Emerson to automate BPs North Sea operations

Emerson Process Management has been awarded a US$ 23 million contract by BP to supply integrated control and safety systems for two new bridge-linked platforms for the Clair Ridge project. Clair Ridge is located in the North Sea to the west of the Shetland Islands, UK.

Emerson will also serve as the project’s main automation contractor (MAC) under its global agreement with BP. As MAC, Emerson will conduct FEED for the integrated control and safety system, as well as other services that include automation engineering, installation, acceptance testing, commissioning, configuration, and start-up support.  

BP has described Clair Ridge as its most significant current project on the UK continental shelf. It will be developed around the latest technologies to enhance oil recovery and improve operating efficiency. The two new platforms are scheduled to be installed in 2015 with production expected to begin in 2016. The new development will have potential peak production of up to 120,000 bpd of oil.

The Clair Ridge project is one of four new oil and gas projects being developed by BP and its co-venturers. These BP projects involve a total investment of almost £10 billion in the UK’s oil industry over the next five years and will help to maintain BP’s production from the North Sea for decades to come.  

Adapted from press release by Peter Farrell.

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