DUBAI: Honeywell has said that it has successfully completed a $5m automation project for Italian oil company Societa per Azioni Raffineria Padana Olii Minerali (Sarpom) on time and within budget.
The engineering procurement and construction contract called for the automation and reinstrumentation of the company's nine crude oil and finished-product pipelines by March 2004.
Sarpom is a joint venture between ExxonMobil and ERG. Its finished products include gasoline, diesel oil, heavy and light fuel oil, jet fuel and virgin naphtha.
"Honeywell's Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) will help us to achieve the pipeline project objective -- improving the safety and reliability of operation in compliance with current requirements and pipeline automation progress in protecting the environment," said Paolo Tagliaretti, Sarpom project manager.
Honeywell was responsible for the engineering, design, management, implementation, procurement and construction of Sarpom's entire pipeline automation system.
The project included a variety of Honeywell technologies, including three global user stations, Honeywell ST3000 Smart Transmitters, Fail Safe Controllers (FSC(R)) and safety systems.
Sarpom operates a complex network of pipelines comprising 470km of pipes in varying sizes ranging from six to 20 inches. The Honeywell pipeline automation project affects the Quiliano crude oil pipeline; the Arluno, Chivasso, Malpensa Airport, Vado Ligure and Turbigo finished-product pipelines; among other smaller pipelines.
The Quiliano crude oil pipeline moves eight million cubic meters of crude oil per year, which makes up the total refinery feedstock. The finished-product pipelines move six million cubic meters of refined products, equaling 80 per cent of refinery output.
Sarpom's refinery in San Martino di Trecate has been in operation since 1952.
© The Peninsula 2004
