Multi-vendor control platforms implemented in a wide variety of network topologies are commonplace in the oil and gas industry. This complexity can be a significant challenge, particularly when reliability and responsiveness are crucial success factors. Autopro's innovative methods of integrating automation with IT services have proven to result in better outcomes and less downtime in oil and gas fields and facilities.

The technology and network architecture we often encounter can make the task of managing historical process data for production and EUB requirements difficult. Over time, Autopro has developed a specialization in the design, implementation and maintenance of systems that overcome these barriers and produce significant improvements in quality and performance.

Our skill base and experience - from project development and implementation to support resources and services - gives Autopro the ability to offer oil and gas clients continuity throughout the many phases of any industrial automation project.

Examples of projects Autopro has done in the oil and gas industry include:

• Gas battery facility development. Project included the specification, design, implementation and commissioning of a complete gas field SCADA system that provides remote operation, control and production accounting functions. The functions used Bristol RTUs and Rockwell RSView32 hosts. The system included Rockwell Active Display Services remote access provided over a CDPD IP network connectivity.
• Oils sands facility modernization. Services included the planning, execution and management of control system verification and testing for a multi-year upgrade of an oil sands facility's steam and power process areas. This included field instrumentation, motor control and automation system modernization.
• Gas plant production reporting. Project included application development, including a supervisory interface to a remote gas compressor site, and system configuration of a PC LAN based process information system (Honeywell PCNM).
• Complex cycle co-generation plant. This involved the installation of a multiple gas turbine, multiple heat recovery, steam co-generation plant at a natural gas processing facility. Autopro developed detailed process function specifications for use in the design and implementation of process control software.