Oil and gas center in Mexico opened

Wood, Cisco, and Roue Consultores have participated in the opening of an oil and gas Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) located in Wood’s operations center in Naucalpan, Estado de Mexico. The ATC is intended to highlight the value the Internet of Things can bring in the upstream, downstream and midstream oil and gas industry.

The facility will simulate, execute, and manage the operation and maintenance of hydrocarbon transportation storage and distribution systems in a laboratory environment to highlight how properly managed data can support better decision making and faster overall execution resulting in enhanced profitability. Solutions available at the center include:

• Cisco Connected Pipelines – allows pipeline automation across a unified, end to end network, real time management, and new pipeline protections that can prevent accidents and detect leaks much faster. Cisco Connected Pipelines supports the requirement for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) environment and provides a migration path to an infrastructure that meets current and future needs.
• Cisco Connected TAD (Terminal de Almacenamiento y Distribución/Supply & Storage Terminal) – a tailor made solution developed by the Wood engineering team, combined with the network design and cybersecurity of Cisco, integrated by Roue and complimented with a portfolio from a partner ecosystem that supplies over 30 apps, focused on the digitization of the hydrocarbon distribution process. It provides the integration of flow, fire and explosive gas detection systems, and includes dispatch tank truck geo-positioning, telemetry, safety and geo-fencing that applies from the TAD to any gas station or facility.

The center is open to industry professionals, allowing them to model their operations under an open architecture based on international standards such as ISA95 and IEC62264. Any local or international company working in the upstream, midstream or downstream oil and gas industry is welcome to request the services of the center.

The hydrocarbon distribution and transportation market requires an efficient cost structure to remain competitive. In this industry where hydrocarbons are managed as a commodity with prices determined by the market and not the producer, the use of technology has demonstrated positive impacts. The ATC is the first step in achieving this efficiency gain in this market.

– Edited from a Wood press release by CFE Media.

Original content can be found at Oil and Gas Engineering.

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