Emerson Completes Digital Automation of U.S. Refinery Producing 10 Million Gallons of Gasoline Daily.Motiva Norco Facility Deployed Emerson's PlantWeb[R], Improving Production Reliability, Plant Utilization, and Safety and Environmental Performance AUSTIN, Texas -- Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ), today announced the completion of a digital automation project that has substantially increased the reliability and performance of Motiva Enterprises Motiva Enterprises, LLC, is a 50-50 joint venture between Shell Oil Company (the American wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell) and Saudi Refining (a wholly owned subsidiary of Aramco Services Company, which itself is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco). LLC's refinery in Norco, Louisiana Norco is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,579 at the 2000 census. The community is home to a major Shell refinery; its name is derived from the New Orleans Refining Company. . Motiva is an oil refining, lubricants and retail business operation owned by Shell and Saudi Refining Saudi Refining, Inc., (SRI) with headquarters in Houston, purchases and sells crude oil and maintains a significant inventory of crude oil outside the United States. SRI has an interest in a limited liability company known as Motiva Enterprises, LLC. Inc. A leading U.S. refinery that produces finished product for New Orleans For New Orleans: A Benefit For The Musicians' Village Habitat For Humanity is an American benefit double-disc CD, with tracks from Minnesota artists, and national artists. and other nearby markets, Motiva Norco processes 225,000 barrels per day Barrels per day (abbreviated BPD, bbl/d, bpd, bd or b/d) is a measurement used to describe the amount of crude oil (measured in barrels) produced or consumed by an entity in one day. of crude oil, ranking it among the largest refineries in the world. Its daily production includes about 10 million gallons of gasoline and about 7 million gallons of jet fuel. As Main Automation Contractor for the project, Emerson performed engineering, project management and installation of its PlantWeb[R] digital architecture. The project scope encompassed seven major process units and consolidated five separate control rooms into one centralized, integrated control room. "A few years ago Norco cokers, reformers and hydrotreaters were running with pneumatic controls," said Jeff Funkhouser, operations manager See datacenter manager. at the Norco Refinery. "Increased sulfur content in crude demanded better hydrotreater and coker performance." "Modernization of instrumentation and controls had not kept pace with other improvements to key units at the refinery," he added. "Poor reliability and frequent shutdowns were undermining the refinery's efforts to serve the market effectively. Our instrumentation was not up to the challenges of the 21st century." Motiva Norco made the decision to re-instrument the plant with the goal of increasing reliability to world-class standards. "We looked for a company that had the right technology and also a strong support network that would be available to us," said Evelio Hernandez, manager, process control systems department at Motiva Norco Refinery. "We selected the PlantWeb digital plant architecture from Emerson Process Management. We also selected Emerson as our main automation contractor because of its proven project management experience and intimate knowledge of the technology we had selected." The re-instrumentation project has yielded solid results already for the facility, including its best-ever reliability utilization year on record, and increased output without adding new units and the huge investment and leadtime that would have been required. "It has been very exciting to join the highly professional Motiva Norco refining team and bring together digital automation services, technology and people to produce such outstanding results," said John Berra, president of Emerson Process Management. "The teamwork has been great throughout the project, and we are committed to having this ongoing partnership continue to build automation excellence leading to higher and higher performance." PlantWeb digital architecture is an open, standards-based digital automation solution that networks intelligent field devices, digital systems, and software to control processes and manage equipment and other assets other assets Assets of relatively small value. For financial reporting purposes, firms frequently combine small assets into a single category rather than listing each item separately. . It delivers information for facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. , including predictive alerts of pending malfunctions and guidance for corrective action A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or to avoid production interruptions and shut downs. At the Motiva refinery, PlantWeb architecture uses FOUNDATION[TM] fieldbus communications to network Emerson's DeltaV[TM] digital systems, Rosemount flow, level and temperature instruments, Micro Motion[R] Coriolis Flowmeters and Fisher[R] valves with Fisher FIELDVUE[R] digital valve controllers. Predictive diagnostics information is collected by AMS AMS - Andrew Message System [TM] Suite: Intelligent Device Manager which delivers alarms and data to operations and maintenance personnel. About Emerson Process Management Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , pharmaceutical and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Its brands include PlantWeb[R], DeltaV[TM], Fisher[R], Micro Motion[R], Rosemount[R], Mobrey[R], Bristol[R], Daniel[R], Ovation[R], and AMS[TM] Suite. About Emerson Emerson (NYSE:EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2006 were $20.1 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com PlantWeb, DeltaV, Fisher, Micro Motion, Rosemount, Mobrey, Bristol, Daniel, Ovation, and AMS are marks of Emerson Process Management. Other marks are property of their respective owners. |
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