ENGlobal Corporation (ENG) – Optimizing Producti
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In 2008, shortly after a major, international engineering and procurement company set off to standardize the subsea process control environment, ENGlobal’s Subsea Controls and Integration (SCI) group was formed and contracted to develop the concept of standardization further. Working together, these two companies outlined a long-standing vision and commercialization plan for a Universal Master Control Station (UMCS) that can transmit to virtually any subsea equipment, irrespective of the supplier.
Subsea Controls and Integration Offerings
ENGlobal’s Universal Master Control Station (UMCS) is a pre-engineered solution that uses off-the-shelf hardware and software to interface subsea devices with topside systems and components. The UMCS makes use of patented technology that streamlines the configuration and implementation of a Master Control Station for a Greenfield or Brownfield development. Either the user interface and database management tools automatically fill in the controller logic from the object assignment list or the UMCS provides a wide-ranging set of pre-designed topside and subsea device objects for the user to “drag-and-drop” to form a system. The UMCS’ standardized system results in a striking decrease in human error; large savings in effort and cost; and shortened delivery times.
ENGlobal’s SCI group also offers a software-based Installation Workover Control System (IWOCS) that is developed around the same patented technology as the UMCS. The system, which can be used in conjunction with any IWOCS System provider, employs an open architecture communication interface which allows the unit to interface to any subsea vendor’s equipment. It also includes customizable graphic screens as well as interlocking and shutdown sequences.
Over the years, the SCI team has also focused its attention on Advanced Object Configurations and Databases. Team members have developed tools that rapidly develop, configure and implement database management solutions for any subsea control and integration application. These tools, which are not dependent on vendor handware, offer the added bonus of time and cost savings.
In the seven years since its formation, ENGlobal’s SCI group has been assuredly delivering process automation designs, engineering services and equipment that facilitate the successful integration of communication protocols between subsea devices and topside production facilities.
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