Background

Monitoring is a foundational practice that spans from the earliest stages of asset development to its eventual retirement. At Shell, we understand the paramount importance of vigilant asset surveillance throughout its entire lifecycle.

The need for asset familiarization; with access to live feed helps to perform operations seamlessly, ensuring both asset operator and remote support engineer exercise precise control avoiding any chances of unplanned or uncontrolled failures putting lives at risk.

Solution

PI Vision screens helps to provide this visualization at glance , with access to live feed data coming form PI tags, perform trend analysis, monitor different parameters catering to asset requirement and identify with no blind reaction to anomalies through alerts/notifications generated.

In alignment with our mission to power progress, our monitoring solution has made a significant impact on the offshore wind farm operations of NoordZeeWind. By closely monitoring diverse parameters such as energy production, wind turbine availability, and mechanical and electrical health, we provide asset focal points with a comprehensive overview of wind farm health. This is especially critical when it comes to monitoring wind turbines, a pivotal component for sustainable operations.

The PI Vision solution serves as a robust backup, ensuring data continuity in the event of a Base Field outage. This underscores the critical role that PI Vision plays in preventing data gaps, thereby safeguarding the value generated and averting potential future failures.

Our solution is not limited to a single location. The solution is capable of being replicated across other wind farm assets of Shell globally, with customization options available to ensure that it precisely meets the unique needs of each asset.