Instrumentation for oil and gas

Complete solutions to single products

Complete instrumentation solutions for the oil and gas industry

ABB is a leading supplier of measurement products and complete instrumentation
solutions for the global oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
We offer a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions from EICT and MIV
projects where we act as the main instrumentation vendor, to smaller projects where
we provide specialist solutions or individual measurement products.
Our scope of supply extends along the entire project chain from front end engineering
and design studies to interface engineering, project execution and documentation, and
life cycle service.
ABB has more than 100 years of measurement experience. We have one of the
largest instrumentation product portfolios on the market and a heritage that includes
some of the biggest and most trusted brands in the industry. We also have a long
and distinguished track record in the oil and gas industry as a supplier of integrated
electrical and control solutions, telecommunications systems and specialist EPC
projects.
From our global competence center for oil and gas instrumentation in Denmark, we
provide unrivaled solutions and expertise for onshore and offshore projects worldwide.

From complete solutions to single products

Our offering covers the entire spectrum of instrumentation
products and oil and gas applications.

We offer complete instrumentation solutions for projects in

which we act as the main instrumentation vendor (MIV) or as
the instrumentation provider of a larger ABB electrical, instrumentation, control and telecommunications (EICT) contract.
These solutions comprise both ABB and third-party products.
We also provide innovative solutions for specialist applications
such as metering, gas analysis, wireless instrumentation, and
high integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS). And, we
offer instrumentation devices as single items or as product
packages - from ABBs vast portfolio of state-of-the-art measurement products.
Our products and solutions are used by all the leading oil and
gas companies and in all offshore and onshore applications
from subsea to topside, from the pipeline to the refinery and
petrochemical plant.
From FEED to commissioning
ABB covers the entire delivery chain in instrumentation projects large and small.
For large-scale EICT and MIV projects we act as a one-stop
shopping point for instrumentation. We bring our expertise to
the front end engineering and design (FEED) studies phase
and perform interface engineering between vendors instruments and the process control system. We provide complete
documentation packages for the installation process and the
end customer, and we create predictive maintenance strategies to ensure the lowest cost of ownership over the solutions
life cycle.
Large-scale projects contain highly specialized applications
like gas analysis and wireless instrumentation. These require
specialist engineering skills and are an ABB specialty. We
provide complete solutions for these applications from feasibility studies to design, procurement, commissioning and
service.
On the product side, ABB has one of the most comprehensive
instrumentation portfolios on the market. It encompasses the
entire range of measurement applications flow, temperature,
pressure, analytical, level and valve automation. We provide
single products or product packages for these applications.

From predictive maintenance to life cycle management

ABB is one of the largest automation and automation service
companies in the world. Our instrumentation service specialists are strategically located to support our customers
globally. Our broad service offering ensures that we can offer
support across the entire life cycle of our instrumentation
products and solutions. Diagnostic features that enable
predictive maintenance and integrated operations are a key
differentiator of ABB instruments.
Our service offering for instrumentation includes:

Engineering and consulting

Maintenance
Service agreements
Training
Installation and commissioning
Repairs
Spare parts and consumables

Global competence center

ABBs Global Competence Center for Oil and Gas Instrumentation is located in Esbjerg, Denmark the capital of Denmarks offshore energy sector. From here we serve offshore
oil and gas instrumentation projects all over the world. We
have more than 50 dedicated instrumentation engineers at the
center, each of whom has on average more than 15 years
experience at the cutting edge of oil and gas instrumentation.

Electrical, instrumentation, control and telecommunications

ABB has delivered electrical, instrumentation, control and telecommunications (EICT) solutions for oil, gas and petrochemical
projects all over the world. Seamless integration and flawless execution are the hallmarks of our EICT solutions. They reduce
capital and operating expenditure by as much as 20 percent and cut project delivery times by up to 3 months.

Seamless integration and flawless execution

When ABB wins an EICT contract, our role is to deliver the
complete instrumentation scope of the overall ABB solution.
We take part in the front end engineering and design studies
phase, create a solution of standardized ABB and third-party
measurement devices, perform the interface engineering between the vendors equipment and the process automation
system, and prepare complete documentation for installation
and the end customer. And, we ensure that each device has
diagnostic features to enable predictive maintenance and
instrument reliability for the end customer.
Project benefits (greenfield)
Reduced CAPEX (~20%)
Single point of responsibility reduces risk
Faster project start-ups
Reduced engineering
Reuse of knowledge and solutions
Standardized products
Diagnostic features for predictive maintenance
Operational benefits
Reduced total cost of ownership (~20%)
Increased production thanks to integrated operations and
predictive maintenance
Improved operator efficiency/productivity
Increased safety
Reduced life cycle costs (training, spare parts, personnel,
maintenance)
Single point of contact for maintenance

Project profile: Goliat FPSO, Barents Sea

Customer: Eni
Scope of supply: EICT
Completion: 2014
Goliat is a pioneering project in the oil and gas industry. Located within the Arctic Circle, it is the first oil and gas project
ever in the Barents Sea.
Production will take place from the Goliat FPSO a truly
state-of-the-art platform that is designed to meet the challenging conditions and strict environmental requirements for
operation in the Barents Sea.
The platform is highly automated and highly integrated to
ensure safety, reliability and minimal greenhouse gas emissions. This requires integration of platform systems - electrical, safety, telecommunications, etc with the process control
system, as well as large-scale data collection and diagnostic
features in the instrumentation. The platform control system
has the capability to be remotely operated from an onshore
control center.
Eni required not just an EICT contractor but a technology
partner. The ABB instrumentation solution comprises around
4,500 ABB and third-party instruments and detectors, which
were selected for their ability to meet Goliats challenging
operating requirements.
ABB is also responsible for instrumentation engineering and
documentation.

Main instrumentation contractor

ABB has a proven track record as a main instrumentation

contractor (MIC) to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
Our approach leads to substantial benefits for both the EPC
contractor and the end customer, and to significant savings in
capital and operational expenditure.

Cutting capital and operational costs

There are numerous benefits and savings to be gained by
selecting ABB as the main instrumentation contractor.
To begin with, it means that ABB takes full responsibility for
the entire instrumentation project. We provide a complete
solution comprising standardized ABB and third-party instruments, as well as front end engineering and design (FEED),
product selection and procurement, interface engineering
and complete documentation. This reduces the risk level and
shortens the delivery time for the contractor. It ensures that
the specifications are correct from the start, and eliminates
the high fault rate that comes from using multiple vendors.
It also reduces operational and life cycle costs for the end
customer. Spare part stocks and maintenance are reduced
through the use of standardized devices with diagnostic features to enable predictive maintenance. ABB also provides a
broad selection of service packages via its extensive global
service network for oil and gas instrumentation.
Project benefits
Reduced CAPEX (about 20%)
Reduced risk
Reduced delivery time
Single point of contact and single point of responsibility
Fault rate minimized
Correct specifications ensured

Operational benefits
Reduced OPEX (about 20%)
Correct specifications ensured
Standardized instruments reduce spare part stocks
Predictive maintenance increases uptime
Complete documentation provided
Lower life cycle costs
Project profile: Al Shaheen Oil Field, Qatar
Customer: Sime Darby Engineering, Malaysia
Scope of supply: EIT
Completion: 2009
The Al Shaheen Oil Field is operated by Maersk Oil Qatar.
It lies 180 km north of Doha and produces 300,000 barrels
of oil a day.
Sime Darby Engineering was awarded a contract in 2007 to
construct two new platforms for the existing offshore platform
complex. The company selected ABB to provide an integrated
electrical, instrumentation and telecommunications (EIT) solution.
The two platforms one for utilities, the other for production
- add 60 MW of power generation, 5,000 m/h of treated water for water injection, and a new control room for the production process and platform complex.
ABB provided electrical equipment, instrumentation and telecommunications systems for the two platforms. The instrumentation consists of around 2,000 ABB and third-party standardized devices. ABB was also responsible for FEED and for
interface engineering with the existing process automation
system.

Specialist solutions

Specialist applications like gas analysis and wireless instrumentation require specialist skills and expertise. ABB has
long prioritized these highly specialized fields and is a leading
provider of specialist solutions and cutting-edge technologies
for these applications.

Specialist skills and cutting-edge technologies

Larger EICT and MIV projects often contain smaller subprojects that require specialist expertise. ABB prioritizes
these specialized areas and has many engineers with the
requisite skills to deliver state-of-the-art solutions for both
greenfield projects and retrofits.
Our fields of focus include:
Metering solutions
Gas analysis and gas chromatography
Wireless instrumentation
High integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS)
We take responsibility for the full scope of work from feasibility studies to front end engineering and design, procurement and commissioning. We have TV certified functional
safety engineers to ensure SIL compliance in HIPPS and other
safety projects. We are the world leader in gas analysis, and
our global center of oil and gas instrumentation in Denmark
specializes in developing new technologies and solutions for
all four focus areas. Once the project is up and running, we
provide service to ensure that the solution performs optimally
throughout its life cycle.

Project profile: Tyra East, North Sea

Customer: Maersk Oil
Scope of supply: Complete wireless instrumentation solution
Completion: 2013
The Tyra Field is the largest gas condensate field in the
Danish sector of the North Sea. Operated by Maersk Oil,
the field has two production complexes Tyra East and Tyra
West. Tyra East processes oil and gas from its own and several other nearby fields.
Maersk Oil required a wireless instrumentation solution for the
blowdown valves on the Tyra East platform. This is the first
wireless instrumentation project that Maersk Oil has undertaken, so a proven supplier that could offer a complete wireless
solution was of importance.
ABB is supplying a complete solution comprising site survey,
design and engineering, specifications and documentation,
installation and commissioning, and integration with the platform process control system.
Project completion is scheduled for mid-2013.

Instrumentation products
ABB and its heritage companies have been market and
technology leaders in instrumentation for more than 100
years. Our products are used all over the world and in the
most demanding applications from measuring chemicals
and gas in the atmosphere of Mars to monitoring flow,
pressure and temperature at extreme depths in subsea
wellheads.

A comprehensive portfolio of world-class products

ABB offers an unparalleled portfolio of measurement products
and solutions for all stages of upstream and downstream
production. Our products combine high performance with the
lowest cost of ownership, enabling our customers to operate
their production assets safely, reliably, productively and profitably.

Our portfolio covers the following applications:

Flow measurement
Temperature measurement
Pressure measurement
Analytical measurement
Level measurement
Valve automation

ABBs global reach means we can provide instruments and

expertise wherever they are needed. Customers anywhere in
the world are assured of on-time delivery and expert support
for their instrumentation, enabling them to meet their deadlines, budgets and productivity targets.

ABBs R&D teams and factories are continuously improving and

developing our portfolio for the oil and gas market.

ABB measurement products are based on common technology, providing a common look and feel and method of
operation. As a result our products are easy to configure,
easy to integrate and easy to maintain.

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Contact us

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2740 Skovlunde
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ABB A/S
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5220 Odense S
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ABB A/S
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6715 Esbjerg N
Tel: +45 7613 6200
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