Statoil’s Valemon platform in the North Sea will be integrated with its existing Kvitebjørn platform to enable remote command of the former with the goal of reducing overall costs and lowering the risks associated with resource recovery.
Honeywell will deploy its Experion® Process Knowledge System and Distributed System Architecture (DSA) at the Valemon field about 160 km west of the Norwegian coast. The site contains recoverable reserves of 26 billion cubic meters of gas and 31.5 million barrels of condensate.
Honeywell’s Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) allows remote operation from the existing Kvitebjørn platform. The DSA will minimize production costs and increase safety for Statoil personnel, as well as reduce the risk of otherwise duplicated ICSS databases becoming inconsistent over time, according to Honeywell.
With production planned to begin in 2014, the gas extracted from the Valemon field will be sent via existing pipelines to supply European gas consumers. Samsung Heavy Industries is acting as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the project.
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