in the offshore oil
and gas industry.
In offshore oil and gas projects,
subsea equipment vendors are responsible for the topsides (the upper half of an
offshore oil platform) subsea controls component. In developments with multiple
vendors, operators have to work with multiple topsides subsea controls
components, creating the need for an integrated solution to streamline
operations. This is where ENGlobal’s UMCS, developed in collaboration with the
major oil company, is emerging as an ideal solution for many subsea projects.
ENGlobal’s UMCS includes
standardized and secure communication interfaces between major vendors of
subsea equipment, distributed control systems and topside equipment, providing
seamless integration of critical control execution and data monitoring. As a
result, the solution offers savings in design and acceptance testing by
requiring less time to build and interface with topside systems and components.
In the company’s own words, “UMCS
is a start departure from the historic uniquely customized subsea control
systems of the past.” The technology monitors and controls subsea control pods
at the wellhead from multiple subsea equipment providers without disturbing the
subsea vendor’s innate communication protocol.
In terms of architecture and
connectivity, the UMCS interface is comprised of three main layers (HMI,
logic/control and subsea communications) and two complete and segregated
channel networks to create a dual redundant architecture that eliminates any
single point of failure and provides a smooth transfer from the failed to
healthy channel network.
Demonstrative of its many features,
ENGlobal reports that UMCS has effectively cut engineering time by 80% in
regards to system and design fabrication, software development, human machine
interface graphic creation, subsea communications interface, and EPU/HPU
interface.
To-date, ENGlobal’s UMSC/UMC
project experience includes several industry giants such as Anadarko, Chevron,
ExxonMobil, HESS and more.
ENGlobal’s UMCS is just a brush
stroke of the company’s broader picture and mission to become the preferred
provider of automation integration services and EPCM (engineering, procurement
and construction management) projects for customers worldwide. The company is
on track to achieve its goal and earlier this month reported its fourth
consecutive quarter of profitability and an increase of 17% in quarterly
revenues, demonstrating its ability for consistence performance both
operationally and financially.
For more information visit
www.englobal.com
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