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Discover the Power of Digital Across the Electricity Value Network (EVN) Customer Stories

GE Digital (GE) (General Electric)

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions	Maintenance Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Process Control & Optimization
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	RasGas, a Qatari joint stock company owned by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, is one of the world's premier integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) enterprises. The company is focused on cost and value optimization to reduce overall expenditures and enhance efficiency by improving plant reliability and availability without compromising safety, health, and the environment. The LNG production at RasGas in Ras Laffan, Qatar, consists of seven LNG production trains with an approximate capacity of 37MM Tons a year. The company began an initiative in late 2014 with a pilot for early detection of equipment or system failures and production optimization for selected units of three LNG trains. Read More
About Customer	RasGas is a Qatari joint stock company that is one of the world's premier integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) enterprises. The company is owned by Qatar Petroleum (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%), and it employs more than 3,000 people. RasGas is responsible for transforming a regional resource into a key component of the global energy mix. The company's LNG production in Ras Laffan, Qatar, consists of seven LNG production trains with an approximate capacity of 37MM Tons a year. Qatar remains the largest LNG exporter, providing 77 MTA to the market, which is roughly one-third of the global supply. Read More
Solution	The initiative at RasGas began in late 2014 with a pilot for early detection of equipment or system failures and production optimization for selected units of three LNG trains. This covered both GE and non-GE equipment with GE’s Asset Performance Management (APM) solution, built on the Predix cloud platform, using machine data sensors, predictive analytics, and process optimization. GE’s APM solution empowers RasGas with asset anomaly detection through a unified user experience, providing alerts, alarms, historical analysis with visibility into asset performance and health. The intention of RasGas’s APM analytic solution was to reduce unplanned downtime, improve productivity and reliability, and to move from reactive to predictive maintenance for rapid recovery. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Process Control & Optimization

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

RasGas, a Qatari joint stock company owned by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, is one of the world's premier integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) enterprises. The company is focused on cost and value optimization to reduce overall expenditures and enhance efficiency by improving plant reliability and availability without compromising safety, health, and the environment. The LNG production at RasGas in Ras Laffan, Qatar, consists of seven LNG production trains with an approximate capacity of 37MM Tons a year. The company began an initiative in late 2014 with a pilot for early detection of equipment or system failures and production optimization for selected units of three LNG trains.

About Customer

RasGas is a Qatari joint stock company that is one of the world's premier integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) enterprises. The company is owned by Qatar Petroleum (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%), and it employs more than 3,000 people. RasGas is responsible for transforming a regional resource into a key component of the global energy mix. The company's LNG production in Ras Laffan, Qatar, consists of seven LNG production trains with an approximate capacity of 37MM Tons a year. Qatar remains the largest LNG exporter, providing 77 MTA to the market, which is roughly one-third of the global supply.

Solution

The initiative at RasGas began in late 2014 with a pilot for early detection of equipment or system failures and production optimization for selected units of three LNG trains. This covered both GE and non-GE equipment with GE’s Asset Performance Management (APM) solution, built on the Predix cloud platform, using machine data sensors, predictive analytics, and process optimization. GE’s APM solution empowers RasGas with asset anomaly detection through a unified user experience, providing alerts, alarms, historical analysis with visibility into asset performance and health. The intention of RasGas’s APM analytic solution was to reduce unplanned downtime, improve productivity and reliability, and to move from reactive to predictive maintenance for rapid recovery.

Impact #1	The GE team worked closely with the RasGas team to develop and identify opportunities for a pilot project to detect early failures and production optimization initiatives.
Impact #2	By mid 2015, the pilot project had demonstrated initially that early failures and process optimization opportunities can be detected with the use of analytics with the ability to identify areas to optimize and reduce waste.

Impact #1

The GE team worked closely with the RasGas team to develop and identify opportunities for a pilot project to detect early failures and production optimization initiatives.

Impact #2

By mid 2015, the pilot project had demonstrated initially that early failures and process optimization opportunities can be detected with the use of analytics with the ability to identify areas to optimize and reduce waste.

Benefit #1	GE’s APM solution is expected to cover the entire plant by monitoring and connecting 2,300+ assets with over 65,000 GE and non-GE devices.

Benefit #1

GE’s APM solution is expected to cover the entire plant by monitoring and connecting 2,300+ assets with over 65,000 GE and non-GE devices.

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Discover the Power of Digital Across the Electricity Value Network (EVN) Customer Stories

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