Our client chose Capstone Technology, Canada, to install the Historian and Visualization software in a sizable Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) production facility. Operations needed the capability to view detailed data from plant and field operations in near real-time. To unleash the potential of the data, a versatile and potent visualization tool was needed. In order to enable effective operations, we automated data integration and validation.
OUR SOLUTION
A complex, integrated facility operation solution was produced by Capstone through the implementation of the Dataparc Historian and Parcview visualization along with a number of custom applications. In order to provide robust, almost real-time replication to the head office location, we set up DataParc to capture almost 100,000 data streams.
In order to satisfy a number of extra requirements, Capstone developed a number of unique applications utilizing the newest.NET technologies:
- Automated Data Validation: This application used system-defined rules to automatically collect and validate important plant data. When anomalies were detected, the system alerted the appropriate staff to take corrective action.
- The Data Validation webpage is a user-friendly ASP.NET application that lets users set up validation rules and edit data.
- Scheduled jobs were used to integrate production accounting data into the enterprise system.
- Automated well-test data collection: To record good test data in real time as it was captured in field devices, a custom C#.NET application was developed.
- Enterprise Integration: Data synchronization and business process automation were made possible by customized interfaces with other enterprise applications.
THE RESULTS
The facility was quickly put into service, and the client was able to ramp up production to the initial target levels. Operations and engineering staff were able to troubleshoot and determine the root cause thanks to the solution offered. Since the facility was put into service, we have kept up our collaboration with the client to develop the architecture and gradually automate procedures. The open architecture has enabled further integration and business process optimization, and the architecture has grown in size in tandem with expansions.