Leveraging Edge Computing Platforms in Oil & Gas

Edge Computing Platforms Bring Intelligent Automation and New Efficiency to Oil & Gas “Edge Computing meets key operations goals for remote operation, efficiency, and safety in Upstream and Midstream with the ability to develop smart, connect oilfield equipment, enable terminal automation, and monitoring of pipeline assets.”

“Edge Computing Market Opportunities 2021-2026”, Espalier, July 2022.

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Use Case | ztC Edge

Challenges

Loginet & Petra Srl Petra Srl owns and operates one of Italy’s largest oil depots, handling millions of liters of oil and gasoline and loading hundreds of trucks each day. To enable efficiency for depot operations, Petra runs Nuovo Petrol, a next-generation terminal automation solution from an experienced system integrator, Loginet.

With the Loginet solution and Stratus Edge Computing, Petra automated manual processes and integrated disparate terminal systems to reduce risk, enable real-time data, and centralize visibility of operations. The company reduced depot load times by 33% and has experienced zero downtime in a decade using Stratus Edge Computing.

“Petra hasn’t had an unplanned outage in more than 10 years. They've never experienced any business disruption with Stratus as their foundation. When our customers need that extreme level of reliability, we will continue to rely on Stratus for continuous computing.”

Gianluigi Campisano Automation Engineer Loginet For the full story, check out How Stratus Edge Computing eliminated downtime and enabled depot-wide visibility with Loginet’s Next-Gen Terminal Automation Solution at Petra Srl.

• Automate terminal operations to improve accuracy, ensure security, maximize safety, gain efficiency, and reduce costs • Manage 35 tanks for oil-product storage, with approximately 5,000 tons of product shipped daily • Operational visibility for analysis, alerting, and improvement

Solutions • • • •

Loginet Nuovo Petrol Terminal Automation System Loginet IBIS LT2 Badge Reader Loginet GraL Terminal Stratus ztC Edge in paired fault tolerant configuration

Benefits • Reduced filling time by 33% • Connected real-time operations to ERP and customs reporting • Enabled depot-wide visibility into operations by unifying systems and ensuring data capture with Edge Computing • Experience zero unplanned downtime for terminal automation system for 10 years using Stratus Edge Computing platforms

Use Case | ftServer

• Modernize oil platform’s legacy control systems and infrastructure • Decentralized control systems • Outdated servers, workstations, and controllers • System response time in the tens of seconds slowed reaction time, decision making, and visibility on operations Challenges • Control system/safety system at capacity • Stratus ftServer • Rockwell Automation PlantPAx™ Distributed Control System (DCS) including HMI SCADA and Factory Talk® historian with SQL Server supporting 6,000 I/Os • Anti-virus and cluster management software Solutions • System integration by Enginuity Global

• Consolidated 12 applications running on six (6) servers to a single, fault-tolerant Stratus ftServer compute platform • Centralized monitor and control resulted in higher yield, improved safety, and no downtime for critical applications Benefits • Improved system response time by 1,000%, from more than 20 seconds to milliseconds

Enginuity Global & QuarterNorth Energy QuarterNorth Energy, a leading oil and gas producer that operates deep water, shallow, and shelf assets in the Gulf of Mexico, needed to modernize infrastructure and process control technology on its Bullwinkle oil platform – a project critical to improve safety and responsiveness, eliminate costly downtime, and drive operational excellence.

QuarterNorth Energy turned to Enginuity Global, a system integrator with expertise in process automation, control, and field services. In only 45 days, Enginuity upgraded all PLC panels, and deployed a single fault-tolerant Stratus Edge Computing to centralize platform operations and enable separate Process Control and Safety Shutdown Systems.

“The ftServer is a tank. It offers a simplistic approach to a complex system. Part of our motto at Enginuity is, ’We simplify a complex world.’ And so, Stratus servers definitely help reduce some of that complexity. And, we were able to save a substantial amount of money using them.”

Eric Belgard Lead for Automation and Controls Enginuity For the full story, watch the webinar Automation and Control Modernization: How to Improve Control System Reliability While Remaining Within Budget.

Solution Brief |

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Leveraging Edge Computing Platforms in Oil & Gas Providing no compromise, downtime free operations, and reliable data at the edge Oil & Gas owners and operators are responsible for continuous, safe, reliable, and compliant operations while addressing demand pressures, environmental concerns, theft, and even cybersecurity threats. Digitalization strategies and resulting solutions should effectively serve this goal. A well-executed solution significantly improves Oil & Gas business performance in terms of asset reliability, operational efficiency, security, product quality, and work safety.

Digitalization means using new digital technology such as improvements in pipeline SCADA, compressor and pump station HMI, historians, analytics, AI, and the operation of control rooms and command centers.

Improved reliability though depends on the platform that best deploys these applications.

Stratus offers edge computing platforms for critical oil and gas applications from the field to the cloud, bringing simplicity, security, and peace of mind, while eliminating the threat of unplanned downtime and financial and reputational risk.

Stratus edge computing platforms simplify, protect, and automate your digitally transforming business-critical operations.

• A Scalable Offering – Stratus edge computing platforms are ideal for monitoring and control, virtualization/thin clients, historian, analytics, MES, AI, control rooms and command complex operations, and integrate stand-alone silos.

• Industrial Grade and Edge Ready – the Stratus ztC™ Edge platform is fan-less, rated at –40 to 60 °C, 10 to 95 % humidity, with 5-500 Hz vibration and is Class I Division 2 • Integrated Redundancy and Virtualization – Stratus edge computing platforms have redundancy and virtualization unplanned downtime and enables you to combine multiple applications in a single platform.

• Single Partner from Edge to Enterprise – Stratus edge computing platforms integrate seamlessly, providing a common vendor from your local control stations at the edge to your control rooms, command center, enterprise, and the cloud.

“If I had to give 3 words to describe our Stratus experience, it would be reliability, configurability, and sustainability. In the year that the Stratus has been deployed in our facilities, performance has been exactly what we expected, and the support model has exceeded our expectations and we foresee having Stratus for a long time.”

Steve Adams Lead Automation Electrical Engineer Columbia Pipeline Group, now part of TransCanada

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Leveraging Edge Computing Platforms in Oil & Gas Industry 4.0 and IIoT-driven requirements are central to most technology advancements in Oil and Gas. Stratus is a trusted authority supporting critical Industry 4.0 and IIoT applications from Edge to Enterprise. With Edge Computing platforms, our goal is to educate, support and provide owners and operators a secure, protected, and simple platform to enable advanced applications at the Edge.

Asset Performance Management A goal for many organizations is the desire to improve performance through the deployment of Asset Performance Management (APM) applications. APM is designed to provide access to information on mission critical assets including connection to real time data to Operation Technicians and Engineers. While the application may be cloud based or enterprise connected, data should be processed and stored at the Edge where the information is generated, allowing only critical and anomalous behavior to be elevated to control centers. All data stored with the critical assets minimizes replication, which clogs strained remote communication networks, and helps control bandwidth costs.

Advance Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning Selecting an Edge Computing platform based on inherent redundancy and virtualization will enable the deployment of advanced analytics to include Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). AI and ML require real time data collection and analysis processed at the Edge. The Edge platform then becomes part of the critical asset infrastructure, further requiring platform resiliency. This is where Stratus is a key differentiator, with its fault tolerant edge computing platforms capable of supporting these demanding edge applications.

Real-time simulation, Digital Twins, and efficiency When measuring real time efficiency or running real time simulation in comparison to actual production data, the need for supporting infrastructure at the Edge is immediately realized. These tools enable faster response to operating conditions allowing for quicker analysis and business decisions to be made related to predictive maintenance as well as cost optimization. Digitalization also means enabling tools such as predictive or prescriptive maintenance, running real time models in a Digital Twin environment to compare reality with engineered design. These advanced tools require compute power to be deployed at the edge.

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Monitoring and control Stratus has a long track record of supporting traditional automation services such as HMI, SCADA, Historian, and Tank Management, but as technology deployments increase, the demand for a simple, protected, and autonomous infrastructure will only grow. Stratus provides critical Edge Computing platforms that support these growing areas.

A 40-year history of delivering mission critical solutions For 40 years, we have provided reliable and redundant zero-touch computing, enabling global Fortune 500 companies and small-to-medium sized businesses to securely and remotely turn data into actionable intelligence at the Edge, control center and cloud—driving uptime and efficiency.

This includes a long, successful track record providing major pipeline companies with redundant, reliable, virtualized compute and partnering with major automation companies, w been supplying our platforms in Oil and Gas for years.

Today, we are successfully supporting real time applications for the deployment of IIoT or Industry 4.0 initiatives, further helping customers as they digitally transform their in order to drive predictable, peak performance with minimal risk. We bring this know-how and track record to Midstream Oil and Gas—helping ensure mission critical applications achieve desired return on investments.

For more information Please contact your local systems integrator, channel partne or Stratus sales representative to explore further how Stratus’ Edge Computing platforms might be right for you. More information about ztC Edge, ftServer, and everRun found at www.stratus.com.

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Stratus at a Glance By delivering zero-touch Edge Computing platforms that are simple to deploy and maintain, protected from interruptions and threats, and operate autonomously, Stratus ensures continuous availability for our customers’ business-critical applications.

Zero-touch Computing Platforms from Edge to Enterprise to Cloud ztC Edge

Form factor

Rugged, compact, converged edge compute platform

Redundant, rack mount, edge server (with choice of operating environment)

Edge virtualization platform

Deployment

On machine, in control panel, on plant floor: Uses both AC and DC power

In control room, or local data center: Uses AC power

Embedded in VAR solution

Up to 4 VMs or workloads

10 to 30 VMs

Up to 24 VMs

Single machine or line visualization and control (SCADA), building automation, intelligent gateway, and real time streaming data analysis

Consolidation of multiple operations, production lines or plant workloads, complex event processing, and multisite batch analysis and orchestration

Those requiring instant and greater reliability for applications and data

Capacity

Workloads

Major multi-national companies, small to mid-sized organizations, machine builders and system and retail rely on Stratus zero-touch computing platforms, Stratus Cloud Services, and Stratus Professional, Managed and Educational Services.

Our customers trust us and our partners to unlock the potential of digital transformation

Half of the Fortune Global 100 are current Stratus customers

4 of the 5 largest global credit card networks use Stratus solutions

5 of the world’s 10 largest Top OEMs and beverage companies use equipment builders Stratus solutions embed Stratus solutions

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Half of the world’s 10 largest retailers are Stratus customers

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