The service agreement with Emerson includes options for three additional five-year periods, covers maintenance and upgrades of the control technology, software and instrumentation. These technologies are move toward accelerating carbon-efficient production and remote operation from onshore for increased worker safety and reduced operating costs.
Martin Linge is a significant development for Norwegian oil and gas production, with expected recoverable resources of 260 million barrels of oil equivalent.
“With this service agreement, we look forward to helping Equinor achieve continued safe and carbon efficient production,” said Mark Bulanda, executive president of Emerson’s Automation Solutions business.
The service agreement follows Emerson’s implementation of a complete automation solution for the project, which incorporates the company’s DeltaV distributed control system; advanced wired and wireless measurement instrumentation; critical control, emergency shutdown and isolation valves; metering technology and asset management software.
The technology enables the platform and the FSO vessel to be mainly operated from an onshore control room in Stavanger, with offshore operators able to access the control system interface via mobile handheld devices, resulting in increased worker flexibility and efficiency.
Controlling the production facilities in this manner enables three shifts of operators to work from onshore rather than offshore, reducing risk to personnel and minimizing costs.
Drone image of Martin Linge platform
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