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Automation Services, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Mustang delivered complete automation services for a deepwater offshore facility in the Gulf of Mexico, meeting an aggressive schedule and successfully interfacing with multiple contractors.

Client:

Confidential

Location:

Deepwater, Gulf of Mexico

Project Scope:

Deepwater offshore facility in the Gulf of MexicoThe project involved an accelerated schedule to design and integrate the Integrated Control and Safety System ("ICSS") in order to provide a fully functional operator training simulator for use prior to facility sail away.

The client required the development of new offshore corporate standards and specifications for all major process control and safety instrumentation, as well as sophisticated controls and advanced applications that are uncharacteristic of offshore facilities. The project scope addressed unique functionality requirements that were not adequately supported by previous project software templates.

For the project, Mustang provided pre-FEED, FEED, detailed engineering and design, procurement, commissioning assistance, project management and training simulator testing.

To meet the aggressive schedule and client's other needs, Mustang:

  • Started software development just five months into the 24-month overall topsides detailed design phase.
  • Closely coordinated with the client, multiple vendors and multiple contractors to ensure the entire system was 100% validated before final issue while controlling test cost.
  • Developed a completely new set of Human Machine Interface ("HMI"), object, systems and programmable logic controller ("PLC") code templates to meet performance requirements.
  • Provided advanced application services, including energy minimization, liquid or gas make maximisation, equipment predictive diagnostics and remote operations from shore.

Client Benefits:

Mustang's extensive project management and execution expertise resulted in the following:

  • First software phase (60% of the entire system) being tested and issued eight months earlier than was required by the main project schedule. The last phase, along with the remainder of the ICSS work, being completed months early.
  • Avoidance of costly schedule slippage commonly experienced when Operator Training Simulators and the associated hardware is not delivered and tested early enough in the schedule.
  • Accelerated definition and delivery of critical path engineering by various disciplines due to complex execution plan and early and phased supervisory control and data acquisition ("SCADA") software delivery.
  • Successful multi-company/multi-team problem resolution.
  • High-quality and timely completion of SCADA software due to phased acceptance testing.