TERMINAL AUTOMATION
In line with ADNOC's corporate strategy of investing in the future of the company's infrastructure and personnel, ADNOC Distribution decided to upgrade an existing FuelsManager version 4.0 system at the Beda Zayed depot. When investigating possible solutions, ADNOC decided that Varec's FuelsManager Oil & Gas version 7.0 should be the driving force behind our current inventory tank gauging requirements. The single facility upgrade that was initially envisioned turned into a complete integration of four marketing distribution terminals - with a road plan for upgrading all seven ADNOC terminals in the future. Existing equipment ADNOC used a leading manufacturer's tank gauging operator software at a large terminal in the city of Mussafah. The terminal incorporated two smaller facilities - an LPG depot and a multi-product depot. The tank gauging software was installed on MS-DOS and connected through a pair of central interface units to servo gauges on 14 tanks. At the multi-product depot, the software also interfaced with a separate Fuel Accounting software that controlled load rack operations. The A-B PLC system consisting of Prosoft Modbus Modules was integrated with the Fuels Manager, with tank parameters and alarms being generated at FM and passed onto PLC for faster response, rather than the alarms being generated at the PLC with the tank parameters.
