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Emerson Process Management has developed unsurpassed expertise and capabilities in all aspects of automation and information related to production, transmission, and processing of oil, gas, and gas liquids products. With a staff of over 300 engineers, technologists, technicians, and support personnel, Emerson Process Management is uniquely capable to assemble qualified personnel in a timely fashion to meet our customers needs in all technologies which encompass industrial automation, controls, information, and field services. Emerson Process Management provides turnkey solutions from concept through installation and commissioning, or can focus our expertise on an individual component of overall project scope.

Energy pricing continues to be a volatile variable in the global economy. Emerson Process Management has the expertise to provide operational and data system solutions to optimize your operation and ensure the most efficient use of capital and resources.

Emerson Process Management' rich history, financial stability, and industry knowledge provide the best-value, lowest-risk solution to meet your automation and information system needs.

Hydrocarbon and Energy Production Areas of Expertise

Emerson Process Management is a single source of expertise in all technologies related to oil and gas automation and information systems. Our skills uniquely encompass the entire path of data flow, from the plant process and instrumentation through to the corporate computer network. Our areas of proficiencies include:

  • Industrial process economics, design, operations management, and risk management for oil and gas production fields and facilities
  • Instrumentation and controls, ranging from control valves and pneumatic end devices to programmable microprocessor-based devices
  • Measurement and analysis of gas, liquids, and solids for custody transfer, product accounting, modeling, and control applications
  • Electrical power, including substations, plant power distribution, motor control, emergency and standby generation, and uninterruptible power
  • SCADA systems for control and management of oil and gas production fields
  • Programmable controllers (PLC) for control of plants, remote terminal units, and data collection
  • Distributed control systems (DCS) for control of gas processing plants
  • Control centers and operations management centers, for the most effective integration of human resources, process control, and information
  • Applications software for process modeling, multi-variable control, real-time accounting, energy management, training simulation, and other applications
  • Communication systems for SCADA, computer networking, and voice, using radio, microwave, satellite, common carrier, cable, or fiber optics
  • Information Systems for more effective operations management, using relational databases, applications software, networking, and workstations
  • Field Construction and Construction Management for instrument and electrical field installations
  • System integration of all of the above subsystems
  • Startup, Commissioning, and maintenance support of all of the above subsystems

Scope Of Services Offered

Throughout our history, Emerson Process Management has remained focused on the dynamic field of industrial automation and information systems. Through this focus, Emerson Process Management has developed into the premier engineering, system integration and field services provider in the oil and gas industry. Unlike other engineering firms, Emerson Process Management has the internal knowledge and resources to offer turnkey project implementation, from concept to commissioning and startup. Specifically, the scope of services offered by Emerson Process Management in oil and gas production includes:

Planning and Conceptual Design

  • Definition of business objectives and economic benefits
  • Evaluation of alternative solutions and cost/benefits
  • Recommendation of solutions and priorities
  • Development of execution plan, budgets, schedules and automation impact plan
  • Preparation of Design Document

Engineering, Procurement, System Integration, and Testing

  • Detailed design, drawings and specifications
  • Selection and procurement of hardware and software
  • Software configuration, system staging, integration, and testing
  • Training and documentation

Installation, Commissioning and Startup

  • Construction and installation planning and management
  • Swingover and commissioning
  • Testing and acceptance
  • Operator and maintenance training

Maintenance and System Support

  • Field instruments
  • Hardware and software support
  • Operations support

Example Oil and Gas Production Projects

  • AEC Oil and Gas - Detailed metering review of AEC and NOVA metering at AECO-C gas storage facility at Suffield Alberta
  • AEC Suffield gas storage and production facilities
  • AOSTRA oilsands production
  • Amoco - Development of real-time gas and liquids plant balance and nomination/allocation system, PC Windows environment, integrated with DCS
  • ARCO Alaska production optimization using expert systems for electrical submersible pumps and gas lift
  • BP Alaska Milne Point Gas lift SCADA, production accounting, and system integration
  • BP Alaska, Milne Point facility expansion project on the Alaskan North Slope
  • BP Alaska Prudhoe Bay control system upgrade; study and detailed engineering
  • Canadian Occidental/Wascana Energy- automation of entire Canadian oil an gas production facilities for 25 field offices, including SCADA, telecommunication, facility PLC controls, wellsite controls, production optimization, leak detection, and production information system
  • Canadian Occidental Mazeppa SCADA system
  • Canadian Occidental Paddle River plant PLC control system
  • Canadian Occidental Bronson Lake North and South compressor electrical and PLC upgrades
  • Canadian Occidental Victor Gas Plant electrical and control system upgrade
  • Canadian Occidental Manir gas injection compressor control upgrade
  • Canadian Occidental Fort Pit PLC control system upgrade
  • Chevron Bakersfield heavy oil SCADA and production pad controls
  • Chevron Canada Metering review of Rimbey, Pass Creek, Kaybob North, and Bantry oil and gas facilities
  • Esso Resources Judy Creek gas production field compressors
  • Esso Resources Development of real-time gas and liquids plant balance and nomination/allocation system, PC Windows environment, integrated with DCS
  • Esso Resources Operations information system for gas and NGL production measurement and contract/nomination, using Oracle, VAX environment integrated with real-time measurement
  • Gulf Canada Corporate metering review initiative
  • Hibernia Offshore production platform startup
  • Mobil Bakersfield heavy oil SCADA and production pad controls
  • Mobil Bakersfield Heavy oil operations wide area network design
  • Mobil Canada Sierra gas production SCADA system
  • Mobil Canada Whitecourt gas production SCADA system
  • Mobil Canada Metering study of Carson Creek oil and gas facilities
  • Mobil Rainbow Battery 10 Gas, NGL, Oil Plant DCS and SCADA upgrade
  • Norcen Buck Lake SCADA system
  • PanCanadian Petroleum SCADA automation of province-wide gas production, 500 remote sites
  • PanCanadian Petroleum oil SCADA initiative
  • PanCanadian Weyburn CO2 flood automation system
  • PanCanadian Petroleum Integration of gas production SCADA and MIS applications
  • Rigel Oil and Gas Metering review of Manor, Saskatchewan facilities
  • Shell USA Bakersfield heavy oil SCADA and production pad controls
  • Shell Canada Metering review of gas production facilities operated by Chauvco and Palmer Ranch in the Waterton field.
  • Shell Peace River Heavy Oil Plant DCS and PLC upgrades
  • Shell Resources Gas processing complex high speed relational database data historian and operations information system, using Oracle, VAX environment
  • Suncor Strategic planning study for company-wide oil and gas production automation
  • Telesis Oil and Gas Metering review of Goldsmith and Renwick, Ontario facilities

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