Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery (SASREF) has opened its Central Control Room and the Instrumentation Master Plan (IMP) Project, following a major upgrade.
The IMP upgrade includes replacement of SASREF’s obsolete relay-based Instrumented Protective System and relevant field instruments, as well as SASREF’s obsolete Distributed Control System.
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The replacement of other obsolete stand-alone automation systems and applications, integration of the new facilities with the upgraded systems and instruments from prior stages of the IMP were also part of the upgrade.
A 50 / 50 joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Shell, SASREF has a production capacity of 305,000bpd, Saudi Aramco said in a statement.
