ADNOC selects Honeywell platform
25/02/2020
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has selected Honeywell’s asset monitoring and predictive analytics solution to drive improved asset and machinery management across its upstream and downstream operations. Leveraging artificial intellience (AI) technologies such as machine learning and digital twins, the platform is expected to help generate significant yearly savings through reduced unplanned maintenance and increased reliability, uptime and safety.The ten-year contract marks one of the largest predictive maintenance projects in the oil & gas industry and is part of ADNOC’s flagship Centralized Predictive Analytics and Diagnostics (CPAD) programme. CPAD, which underpins the company’s 2030 Strategy and Oil & Gas 4.0 initiative, aims to transform ADNOC’s operations to maximise value from every barrel of oil, while delivering the greatest possible returns to the UAE.
“In an era where the oil & gas industry is being disrupted on multiple levels, it is important that we continue to drive innovation and seek new advanced technologies to further optimise performance and deliver sustainable returns,” said Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Group CEO of ADNOC. “ADNOC’s predictive maintenance project is significant in scale and in its application of AI technology and marks an important technological milestone for the industry. Honeywell was selected as our valued technology partner to provide these state-of-the-art solutions after a highly competitive and rigorous process.”
ADNOC will deploy Honeywell Forge Asset Monitor and Predictive Analytics solutions at the Panorama Digital Command Center in its Abu Dhabi headquarters. The Panorama Digital Command Center currently aggregates real-time information across ADNOC’s businesses and uses smart analytical models, AI and big data to generate operational insights and recommend new pathways. The addition of Honeywell’s solutions will enable the central monitoring of up to 2500 pieces of critical rotating equipment across all ADNOC Group companies.
“We are proud to partner with ADNOC as it leads the transformation towards Oil & Gas 4.0 and embraces the power of IIoT,” said Darius Adamczyk, Chair and CEO of Honeywell. “Honeywell Forge delivers the advanced capabilities business leaders need to harness big data to drive more efficient decision-making and exceed business goals. We look forward to ADNOC realising these benefits after deploying this leading-edge technology.”
With continuous online equipment monitoring, aided by digital twin models and machine learning analytics, operators and maintenance personnel will be able to identify impending machinery issues earlier and shift from reactive and preventative maintenance practices to a predictive maintenance approach. Sophisticated insights into equipment health will also allow ADNOC to evaluate equipment overhaul extension programmes, increase the availability of equipment and maximise production. Built on a scalable enterprise platform, the solution will accelerate time to value by providing ADNOC engineers with a host of embedded data science and simulation tools.
