ICONICS Case Studies Customer Success Story: ENSTOR

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	Customer Success Story: ENSTOR ICONICS

Customer Success Story: ENSTOR

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions	Process Manufacturing
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Remote Asset Management
Services	System Integration
Challenge	ENSTOR, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, is a company dedicated to the storage of liquid natural gas. With facilities including both depleted reservoirs and salt caverns, ENSTOR maintains five repositories throughout North America, and is currently developing two more sites. The company leverages its various gas storage and hub service facilities to provide customers superior transfer access between major pipelines as well as rapid injection and withdrawal storage capacity. In ENSTOR’s facilities, the control system uses PLCs and gas flow computers that monitor and control a variety of compressors, gas meters, valves, dehydrators, and safety equipment to manage natural gas injection, withdrawal, receipt and delivery. Each location has a dedicated control room where operators monitor and control both storage plant and pipeline interconnection points. Read More
About Customer	ENSTOR is a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, dedicated to the storage of liquid natural gas. The company maintains five repositories throughout North America and is currently developing two more sites. These repositories include both depleted reservoirs and salt caverns. Depleted reservoirs are formations that have been tapped of all their recoverable natural gas, while salt caverns are made in salt bed deposits left from when sea covered the land. ENSTOR leverages its various gas storage and hub service facilities to provide customers superior transfer access between major pipelines as well as rapid injection and withdrawal storage capacity. The company's facilities are strategically located and include the Alberta Hub in Canada, Caledonia in Mississippi, Freebird in Alabama, Grama Ridge in New Mexico, and Katy Hub near Houston, Texas. The Katy facility also serves as the corporate centralized monitoring and control location. Read More
Solution	ENSTOR uses ICONICS software, implemented by Accelemetrics, Inc., an ICONICS Gold Certified Partner, to responsibly and safely receive, store and deliver natural gas. GENESIS32™ is used to monitor and control ENSTOR’s storage plant facilities. AlarmWorX™32 and TrendWorX™32 modules help operators maintain efficiency. BizViz™32 and PortalWorX™32 deliver visualization to the corporate level. The GENESIS32-based control system uses PLCs and gas flow computers that monitor and control a variety of compressors, gas meters, valves, dehydrators, and safety equipment to manage natural gas injection, withdrawal, receipt and delivery. Accelemetrics was able to build several specialized gas storage specific applications that tied into GENESIS32. Specifically, by leveraging ICONICS DataWorX OPC tunneling and data aggregation capabilities, Accelemetrics built CommFidence, a customized gas storage proactive alarming system. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Remote Asset Management

Services

System Integration

Challenge

ENSTOR, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, is a company dedicated to the storage of liquid natural gas. With facilities including both depleted reservoirs and salt caverns, ENSTOR maintains five repositories throughout North America, and is currently developing two more sites. The company leverages its various gas storage and hub service facilities to provide customers superior transfer access between major pipelines as well as rapid injection and withdrawal storage capacity. In ENSTOR’s facilities, the control system uses PLCs and gas flow computers that monitor and control a variety of compressors, gas meters, valves, dehydrators, and safety equipment to manage natural gas injection, withdrawal, receipt and delivery. Each location has a dedicated control room where operators monitor and control both storage plant and pipeline interconnection points.

About Customer

ENSTOR is a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, dedicated to the storage of liquid natural gas. The company maintains five repositories throughout North America and is currently developing two more sites. These repositories include both depleted reservoirs and salt caverns. Depleted reservoirs are formations that have been tapped of all their recoverable natural gas, while salt caverns are made in salt bed deposits left from when sea covered the land. ENSTOR leverages its various gas storage and hub service facilities to provide customers superior transfer access between major pipelines as well as rapid injection and withdrawal storage capacity. The company's facilities are strategically located and include the Alberta Hub in Canada, Caledonia in Mississippi, Freebird in Alabama, Grama Ridge in New Mexico, and Katy Hub near Houston, Texas. The Katy facility also serves as the corporate centralized monitoring and control location.

Solution

ENSTOR uses ICONICS software, implemented by Accelemetrics, Inc., an ICONICS Gold Certified Partner, to responsibly and safely receive, store and deliver natural gas. GENESIS32™ is used to monitor and control ENSTOR’s storage plant facilities. AlarmWorX™32 and TrendWorX™32 modules help operators maintain efficiency. BizViz™32 and PortalWorX™32 deliver visualization to the corporate level. The GENESIS32-based control system uses PLCs and gas flow computers that monitor and control a variety of compressors, gas meters, valves, dehydrators, and safety equipment to manage natural gas injection, withdrawal, receipt and delivery. Accelemetrics was able to build several specialized gas storage specific applications that tied into GENESIS32. Specifically, by leveraging ICONICS DataWorX OPC tunneling and data aggregation capabilities, Accelemetrics built CommFidence, a customized gas storage proactive alarming system.

Impact #1	The system monitors connectivity between natural gas flow computers and chromatographs to confirm that communication is successful.
Impact #2	Intelligently checks for specialized gas measurement errors, and monitors overall system functionality.
Impact #3	The Accelemetrics Gas Storage Processing Engine performs a variety of facility operational functions including line pack calculations, compressor fuel monitoring, well volume allocations, plant balancing and regulatory emissions reporting.

Impact #1

The system monitors connectivity between natural gas flow computers and chromatographs to confirm that communication is successful.

Impact #2

Intelligently checks for specialized gas measurement errors, and monitors overall system functionality.

Impact #3

The Accelemetrics Gas Storage Processing Engine performs a variety of facility operational functions including line pack calculations, compressor fuel monitoring, well volume allocations, plant balancing and regulatory emissions reporting.

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Customer Success Story: ENSTOR

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