AVEVA World Magazine 2015(1)

2015 Issue 1

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Preparing for the Future AVEVA helps ADMA-OPCO to future-proof its assets

AVEVA Marine streamlines submarine rescue ship design

Europe’s biggest treatment plant gets a major upgrade

The AVEVA Bocad advantage for sophisticated projects

INSIDE THIS EDITION

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Corporate News Confidence in Difficult Times

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Driving Out Risk: AVEVA Acquires 8over8 22 Unlock the Power of Your Digital Asset 24 AVEVA World Summit 2014 41 AVEVA Customer Highlights 44

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AVEVA Welcomes Our New Customers in 2014 46

Product News AVEVA NET 5: Powering Knowledge 30 The Future of Steel Fabrication 35 Forecast: Cloudy and Bright 36

Customer News Cover story: ADMA-OPCO

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Atkins 11 Ariosh 14 TOYO SETAL 17 SEFT 18 OTV and Degrémont 26 Iemants 32 North China Power Engineering Co. Ltd 38 Cover photographs: Main image: courtesy of ADMA-OPCO Lower images, left to right: courtesy of SEFT; courtesy of OTV and Degrémont; courtesy of Iemants. Copyright © 2015 AVEVA Solutions Limited and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the copyright holders. Licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited or any other reproduction rights organisation do not apply to AVEVA World Magazine. The views expressed in AVEVA World Magazine by any contributor are not necessarily those of AVEVA. Continued product development means that information relating to AVEVA’s products is subject to change. No responsibility can be accepted by AVEVA for action taken as a result of information contained in this publication. Editor – Camille Nedelec-Lucas, Editor and PR Specialist, AVEVA

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Confidence in Difficult Times As I write, the global economy flounders in a state of uncertainty. The oil price has collapsed, with the inevitable knock-on effects on every major industry and many national economies. But I see no grounds for gloom; like our customers, we have seen many boomand-bust cycles mask the true underlying trends. That is why AVEVA continues to invest record amounts in its long-term technology development to support our customers’ long-term aspirations. These have not changed; short-term projects may have been put on hold, but EPC order backlogs continue to grow. There is still strong underlying confidence. ADMA-OPCO is a case in point; they are investing heavily in the future of their facilities with AVEVA’s Information Management technology, regardless of the short-term dip in oil prices. Worley Parsons, a partner on the project, discusses the business opportunities of laser-enabled revamps from an EPC perspective. Ariosh, a Houston-based EPC operating in West Africa, is also using laser scanning, along with AVEVA Everything 3D™ (AVEVA E3D™), as a key differentiator to drive growth. Atkins is using AVEVA E3D to give it a competitive advantage and to reduce costs in Western Australia. Our customers rely on us to enable them to adapt and develop, particularly in difficult market conditions.

‘Like our customers, we have seen many boom-and-bust cycles mask the true underlying trends. That is why AVEVA continues to invest record amounts in its long-term technology development to support our customers’ long-term aspirations...’

To continue to do this we are constantly working to offer new capabilities, so I am very pleased to be able to announce an exciting new acquisition that adds ProCon™, a best-in-class Risk Management solution, to the AVEVA portfolio. During volatile market conditions, risk control is more important than ever to keep costs down and minimise overruns. ProCon has an impressive track record in reducing project costs for many of our blue-chip customers, and perfectly complements our engineering, design and Information Management solutions. Delegates at the 2014 AVEVA World Summit in Berlin can also confirm our continuing commitment to product innovation as we showcased some of the industry’s most exciting and advanced new technologies. Thanks to the generous support of Shell and Lundin Petroleum, who loaned us massively complex models of their Olympus and Edvard Grieg platforms, we were able to demonstrate the full potential of AVEVA E3D in the Cloud and of Project Voyager, which integrates photorealistic 3D visualisation with Information Management technology to create a completely new class of software product. It is a cliché to say that we ‘wowed’ the audience, but ‘wow!’ was exactly what we heard in almost every presentation. Our customers really want to get their hands on our new technologies; despite the economic turmoil, their uptake of AVEVA E3D has been well ahead of expectations. When times are tough, they want an edge; when times improve, they want to be ready to take advantage. So, while the headlines may be full of gloom and uncertainty, AVEVA World Magazine remains a beacon of justifiable optimism, for the global economy, for the engineering industries, and for all of us who depend on their products.

Richard Longdon Chief Executive AVEVA Group plc

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The Next 50 Years How ADMA-OPCO is using AVEVA software to future-proof its assets Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, ADMA-OPCO is a major producer of offshore oil and gas in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The company prides itself on being a pioneering petroleum organisation in this part of the world, having completed over 45 years of oil and gas production. But with assets now around fifty years old, ADMA’s challenge is to ensure safe and productive operation for the next fifty years.

Life extension Central to the challenge of modernisation is the development and maintenance of a digital asset to support and inform longterm life cycle management of the physical asset. As a result, ADMA-OPCO has begun its As-Built Campaign to provide ADMA with a Digital Asset and develop a digital hub of up-todate, validated information that accurately describes the current condition of its super-complexes, rather than how they were designed some fifty years ago.

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ADMA’s Engineering Services Team Leader, Mohammed AlAmry, explained their life extension strategy. ‘We would not extend the life of a particular platform simply for the sake of doing so. Safety remains paramount in all operational and maintenance decisions.’

Zakum West. Photograph courtesy of ADMA-OPCO.

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From left to right: Mohamad Awad (AVEVA), Basem Elnaggar (ADMA-OPCO), Mohammed Al-Amry (ADMA-OPCO).

‘The challenges are really all centred on the age of our facilities,’ he continued. ‘One issue was the fact that we could not be sure that our documentation was up to date; the information existed but it was scattered, making it difficult to integrate and access. The key objective of the implementation of our Engineering Information Management System (EIMS; namely, AVEVA NET™) is to compile everything in one place, while the As-Built Campaign will ensure that this accessible information is also accurate.’

The information problem Basem Elnaggar, ADMA-OPCO’s As-Built Campaign Team Leader, highlighted the severity of the problem. ‘Imagine that you are working in operations and you need some drawings that contain information that will affect the safety or the progress of a project. You start searching but cannot find these documents. So you approach head office and the engineering services team, who may then approach individual engineers or the asset management team.’

DAS Island. Photograph courtesy of ADMA-OPCO.

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‘This process can take anything from one day to a month – and in the meantime the issue that you were trying to resolve has seen no progress and your ability to keep to the production plan and meet deadlines is compromised. These kinds of situations, where the required information is not available when it is needed, could result in project delays, loss of production, or even safety issues. ‘Engineers must be able to trust that all the information they have is up to date, accurate and complete,’ continued Basem. ‘Both original and current drawings must be categorised and accessible so that an engineer is not working with outdated information that could lead to misinformed and potentially dangerous decisions. Our As-Built Campaign is a concerted effort to make engineering decisions and actions faster and safer.’ The As-Built Campaign also aims to provide contractors with all the required information from the outset. This sharing of highquality information would avoid common situations in which a contractor who does not have that necessary information simply charges the company to go on site and survey a particular area, or where the late discovery of an unexpected problem leads to costly contract variations and delays.

Zakum Central. Photograph courtesy of ADMA-OPCO.

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The AVEVA solution ADMA began its AVEVA partnership in 2004, when it deployed AVEVA PDMS™. In 2012 it went on to choose AVEVA NET to support the As-Built Campaign project. ADMA’s selection of AVEVA NET was based in part on its integration with their design systems. This made the design processes much easier and eliminated time wasted in having to replicate information across multiple systems; an important facilitator of the As-Built Campaign project. With information coming in from a vast array of equipment, ADMA considered that establishing an EIMS was vital for handling the sheer size of the data stream. All of this information needs to be collated, managed and maintained alongside the physical maintenance of the super-complexes themselves. The As-Built Campaign project will provide the company with most of the 3D models for its assets. Taking the lead ‘ADMA needs to meet the challenges of maintaining the engineering information, and of keeping its facilities safe and productive, in order to drive the company forward through the next fifty years of operations,’ explained Mohammed. ‘The timeline for the As-Built Campaign is three years and we are firmly on track to build a system that will accommodate information streams from both our brownfield and our greenfield projects. It will provide a system that accommodates all the deliverables and will impose consistent standards throughout.

‘We asked ourselves, “Do we want to be leaders or followers?” This is a decision that every company must make. We see AVEVA technology as one of the key elements that support our leadership,’ concluded Mohamed. About ADMA-OPCO The story of ADMA-OPCO and its progression over the years is reflected in the phenomenal transformation of Abu Dhabi itself from an island characterised by simple dwellings, with fishing and pearl-diving as the main source of income, to a modern cosmopolitan city, encompassing multi-faceted businesses. In the early days, surveys carried out by oil companies revealed the existence of oil in huge commercial quantities in the seabed of two oil-bearing fields: Umm Shaif and Zakum. The two fields became major oil & gas producers, yielding hydrocarbons for more than 48 years, right up to the present time. Over those years, the company underwent substantial changes, in terms of both its scope of operations and its manpower. It has, at the same time, managed to strike a balance between introducing the latest technology and the necessity of training its workforce to use it. Its vision is to be the premier offshore oil & gas production development company, aspiring to operational and technical excellence and highest effectiveness of resources utilisation through innovative teams to maximise value. To learn more, please visit www.adma-opco.com.

‘ADMA began its AVEVA partnership in 2004, when it deployed AVEVA PDMS. In 2012 it went on to choose AVEVA NET to support the As-Built Campaign project. ADMA’s selection of AVEVA NET was based in part on its integration with their design systems. This made the design processes much easier and eliminated time wasted in having to replicate information across multiple systems...’

Zakum Central. Photograph courtesy of ADMA-OPCO.

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The Digital Asset Brings Concrete Benefits WorleyParsons, a globally recognised full-service EPC, has been a committed AVEVA user since 1998. Sharing AVEVA’s philosophy that every physical asset must also have a Digital Asset, the company recently established its Digital Enterprise division to focus on the business opportunity of improving asset operational integrity through the use of technology. Jim Purvis, formerly WorleyParsons’ Group Director of Engineering Systems, now joins the leadership team of the Digital Enterprise as Director – Capital Deployment. We spoke to Jim about the exciting times ahead.

Tracey Nabe Regional Marketing Lead, North America, AVEVA

AVEVA and WorleyParsons Digital Enterprise collaborate to turn the Digital Asset vision into reality ‘Our relationship with AVEVA has come a long way since we first used AVEVA PDMS for the FEED and detail design of the MLNG III slug catcher project,’ began Jim. ‘We immediately found it to be an effective tool for the design, weight and structural management of offshore projects. Our usage grew steadily, driven by the organic growth of the company and the increasing complexity of our projects. Today we have hundreds of PDMS users worldwide.’ The birth of the Digital Enterprise Supported in part by AVEVA software, now the vision is for WorleyParsons to use its understanding of EPC projects and brownfield asset improvement to provide Digital Asset services for the creation and maintenance of digital plants for their clients. Digital Enterprise draws on its significant experience to deliver real gains in capital and operational efficiency across: z asset deployment z asset management optimisation z technology upgrade and management. The division deploys four phases either singly or in unison across key organisational levers to deliver knowledge and know-how that ensures the digital and physical assets have been created to enable flawless start-up and optimisation across the complete asset life cycle. ‘The Digital Enterprise division is our response to growing demand from clients to provide services that support handover of information in a consistent and validated format, both in brownfield as-built and in greenfield project delivery. Once we have delivered that information to the facility, we also help to manage it so as to maximise its value to the client,’ Jim explained.

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An outline of the WorleyParsons information management strategy. Image courtesy of WorleyParsons.

Business drivers A number of business drivers have pushed the demand for the creation of the Digital Asset as part of a wider information handover and asset management strategy. For instance, clients now demand the elimination of handover issues that could delay reaching nameplate capacity and extend the payback period of their investment. Fortunately, this trend has coincided with the emergence of several technology developments from AVEVA to support WorleyParsons with the most advanced software solutions in this field. ‘A number of enabling technologies are now available that combine to make digital plant services cost effective,’ continued Jim. ‘Over the past few years, the cost of laser scanning has come down while the quality and usability of the end results have increased dramatically. The ability to handle data, to visualise and navigate across different datasets, has significantly increased the industry’s digital and data management capabilities. As a result, a full-facility digital plant is now a practical, affordable and highly value-adding process.’ Laser scanning is by no means new to WorleyParsons; its use has been standard practice on brownfield projects for some time to reduce time on site and gather information of a higher quality. When installing complex equipment inside existing facilities, finding innovative ways of reducing downtime by quicker and more accurate installation has obvious and significant benefits. The company has several examples of laser scanning demonstrating a very high return on investment, and not only on brownfield EPC projects. Jim Purvis cited a Canadian oil sands project where a large in-ground steel lined chute suffered high wear and needed to be replaced periodically. ‘Previously, the lining would be cut out and the replacement lining installed using a new plate in-place; quite a lengthy process,’ he explained. ‘We decided to scan the existing chute, use this data to create its replacement in the shop, which was scanned for exact fit, and the new one dropped in after removing the old one. This method reduced downtime by a factor of 50, saved the client a lot of lost production and actually increased their production capabilities.’

Such conspicuously successful projects generated considerable interest among WorleyParsons’ clients in the provision of services to create complete digital plants for large facilities using world-leading tools. It was opportunities such as this which prompted the establishment of the dedicated Digital Enterprise division. ‘This is a growth opportunity for us,’ Jim said. ‘By targeting and concentrating our efforts we are becoming much more efficient in this area and are able to execute more projects of a wider range of scale and complexity.’ ADMA-OPCO project One client to take advantage of WorleyParsons’ expanding capabilities is ADMA-OPCO, a major oil & gas producer in Abu Dhabi with a number of aging, complex assets. With over forty years of accumulated modifications and maintenance, documentation no longer reflected the true state of the facilities. Determined to modernise its assets for the future, ADMAOPCO contracted WorleyParsons for a Digital Plant campaign for the Das Island processing facility and the Umm Shaif field containing Super Complex and Well Head towers. Das Island, 160 km offshore of Abu Dhabi, is home to over 3,000 staff and contractors. The project, which makes extensive use of AVEVA applications, consists of consolidating the facilities’ existing design information, laser scanning, the creation of 3D as-built models from point cloud data using LFM and AVEVA PDMS™, and the creation of intelligent schematics and associated databases using AVEVA P&ID™ and AVEVA Instrumentation™. AVEVA NET™ has been customised to warehouse the facilities’ huge quantities of documents and data. Scheduled for completion in 2015, the project features a progressive sequence of handovers which are going on at this time. This project is currently the largest implementation of its kind worldwide, therefore careful planning of the deployment is required. The intent is to test the systems internally before going live to ensure zero impact on day-to-day operations; this will include any changes in work processes and procedure to maximise the benefits of the systems to the end users.

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WorleyParsons worked with ADMA-OPCO to as-build their facilities. Photograph courtesy of ADMA-OPCO.

‘We understand from ADMA that the project will deliver sufficient capital and operating efficiencies to quickly pay back the investment in creating the digital plant,’ said Jim. One important contributor to increased operating efficiency is the reduction in time spent searching for data and documents, which is not only costly in itself but often leads to costly delays and even Health & Safety issues. The project also creates a sound basis for future modification; a higher quality of input data increases the quality of revamp design, which reduces downtime and the exposure of engineering personnel to potentially hazardous environments,’ he added. Future initiatives Equipped with the additional capabilities offered by the Digital Enterprise division, WorleyParsons sees opportunities for data management services in two areas. ‘First, there are facilities like ADMA-OPCO’s Das Island with long operational histories but still with a significant service life ahead of them,’ said Jim. ‘Here, the Owner Operators are looking to create a baseline of verified current status that will enable them to better manage their existing facilities and run long-term upgrade and modification programmes.’ The second key client group are Owner Operators who have new or ongoing greenfield projects that have targeted asset data management for plant capital and operating efficiency gains. ‘We understand that clients for whom we are currently doing this work are being contacted by their peers to learn of their experiences and how successful the work is proving. Both areas offer excellent growth potential for our new division,’ Jim Purvis concluded.

With projects already booked for deployment up to 2017, the division clearly has plenty of work in hand and interesting times ahead. WorleyParsons Digital Enterprise WorleyParsons Digital Enterprise supports customer demand to frame, develop and implement digital technologies that will take the ability to monitor, analyse and optimise asset performance throughout its life cycle, to a new level. With their deep understanding of the asset life cycle from concept through to decommissioning, they are uniquely positioned to provide stewardship of the integration of vendor and bespoke technologies, systems and architecture. About WorleyParsons Headquartered in Australia, WorleyParsons has been in operation for over 30 years and is today one of the world’s leading providers of technical, project and operational support services for the process industries. The company employs a global team of 38,700 and has 165 offices operating in 43 countries, including offshore Centres of Excellence in Houston, London, Kuala Lumpur and Perth. These are full-service EPC centres dedicated to each of WorleyParsons’ industry sectors: Minerals, Metals & Chemicals, Hydrocarbons, and Power and Infrastructure. To find out more, visit www.worleyparsons.com/digital_enterprise.

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Staying Out In Front How Atkins’ migration from AVEVA PDMS to AVEVA Everything3D has helped to extend its competitive advantage Camille Nedelec-Lucas Editor of AVEVA World Magazine and PR Specialist

Western Australia is an expensive place to do business, so its industries need to be particularly efficient at adding value if they are to compete in world markets. Leading engineering design consultancy, Atkins, has an important regional base in Perth and, at the AVEVA World Summit 2014 in Berlin, Jim Wright, Design Team Lead, Atkins, described how the company has increased its competitive advantage, first by using AVEVA PDMS™, and then by migrating to AVEVA Everything3D™ (AVEVA E3D™). We caught up with him after his presentation to learn more.

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Jim illustrated Atkins’ experience with some interesting project case studies, citing the Abu Tubul gas processing plant in Oman as a turning point in the software the company used. The whole job was supposed to be executed in PDMS, but after the client fast-tracked the project, Atkins decided to extract the information from the 3D model to generate the drawings in AutoCAD, to produce the Bills of Materials and 2D drawings more quickly than using PDMS Draft. However, there was a caveat. ‘The minute you break its link from a model, a drawing becomes useless,’ Jim explained. ‘The data can’t be updated. The problem with the previous software was that as we updated the design drawings, it wasn’t being reflected in the 3D model design. The model and the drawings continued to diverge as successive modifications compounded previous inconsistencies. It took a lot more effort to deliver a satisfactory result and we had to go back to basics to create robust Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes,’ continued Jim. ‘It meant rewriting many of our procedures around PDMS.’ Apache Energy project Learning from the experiences of the Abu Tubul project, Atkins decided to put PDMS more at the centre of its engineering. The use of AutoCAD was abandoned and drawings were generated directly from PDMS instead. At around the same time, Atkins was awarded the Varanus Island Compression Project (VICP) for Apache Energy. It was a complex greenfield project, but with a lot of brownfield tie-ins and a demanding 14-week design schedule. This highly collaborative, 8,500-man-hour project involved all engineering disciplines, as well as the client, at each step of the design process. Modular design enabled Atkins to run multiple teams in tandem to fast-track the work. As a result, they were able to deliver the completed design in just 13 weeks. The core communication tool was the 3D PDMS model. ‘Not only did the level of detail and refinement of the model astonish the client,’ Jim said, ‘but our management were very supportive of the value PDMS gave to this process. And because AVEVA had supported us closely throughout, it was also recognised that they were a good partner to work with.’ AVEVA E3D shaves 40% off delivery times The Abu Tubul project had shown the importance of generating all design deliverables directly from the 3D model, so Jim’s interest was piqued by a demonstration of AVEVA E3D’s Draw module, which enables the rapid generation of 2D deliverables. ‘It looked easy to use,’ he said, ‘so we trialled AVEVA E3D. We found that getting drawings out in this way would reduce the delivery time of structural drawings by 40%. That’s a lot; 40% saves a lot of money, especially if you’re looking at massive projects such as the Apache Energy project.’ In addition to the challenge of creating fast and accurate deliverables, the majority of Atkins’ projects are brownfield ones with difficult access conditions and often inaccurate or incomplete as-built information available. Traditional surveying techniques can be slow and costly. 3D laser scanning offers a much quicker, cheaper and more efficient alternative; large areas can be accurately scanned in a very short time. Getting the survey data still remains a critical-path activity, but AVEVA E3D’s point cloud integration can dramatically shorten it. ‘Instead of waiting weeks for the information we need, we can get it in two days,’ Jim enthused. ‘BubbleView™ enables you to rapidly check the 3D design model against the scan to detect clashes. It’s very neat. It’s very quick.’

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Jim Wright, Design Team Lead, Atkins, presenting at the AVEVA World Summit 2014 in Berlin.

As a result, Atkins had no hesitation in migrating to AVEVA E3D and updating its PDMS-based procedures to take advantage of the new capabilities. ‘AVEVA E3D also reduces the extent of site survey,’ Jim went on. ‘We only have to survey the tie-in points and any identifiable pinch points. Some pinch points you can’t identify until later, but even if we do miss one, AVEVA E3D enables us to take quick and effective corrective action after the fact. We not only gain speed and reduce risk, we also increase design quality, which leads to further cost- and time-savings on site.’

About Atkins Atkins is one of the world’s leading design, engineering and project management consultancies*, employing some 18,000 people across the UK, North America, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Europe. Its breadth and depth of expertise, and its drive to continually ask ‘why’, has enabled the company to plan, design and deliver some of the world’s most complex and time-critical projects.

The future Atkins is in the process of launching its new global design strategy, in which AVEVA technology will play a prominent role. With AVEVA E3D and laser scan data, engineers anywhere in Atkins can undertake extensive and accurate brownfield projects without ever having to set foot in the actual facility. ‘But all of the checking and verification will still be handled through the local Atkins team,’ Jim emphasised, ‘This approach is what Atkins sees as its future; increased efficiency, delivering quality and enabling clients to tackle difficult projects with ease.’

*15th-largest global design firm (Engineering News-Record 2014) and the 3rdlargest multi-disciplinary consultancy in Europe (Svensk Teknik och Design 2013).

Atkins is currently the only company in Western Australia to use AVEVA E3D; Jim makes no secret of how glad he is of the competitive advantage. ‘AVEVA E3D has enabled Atkins to increase design flexibility and increase accuracy,’ he concluded. ‘I’m honestly really impressed by it.’

To find out more, visit www.atkinsglobal.com/energy.

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How AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA E3D and laser scanning gave Ariosh real competitive advantage in challenging revamp projects As Owner Operators increasingly turn to laser scanning to extend the life of their assets, Nigerian leading EPC contractor, Ariosh has secured a valuable competitive advantage by pioneering laser scanning competence in Nigeria. Supported by AVEVA PDMS™, and now AVEVA Everything3D™ (AVEVA E3D™), Ariosh can generate accurate as-built 3D models and drawings, perform virtual installations and generate job cards. This capability has helped them to deliver several brownfield projects with the accuracy needed to achieve right-first-time installation. Their most recent success was the laser scanning of several platforms in Nigeria, after a major international OO had been forced to halt modification work due to unforeseen design clashes.

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Recovering flare gas In 2012 Ariosh was awarded the contract to provide follow-on engineering services during a revamp of the OO’s seven offshore platforms. Production needed to be stepped up in order to provide approximately 300 million cubic feet per day of natural gas feedstock for a refinery which will convert natural gas currently being flared into high-value, clean transportation fuels. Serious problems The challenges of executing brownfield projects became apparent following the completion of detailed engineering and fabrication drawings by an international EPC. The OO experienced significant clashes during installation of the first modifications on the first platform. They suspended work on the first platform and proceeded to the next one, only to encounter the same problems. Worried that history would repeat itself with the remaining five platforms, the upgrade programme was put on hold. Ariosh was contracted to help recover the situation. Heavy cost impact The problems needed to be resolved quickly to avoid the serious impact of increased costs, schedule delays and lost production, as well as safety and reliability concerns. The direct costs alone were heavy; the barge used for installation cost over 100,000 USD per day. Modification work during installation offshore can take at least twice as long as modifications in the fabrication yard. Solving the problems Ariosh started by laser scanning all seven platforms and then modelling the new design, using AVEVA PDMS for the first two and AVEVA E3D for the remainder. These 3D models were superimposed on the laser data and clash checked using the built-in clash management capabilities. Design verification, completion of fabrication and fabrication assurance, and installation on the first three platforms was completed in only 18 months. Design verification should obviously be performed prior to fabrication. However, on this project, fabrication of the spools and structures had progressed to over 70% before Ariosh’s involvement. These spools and structures were then scanned in the fabrication yard to allow Ariosh to conduct virtual installations of the as-fabricated spools to make recommendations for correcting installation issues in advance. Rework was also minimised.

Modifications performed at Idmon, the fabrication yard based in Warri, Nigeria, were also verified by laser scanning. Scans of the modified spools and structures were superimposed on the design models within AVEVA E3D to ensure compliance with Arioshissued construction drawings. Although it took Idmon about a year to implement all Ariosh’s recommended corrections, the resulting 98% first-time fit achieved a substantial reduction in overall installation time and provided the OO with a cost saving of around 40%. Clash checking and reporting could all be efficiently performed within AVEVA’s single 3D model environment, thus saving Ariosh’s OO client considerable time and cost during project execution. Implementation of AVEVA solutions Serving a wide client base, Ariosh operates a range of engineering and design solutions. From AVEVA’s solution offerings, it currently uses AVEVA PDMS with AVEVA Laser Model Interface™ (AVEVA LMI™) and AVEVA E3D. Ariosh had adopted AVEVA PDMS in 2010, having used many different 3D design software tools and finding that none compared to AVEVA products in terms of versatility and efficiency, especially when handling large and complex 3D models. It has more recently also adopted AVEVA E3D, which adds more value with its improved Access Platforms, Stairs & Ladders (SLH) modelling and its built-in capacity to read and work with the full laser dataset. ‘AVEVA PDMS has been our first choice of 3D modelling package,’ explained Yusuf Alege, Technical Manager, Ariosh. ‘Its seamless integration with laser data (thanks to the add-on of AVEVA LMI) is a particular advantage, and many of our clients specify PDMS for their design. Our designers are highly competent in PDMS and preferred working with it over any other 3D package, until we migrated to AVEVA E3D and found it to be even better. AVEVA PDMS and AVEVA E3D, which automatically integrates laser scan data into its system, were critical to the success of this project.’ When AVEVA E3D was released in 2013, Ariosh immediately saw value in its new capabilities, especially those related to laser scanning. As a result it chose to migrate from AVEVA PDMS to AVEVA E3D, a decision made even easier by the two-way database compatibility. All potential installation issues, including clashes, can now be more easily identified and resolved, while fabrication issues are avoided through the ability to automatically produce fabrication drawings directly from the AVEVA E3D design model.

Above: AVEVA E3D BubbleViews™ showing the virtual installation of brownfield modifications (deck extension, pig launcher and piping hookup) on one of the seven production platforms. [Colours: grey – laser model of the as-built platform; other colours – 3D design model]. Images courtesy of Ariosh.

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‘We started off using AVEVA PDMS on the first two platforms and then, once AVEVA E3D was released, we switched to using AVEVA E3D on the remaining five. We required seamless integration of 3D model and laser data for clarity and consistency, and AVEVA products achieve this for us,’ Yusuf continued. ‘AVEVA E3D’s handling of laser data proved superior to any other package we had used, or even heard of. Our objective in selecting AVEVA E3D was to ensure error-free design and first-time-fit installation. It more than met our expectations. ‘Ariosh and AVEVA worked very well together during the implementation and we were very impressed with the prompt responses of AVEVA’s support team. We were also provided with an AVEVA E3D migration licence that enabled us to toggle effortlessly between AVEVA PDMS and AVEVA E3D,’ Yusuf added. Ariosh’s laser scanning offering is now powered by AVEVA E3D. The Ariosh team’s significant experience with other laser data handling software made it very easy for them to learn AVEVA’s laser scanning solution. While the team took a little while to get used to AVEVA’s laser model interface, the self-explanatory AVEVA laser scan data manual allowed engineers to be operational very quickly. Outcomes for Ariosh Ariosh was very impressed with the outcome of the project. ‘AVEVA E3D’s BubbleView™ technology removed the import/ export bottleneck between the 3D design package and the laser data software to obtain a realistic view of laser data within the design model,’ Yusuf said. ‘The BubbleView feature improved our productivity by 20% and the quality of our deliverables was also higher. AVEVA E3D was a game-changer on the project. We recorded a 20% increase in productivity relative to PDMS immediately upon deployment, and we expect still further increases as our designers become fully familiar with the AVEVA E3D interface.’ Ariosh intends to be the partner of choice in West Africa for the delivery of EPCI projects, and underpinning this drive is a commitment to cutting-edge tools. Ariosh has built its work processes around AVEVA E3D, which has significantly increased efficiency in its design verification process and has inspired improvements to the company’s PipeFit™ Assurance work process. Furthermore, the BubbleView feature of AVEVA E3D enables superb synchronisation between 3D model and laser data, which significantly improved the team’s design efficiency.

Yusuf Alege, Technical Manager, Ariosh. Photograph courtesy of Ariosh.

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AVEVA solutions have added significant value to Ariosh’s business processes, through features such as the automation of pipe fabrication drawings. The company is currently evaluating the use of AVEVA Bocad Steel™ for structural steel detailing. Future opportunities Ariosh has invested in the development of its laser scanning capabilities at an opportune time. First, there is significant demand for laser scanning services in Nigeria due to the hundreds of aging onshore and offshore facilities requiring extensive revamp projects, and which generally lack accurate asbuilt documentation. Many companies planning revamp projects have little or no reliable as-built information and must rely heavily on laser scanning to create this, and for design verification. Second, the Nigerian government’s ‘Stop Routine Gas Flaring’ campaign is driving demand for laser scanning services as operators seek to phase out gas flaring. Ariosh is well placed to capitalise on its laser scanning capability, with its experience of using AVEVA PDMS and AVEVA E3D, and its track record of success. After significant problems, the revamp project in Nigeria is classified as a significant success, with Ariosh having been able to complete the previously suspended programme in a timely and cost-effective manner. Ariosh expects to work with this OO, among other clients, on similar projects in the region in the future. About Ariosh Headquartered in Houston, United States, Ariosh was incorporated in 1997 with a vision of becoming an EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) partner of choice in the West African oil & gas industry. The company has been a pioneer in the use of laser scanning in Nigeria since 2005 and has successfully completed many such projects. It delivered its first construction management project in 2008 and its first EPCI project in 2013. Ariosh’s business remains mostly in brownfield and revamp projects, which contribute 70% of the company’s revenue. The company has grown to over 250 employees, operating out of three offices. Its main customer bases are located in the Gulf of Mexico and in West Africa. To find out more, visit www.ariosh.com.

‘Our designers are highly competent in PDMS and preferred working with it over any other 3D package, until we migrated to AVEVA E3D and found it to be even better...’

Pictured, left to right: Richard Longdon, CEO, AVEVA, Mauricio Bernardo, TOYO SETAL EMPREENDIMENTOS CAD CAE Coordinator, and Rodrigo Schiaveto, Regional Sales Manager, AVEVA.

TOYO SETAL honoured as ‘Innovators in Engineering for Project Integration’ at 2014 AVEVA World Summit in Berlin During a private ceremony at the AVEVA World Summit 2014 in Berlin, Richard Longdon, AVEVA CEO, presented Mr Mauricio Bernardo, TOYO SETAL EMPREENDIMENTOS CAD CAE Coordinator, with an award recognising TOYO SETAL as ‘Innovators in Engineering for Project Integration’. TOYO SETAL, one of the main engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies in Brazil, has conducted major capital project contracts for industrial plants in the oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical, mining, infrastructure, steel and power generation sectors. Already an important AVEVA business partner on the AVATAR Project, and in addition to implementing a variety of other AVEVA solutions, TOYO SETAL was also one of the first companies in Brazil to adopt AVEVA NET™ as their standard solution for managing and integrating all their projects.

TOYO SETAL act as visionaries, promoting their positive experiences and the advantages provided by AVEVA NET to their customers, eventually culminating in the first AVEVA offshore project in Brazil. It is in recognition of that shared vision and the years of partnership that AVEVA honoured TOYO SETAL. Special thanks went to Mr Mauricio Godoy, TOYO SETAL CEO, and Mr Rodrigo Sasso, TOYO SETAL System Engineering Manager, for their constant support and successful collaboration on the project.

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AVEVA to the Rescue How SEFT is using AVEVA Marine to design MOSHIP, the first all-in-one, multifunctional submarine rescue vessel Camille Nedelec-Lucas Editor of AVEVA World Magazine and PR Specialist

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Submarines are the most unforgiving of vessels and, from their introduction, methods have been sought to rescue their crews in the event of an unrecoverable submergence. Tragedies such as the Kursk sinking brought great urgency to the need for better emergency support for distressed submarines. Grasping the initiative, in 2010 the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries awarded SEFT a contract to develop an all-in-one submarine rescue vessel which could operate both NATO and US Navy rescue systems. The result is MOSHIP 4000, an innovative vessel designed to provide rapid and effective aid to distressed submarines.

Now well advanced, the submarine rescue mothership – MOSHIP – is scheduled to be delivered to the Turkish naval forces at the end of 2015. The first vessel of its type, MOSHIP will enable its crew of 131 to detect distressed submarines, provide life support, and evacuate trapped submariners at depths down to 600 metres. Currently, there are no dedicated submarine rescue vessels capable of this. MOSHIP will be powered by hybrid diesel-electric propulsion to reduce fuel usage and enable stable station-keeping, a vital consideration in such an emergency. MOSHIP also features a tension-controlled 60-tonne towing winch, an offshore crane which can operate in up to 1,000 metres depth, and a helideck capable of day or night helicopter operations.

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Scenario planning ‘Submarine rescue operations can have many steps and a wide variety of scenarios,’ explained Semih Zorlu, General Manager, SEFT. ‘Existing submarine rescue vessels can cover one or two of the steps in a likely rescue operation, but only MOSHIP will be able to manage all stages of a rescue, from detecting the distressed submarine through to the medical treatment of its rescued crew members.’

A sophisticated Submarine Rescue Vehicle (SRV), launched from MOSHIP’s A-frame, can recover 16 submariners with each dive. To avoid the risk of decompression sickness (‘the bends’), the SRV can dock with MOSHIP in such a way that the rescued crew can be transferred directly into the on-board hyperbaric chambers. After decompression, elevators take the crew straight to MOSHIP’s well-equipped medical centre, which includes a surgical theatre, an X-ray room, a laboratory and a pharmacy.

Maritime infrastructure already exists, in the form of the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO), which will receive any distress signal from a downed submarine and launch the rescue operation. Speed is of the essence, so MOSHIP is equipped with active sonar and a multi-beam echo sounder to quickly and accurately locate the submarine’s exact position.

Choosing AVEVA Such a complex and pioneering vessel represents a huge design challenge, and SEFT was confident in the abilities that AVEVA Marine would give them. They had originally used its precursor, Tribon, before migrating to VANTAGE Marine 11.6 which ultimately became AVEVA Marine.

‘A submarine in distress must be located as quickly as possible, to give a rescue team the best chance of saving the crew quickly,’ Semih continued. ‘MOSHIP has a pinger location system (PILOS) which detects emergency signals – for instance sent by the sonar beacon system – and can also perform a long-range active search. The precise hull position of the PILOS transponder is critical for maximum performance so, with the assistance of AVEVA Marine™, we created a hull form of the vessel and exported it to CFD analysis to determine the best location.’ MOSHIP will hold station close to the submarine with the help of a Dynamic Positioning System (DPS), assisted by a Four-Point Mooring System (4PMS) designed to operate in depths of 600 metres at up to a four-knot current in sea state four. Depending on circumstances, MOSHIP will send either an ROV or an Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS) to make the connections with the submarine. MOSHIP can then pump down breathing air for the crew via her ventilation system and send a life support pod (ELSS) to provide supplies.

KURYED, another one of SEFT’s industry-leading designs, gets ready for sea trials. Photograph courtesy of SEFT.

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‘We wanted a world-leading tool and needed to invest the time and money to ensure its successful adoption,’ said Semih. ‘Before starting this project we knew that effort would be required to educate our people about the change. The transition was not entirely smooth but, in the end, we achieved an excellent result.’ AVEVA Marine has been used for all MOSHIP’s design stages. AVEVA Hull Structural Design™ was used to create a 3D design of the ship’s construction and AVEVA Hull Detailed Design™ enabled SEFT to create class drawings and nesting diagrams. ‘It was very easy to implement revisions and create new drawings when needed,’ said Semih, ‘and, as a result, production costs were controlled. AVEVA Outfitting™ enabled us to efficiently create all the machinery and propulsion elements in the vessel.’ MOSHIP’s multifunctional design is complex, requiring the different disciplines to work together effectively as a team. The design integration was something that could only be achieved using a 3D model.

‘You have to be confident that all the systems are correctly integrated in the hull and that clashes have been eliminated before you start building the vessel,’ explained Semih. ‘With AVEVA Marine, we were able to reduce the cost of the prototype, reduce rework, and avoid waste by preparing exact materials lists.’ The combination of innovative, complex design and stringent naval requirements meant that the project evolved through a lot of design revisions and rework. AVEVA Marine enabled the team to effortlessly manage these many revisions to the 3D model and generate new 2D class and workshop drawings. Countdown to launch SEFT is now working hard on MOSHIP for its delivery and commissioning by the end of 2015. Throughout the programme, all simulations and tests have been successful. Factory Acceptance Tests have already been successfully completed and Harbour Acceptance Tests will be followed by the critical sea trials later this year. ‘We are proud to have been able not only to create such an important, life-saving vessel, but also to do so efficiently and with high quality. We have proved the success of our design concept with the detailed design capability of AVEVA Marine, and we have both increased the quality of our designs and reduced our costs,’ concluded Semih. About SEFT Located near the Tuzla shipyard region in TEKNOPARK-Istanbul, SEFT was founded in 2001. It has become known as a trusted engineering team, designing specialised naval and commercial vessels for a global clientele. It is committed to long-term relationships with its worldwide shipyard, ship owner and operator customers; it has extensive experience and capabilities and is supported with strategic partnerships that better serve its customers. To find out more, visit www.seft.com.tr.

Above: The MOSHIP design in AVEVA Marine. Images courtesy of SEFT.

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Driving Out Risk Economic growth is driven by innovation, or not being afraid to challenge the way things work today, and by finding ways to do more with less. These same principles drive AVEVA’s growth strategy; everything we do is aimed at bringing more capabilities and greater productivity to our customers. Our latest technology acquisition is yet another exciting example of this. Despite continuing advances in technology, Owner Operators (OOs) still struggle to complete major projects on time or on budget. Two-thirds of all projects overrun their budgets; half of these overrun by more than 50%. And the problem is not just limited to the oil & gas or engineering industries; it is endemic to all the capital project sectors. The oil & gas industry perhaps suffers the most, with its huge capital demands and revenue flows compounded by increasing project complexity and ever more difficult production environments. Combine this with a depressed and uncertain oil price and the need for project risk reduction has never been greater.

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When even the most sophisticated users of AVEVA’s technology can achieve industry-benchmark levels of project performance but still suffer from serious overruns, it is clear that major opportunities lie outside the engineering, design and Information Management environment. In 2013, a McKinsey consultancy research report on capital projects found: ‘…the key risks for the [project] sponsor or developer are related to contractual default, claims, keeping public political stakeholders aligned, and monitoring any mismanagement.’ For this reason, the interface between the OO and the contractor is key. As a key technology provider to both the OO and contractor (EPC) communities, AVEVA is acutely aware of this problem and has been actively seeking ways to bring to market tools that address it. As this magazine closes for printing, we are delighted to announce a significant breakthrough with the acquisition of 8over8 Ltd, providers of ProCon™, a powerful software solution for risk management in capital projects. As with all AVEVA acquisitions, the synergies with 8over8 are considerable. Not only does it already serve many of AVEVA’s biggest customers, it also shares our understanding that success in capital projects or asset management depends on mastering change. Our respective technologies are therefore aimed at solving related aspects of the same fundamental problem.

Every project and contract has a fully auditable trail of contractually significant communications between each party, and the formal decisions made about those communications, by whom, and when.

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ProCon 2014 Analytics rolls up Early Warning Indicators and other KPIs across the portfolio of major capital projects to provide a management overview of contractual risk.

Mat Truche-Gordon, Executive Vice President, Business Strategy, AVEVA, said, ‘This strategic acquisition was finalised over the Christmas and New Year holiday and creates tremendous opportunities to bring this important technology to a wider market. Our Digital Asset approach is targeted at ensuring the flow of reliable and trusted information between stakeholders throughout the project life cycle. ProCon extends this approach by ensuring our customers can manage the integrity of both technical and contractual changes through the project life cycle at a time when its benefits are critical to meeting exceptionally challenging pressures on capital projects.’ Martyn Ward, EVP Regional Operations, AVEVA, added, ‘This represents an important advance in our strategy of offering our customers ever more complete solutions for their business needs. In this instance, the ProCon technology is complementary to our own; it addresses a closely adjacent requirement which AVEVA technology does not address. ‘As our respective customers already include the same industry leaders with whom we have close working relationships, I can see tremendous opportunities for creating new capabilities for more efficient project execution.’

How big is the challenge? It’s huge. The unit cost of producing energy has doubled since 2000 and today’s mega projects can exceed $50 billion. With up to a third of all energy projects running up to 50% overspend, investors are naturally very wary. For oil & gas super-majors, the problem is compounded by the currently depressed oil price, which lengthens payback periods. Liberum Capital found that ‘one of the major reasons for the sector’s underperformance in 2013 has been fears over capital discipline.’ The graphs below show how the oil industry has become steadily less profitable over recent years. The only practical defence against hitting a brick wall of zero returns is to tackle the project risk management problem while there is still time. 30% 25%

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8over8’s CEO, Clare Colhoun, who will continue to head up the team within AVEVA, explained, ‘ProCon is already saving our customers billions of dollars, both through better risk management and by more efficient working between the OO and the EPC. By working together more efficiently to manage change, scope creep and contract variations, OOs and EPCs can avoid those wrong, hasty or unauthorised decisions that lead to disputes. Cost avoidance is always better than cost recovery and I believe our technology development with AVEVA should focus on advancing this to bring ever-increasing value to our customers.’ About 8over8 8over8 is a fast-growing company with offices in Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East. Headquartered in Derry, Northern Ireland, 8over8 provides contractual risk management solutions to large capital projects in the oil & gas, mining and major AEC infrastructure sectors. To find out more, please visit www.8over8.com.

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Unlock the Power o We live in a constantly changing world, where our customers design, build and operate the world’s largest capital projects and facilities. New frontiers, new technologies, more complex, larger projects and immense time pressures are driving costs up for both EPCs and Owner Operators. Projects and facilities are creating massive amounts of engineering information on a daily basis, making it difficult for our customers to maintain the synchronicity between the physical and digital assets. For EPCs this means risking project delivery times and budgets, while OOs jeopardise operational safety and reliability. Access to trusted information throughout the asset life cycle is critical for all capital projects and facilities. Our unique approach to the Digital Asset builds an integrated information framework that delivers this trusted information to our customers. This Digital Asset is constantly synchronised with the physical asset. Our Digital Asset approach provides deep application integration where real-time information sharing between disciplines is critical to success. It is also open, which means that data and documents created in almost any software can be easily validated and accessed. Unlike our competition, there are no barriers to information flow – just rapid access to trusted information. By providing a full portfolio of innovative technology built upon our Digital Asset approach, we enable our customers to unlock the power of their Digital Assets. For EPCs, this means predictability. It brings greater efficiency, control of costs and improved risk management, as well as a smoother handover from EPC to operator. For OOs, it means reliability. Unplanned downtime is reduced, they have more agility to cope with changes and interruptions, and are able to quickly respond to unforeseen circumstances.

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The Digital Asset The Digital Asset is the information core of every project and facility. It unifies trusted information that runs through every system, populates every application, and is embedded in every document and model.

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Construction work in progress on the Achères waste water treatment plant on the outskirts of Paris. Photograph courtesy of OTV and Degrémont.

Europe’s Biggest Treatment Plant Gets Major Upgrade OTV and Degrémont choose AVEVA software to support the Biosav project

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First built in 1936, the Achères waste water treatment plant on the outskirts of Paris is today the subject of a €776 million investment programme to increase its capacity and bring it up to modern environmental standards. This huge project requires the combined resources of OTV (subsidiary of Veolia Water) and Degrémont (subsidiary of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT). Together they have formed a joint venture, BIOGEP, for its execution. Mehdi Rafik, Specialist Engineer at OTV, explained what makes this endeavour so special.

The sheer scale of the project is impressive. Achères site is three times the size of France’s second largest water treatment plant, and is one of the largest in the world – second only to Chicago. In 2007, when demolition of the current site started, it was the largest demolition site in France. In 2012, the new project began; by the end, a team of 1,200 people, using 22 cranes, will have moved a total of 600,000 m3 of soil and poured 216,000 m3 of concrete. Efficiently treating 47 m3 of Parisian waste water per second requires sophisticated technology. The project will expand the plant’s existing capabilities with the addition of Veolia’s Biostyr biofiltration technology and membrane-based filtration processes. Once complete, the upgraded facility will employ 40 new biofilters to achieve a purification rate of 98–99%. Residual impurities will be biodegradable, degrading naturally as the treated water is reintroduced into the adjacent river Seine.

The open-air primary decantation basins will be phased out, eventually returning 40% of the site’s total area – some 800 hectares of land – to the city of Paris. The engineering issues Big projects invariably magnify weaknesses in engineering capabilities or working methods that smaller projects can work around. Mehdi explained that in previous projects there had been no connection between list data (for example, line lists, equipment lists and valve lists), the P&IDs, and the 3D model. ‘This would have caused a lot of issues in procurement and construction,’ he said. ‘I suggested that BIOGEP should use more integrated systems. I also advocated involving more construction specialists in the early stages of the project so that the engineering teams would have better knowledge and understanding of the challenges to be faced in the later stages. They needed to know what it was that they should be working towards.’

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Valve list in AVEVA Engineering. The highlighted valve is also highlighted on the P&ID, which was made with AVEVA Diagrams. Image courtesy of OTV and Degrémont.

Mehdi’s recommendations were quickly accepted, but with a catch. It was his idea, so he should be the one to manage its implementation, BIOGEP decided. AVEVA Diagrams – a catalyst of change Happily, Mehdi found himself leaning against an open door. OTV had been using AVEVA P&ID™ for a long time and they were already fully convinced of the value of AVEVA Diagrams™. Meanwhile, in 2010 Degrémont launched a benchmark study in order to choose a P&ID software for the project, in which AVEVA was pitted against a competitor. As Degrémont was already a PDMS user, the company chose AVEVA Diagrams for its integration capabilities. Although the decision-makers were on board, Mehdi had to overcome reservations among the engineering team, some of whom felt that transparent sharing of information could feel intrusive. He explained to them how real-time visibility of changes on the P&IDs and the engineering lists would achieve the essential consistency of information. ‘The number one priority is consistency between the lists and P&IDs,’ he explained. ‘There is a real long-term benefit in using integrated systems; it avoids wasting time and effort, leading to a project being cheaper and quicker to complete.’ The engineers were soon convinced and readily adapted to the more integrated working methods. As a result, revision control is greatly simplified and manual signatures on the P&IDs are no longer required until final sign-off at the close of a project. The engineering disciplines create and control all the objects that appear on the P&IDs. On the Biosav project 200 P&IDs are being created using AVEVA Diagrams, covering nearly 8,000 equipment items, 8,000 instruments, 13,500 valves, 4,800 lines and 4,000 pieces of heavy equipment. ‘On such a massive project, we could not have worked efficiently without well-integrated engineering information,’ added Mehdi. 28

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AVEVA Engineering joins the project Following its release in 2011, BIOGEP benchmarked AVEVA Engineering™, and quickly decided that it would integrate more closely with AVEVA Diagrams than any other product, including their existing home-grown solution. It was deployed on the Biosav project in 2012. ‘The most important reason for deploying AVEVA Engineering alongside AVEVA Diagrams on this project was its ability to manage the lists within the same environment as the P&IDs,’ Mehdi explained. ‘It avoids delays in consolidating the data and, most importantly, any delay between issuing the P&ID and the lists. For me, as the coordinator, one of its most important capabilities is the ability to track progress. One of its most used features is change highlighting, which greatly reduces confusion.’ BIOGEP makes heavy use of reference items within AVEVA Engineering. ‘This is a very powerful feature, which fosters connectivity and interdependency between items on a project,’ Mehdi went on. ‘This has been significantly extended in AVEVA Engineering 12.1.SP4, which makes use of revisions on lists.’ AVEVA Engineering brings order into what could otherwise be a chaotic process. ‘The use of AVEVA Engineering forces people to think up front before they start, and introduces more rigour in the process and execution,’ Mehdi explained. ‘This has benefits later on; structured and rigorous initial inputting of data increases efficiency downstream when the project moves into the construction phase. We now employ a simple, “three levels of maturity” workflow, going from Work in Progress through Published and finally into Validated.’ Project progress The Biosav project will last nearly eight years, roughly split between four years for engineering and four years for construction.

At the beginning of the design process, the design office and engineers made extensive use of AVEVA Engineering and AVEVA Diagrams. The instrumentation & control and electrical disciplines are using AVEVA Engineering to create consistent and unified engineering data. As the project progressed, the procurement department began using AVEVA Engineering also for managing procurement. At the time of writing, procurement is 80% complete, so this use is diminishing. As the workload in the design office tapers off, Mehdi and his engineering team are relocating to the construction site in January 2015. Here, they will increasingly use AVEVA Engineering to manage construction progress. Groundwork and preliminary construction are progressing well and building work is due to end by 2017. Commissioning will start in February 2017 and last nine months.

Mehdi Rafik, Specialist Engineer at OTV and Pascal Thomas, Team Lead for P&ID in the engineering office at OTV. Photograph courtesy of OTV.

About The Veolia Group With over 187,000 employees worldwide, the Veolia Group is a global leader in optimised resource management. The Group designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop, conserve and replenish natural resources. In 2013, the Veolia Group supplied 94 million people with drinking water and 62 million people with waste water services. It produced 54 million megawatt hours of energy and converted 38 million tonnes of waste into new materials and energy. For more information, visit www.veolia.com. About Degrémont A subsidiary of the SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT group, Degrémont has been the world water treatment specialist for local authorities and industrial companies for more than 70 years. Present in over 70 countries, the company has 5,000 employees and posted a revenue of €1.11 billion in 2013. Every day, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris: SEV, Brussels: SEVB) and its subsidiaries deal with the challenge of protecting resources by providing innovative solutions to industry and to millions of people. SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT supplies drinking water to 92 million people, provides wastewater treatment services for 65 million people and collects the waste produced by 52 million people. SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT has 79,550 employees and, with its presence on five continents, is a world leader exclusively dedicated to water and waste management services. SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT generated total revenues of €14.6 billion in 2013. For more information, visit www.degremont.com.

Above: Construction work in progress on the Achères waste water treatment plant on the outskirts of Paris. Photographs courtesy of OTV and Degrémont.

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Powering Knowledge N OW R EL E A S E D The many users of AVEVA NET™ can attest to the value this powerful Information Management tool brings to their businesses. Now, with the release of version 5.0 of AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard™, it delivers even more value with significant advances in the search, navigation and visualisation of project and asset information across both engineering and operations. Much anticipated following its introduction to delegates at the 2013 AVEVA World Summit, this latest release upgrades core components of AVEVA’s Digital Information Hub™ solutions and is a key enabler of AVEVA’s Digital Asset approach. Among its many benefits, a faster and more powerful search capability will be welcomed by customers.

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Slicker and quicker AVEVA NET 5’s clean, modern interface offers an optimised and more intuitive user experience. But the cross-pollination doesn’t stop there; AVEVA NET 5 now brings users the same realistic, high-definition 3D rendering found in AVEVA Everything3D™ (AVEVA E3D™). This ability to navigate complex information assets through searchable 3D models of the physical assets is a key part of what makes AVEVA NET such a uniquely productive tool. By combining this next-generation model rendering with more powerful information search, AVEVA NET 5 offers a significant boost to its users’ productivity. Eliminating customers’ pain points ‘We work closely with our customers to understand their problems so that we can work to eliminate them,’ explained Paul Burton, Product Manager, AVEVA. ‘One particular pain point was AVEVA NET’s use of browser plug-ins. These need to be enabled on each client machine and can lead to deployment headaches for our customers’ IT departments. AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard 5.0 effectively sidesteps this problem through built-in HTML5 document viewing with support for over 300 file formats.’ Viewable document types include intelligently hotspotted 2D diagrams, which render in the browser with no client-side installation. This improvement alone has made a significant improvement in AVEVA NET’s speed and ease of deployment. Easier information access Simply finding information is of poor value if the user cannot quickly see it and understand its significance. AVEVA NET 5 therefore complements its improved search performance with new features for presenting information.

One immediately visible change in the user interface is the introduction of Summary Pages. These provide full-page at-a-glance overviews of tag and document attributes, metadata and associated information, making optimal use of available screen space to present the information in an easily digestible view. Information accessibility has been further improved by a new ‘basket’ feature. This resembles the familiar ‘shopping cart’ feature and enables a user to gather personal collections of bookmarked items, such as commonly viewed ones, or those related to a particular activity. This can save valuable time where a user needs specific sets of information on a regular basis, as it avoids the need to search every time.

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Proof of performance Two major EPCs generously agreed to take part in the beta testing of AVEVA NET 5. They had been using AVEVA NET Portal™ as a data assurance hub, to validate engineering data coming from the various authoring tools used on their projects. ‘With previous versions, deploying AVEVA NET on a project could be a daunting prospect for some customers, but now, with the introduction of AVEVA NET 5’s new Deployment Tool, the process is greatly simplified and much smoother,’ said Andy Davidson, Technical Manager, AVEVA. ‘Both beta customers reported that deployment time had been slashed by 50%. They are so impressed with AVEVA NET 5’s increased performance that they are planning not only to use AVEVA NET 5 on future projects, but to migrate existing projects as well.’

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The AVEVA Bocad Advantage How Iemants owes its success to AVEVA Bocad Iemants N. V. is an international steel construction company from Belgium, with a long history of impressive projects as diverse as bioethanol plants, topsides for tension-leg platforms (TLPs), wind farm jackets and substations, as well as a host of architectural projects that include the Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi, the Tour D2 skyscraper in Paris, and a new terminal for Rotterdam’s central station, for which they won the national steel award at the Staalbouw Dag, a steel construction fair in the Netherlands. We spoke to Patrick Maes, Technical Director at Iemants, to understand how the company has used AVEVA Bocad™ to deliver such varied and sophisticated projects.

Camille Nedelec-Lucas Editor of AVEVA World Magazine and PR Specialist

To meet the requirements of a wide range of clients, Iemants uses both AVEVA Bocad and a competitor’s software. The choice depends not only on a client’s preference but on the nature of the project. One deciding factor for using AVEVA Bocad on a project is its ability to automatically generate large parts of the design, even on very complex projects. ‘For example, a long time ago we completed the 300-metre Aspire Tower in Qatar,’ Patrick explained. ‘The key advantage AVEVA Bocad brought on this project and others like it was that, once one floor was designed, AVEVA Bocad could automatically generate all the others, which was a huge time saving.’ Automated design AVEVA Bocad enables a lot of key project information to be automatically generated. It provides all required project information (piece numbering, piece-to-piece information, location marks, and weld information) to gain full control of the project to shorten lead times and eliminate errors in the fabrication and construction processes.

lemants used AVEVA Bocad to support its design work on the Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi. Photograph courtesy of Iemants.

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By doing as much as possible automatically, time and effort can be saved and sources of error eliminated. Out-of-the-box automation and standardisation are readily extended by AVEVA Bocad’s built-in macro and programming functions. ‘We customise Bocad to improve standardisation, which allows us to execute projects more quickly and increase production,’ said Patrick. ‘That is part of our competitive advantage. For example, ladders, handrails and stairs can be difficult elements to design and fabricate because they have to be configured to each project; each Owner Operator has its own standards and requirements. With Bocad we can create railings almost automatically; we have about twenty types of handrail on file. Generating this element of the design automatically is hugely advantageous. Bocad is unique in its ability to do this; it would cost Iemants a lot more time and effort if we were to use any other tool for these types of task.’ Shop drawings The Tour D2 tower in Paris involved designing and fabricating 260 different node plug-ins because, in every node, each of the four endplates was at a different angle. To achieve this, a lot of companies would have to spend time manually editing their drawings in a 2D design system. AVEVA Bocad can deliver accurate, shop-ready drawings and CNC data for such complex parts direct from the 3D model. Another key advantage of AVEVA Bocad is the completeness and organisation of its outputs. ‘When the shop drawings are ready to be released, very little time is wasted in refining them, unlike many other competitor software solutions, which require often extensive manual rework of the 2D drawings prior to fabrication,’ Patrick said. ‘Bocad is great at generating, managing and controlling our entire fabrication deliverables and production information. Rival solutions may offer fast viewing and nice pictures, but at the end of the day I would have nothing but a picture.’

The 300-metre Aspire Tower in Qatar was a particularly complex project. Photograph courtesy of Iemants.

AVEVA Bocad delivered accurate drawings and CNC data direct from the 3D model for the Tour D2 skyscraper in Paris. Photograph courtesy of Iemants.

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Standardised production output AVEVA Bocad’s ability to customise and standardise outputs to suit the CNC cutting and welding machines eliminates many potential sources of error and optimises the fabrication process to enable clients to get the best results out of their machinery. ‘For example,’ continued Patrick, ‘It is easy to model a curve but when we fabricate complex steelwork it is critical to ensure that the production data and shop drawings reflect exactly what we create in the model so the fabrication shop has all the information they need and they understand exactly what is required. This is vital to ensure accurate and continual production. Bocad is very good at connecting how designers think with the way fabricators work.’

AVEVA Bocad has also been utilised by lemants on the London Array substation for an offshore wind farm. Photograph courtesy of Iemants.

lemants won a national steelwork award for its work on the new terminal at Rotterdam’s central station. Photograph courtesy of Iemants.

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One of Iemants’ bridge projects in Belgium required complex three-dimensional cutting. ‘Bocad’s interfacing with the machinery meant that we could do this in house, which we would not have been able to do with the rival software,’ said Patrick. ‘We know Bocad. It gives us a lot of possibilities that we don’t get with other software products.’ Quality assurance Once the steel parts are fabricated, accuracy is verified using laser scanning prior to leaving the fabrication shop. The 3D coordinates of any scan point can be imported into Bocad for comparison and any necessary corrections made to the fabrications before shipping to the construction site. ‘This bidirectional integration is the future,’ Patrick said. ‘It can completely eliminate on-site rework.’ AVEVA Bocad integration Iemants is eager to explore further ways of optimising its use of AVEVA products, and has tested the latest direct interface which links AVEVA PDMS™ and AVEVA Bocad. ‘AVEVA has already made great progress in integrating models bidirectionally between PDMS and Bocad,’ said Patrick. ‘We are always looking for ways to improve how we communicate and work with our clients, and we are seeing major benefits with regular collaboration and clash checking to reduce fabrication and construction rework. AVEVA is clearly providing what the market is demanding and this is exactly how we want to move forward – completely integrated 3D modelling. ‘Bocad is completely fit for purpose, no matter what the industry or project. Iemants’ long and varied project list more than proves how flexible the company is and how flexible the software is that underpins our designs. But it also allows you to turn these designs into great deliverables and ultimately into high-quality, on-time construction,’ concluded Patrick. About Iemants Iemants is an international steel construction company with over 50 years’ experience in the engineering, supply and assembly of steel constructions. It is part of the Smulders Group, an international organisation employing 800 staff spread over its four subsidiaries: Iemants, Willems, Smulders Projects and Spomasz. The Group has branches in Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and India. Its core activities cover various market segments such as high-grade industrial constructions, commercial and architectural projects, bridges and infrastructure, brownfield revamp projects, on- and offshore oil & gas, and offshore wind. Iemants prides itself on its years of experience within these market segments. Learn more at www.iemants.com.

The Future of Steel Fabrication AVEVA Bocad – Integration Update As the capital engineering industries begin to adopt Lean Construction methodologies, structural-steel detailing and fabrication technology has an opportunity to play a leading role in the future of construction. AVEVA is actively driving this exciting future, bringing new capabilities in design, fabrication and collaboration. First, by bringing steel fabrication software into the AVEVA solutions portfolio to create the AVEVA Bocad™ suite; second, by progressively integrating this class-leading range of dedicated applications onto the common AVEVA technology platform. The potential benefits to the industry are immense. AVEVA Bocad technology not only derisks steel fabrication, it also enables detailers and fabricators to confidently meet the most challenging design requirements, and to use Lean Fabrication processes to achieve right-first-time construction. In previous issues of AVEVA World Magazine we have described some of AVEVA Bocad’s capabilities and shown how enterprising fabricators are using it to achieve outstanding business performance. Coming soon will be details of how AVEVA has been delivering on its promise of closer technology integration, putting AVEVA Bocad on a unified platform with a new Steel Fabrication Management solution and its other design solutions.

Unlike competitive solutions which rely on interfaces or addons, this is true integration that will enable constant real-time data-flow between applications. Not only does this approach enable efficient multi-discipline collaboration, it also exposes steel detailing to AVEVA E3D Insight™, providing even more extensive project review and design approval capabilities using mobile devices. A key feature of any Lean methodology is feedback, to verify the quality of every step in the workflow. Because this integration also encompasses AVEVA’s powerful laser data capture technologies, it creates exciting possibilities for closing the loop between construction, fabrication and design. It will also facilitate more efficient revamping of capital assets by making it easy to accurately capture existing ‘as-is’ structure. The next big opportunity is integrating steel detailing with construction planning. AVEVA’s open approach to information exchange enables the integration of AVEVA Bocad, not only with 3D plant design, but also with project review, fabrication management and construction planning solutions. The future is a seamless environment that enables steel detailing and fabrication to play a full role in the Lean Construction of the most complex projects.

To find out more and keep up to date with AVEVA Bocad developments and the future of steel fabrication, visit: bocad.aveva.com

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Forecast: Cloudy and Bright AVEVA envisions the future of Cloud-enabled engineering Engineering software is about to make another dramatic leap; right off our laptops and into the Cloud. This offers potential reductions in IT infrastructure cost, and increased business agility. But what if the benefits promised by the Cloud carry technical or business risk? How can we realise these benefits for the necessarily risk-averse capital engineering industries? As you might expect, AVEVA has the answer.

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Dave Wheeldon, CTO, AVEVA and Andrew Walker, Principal Technical Specialist, AVEVA demonstrated AVEVA’s Cloud capabilities for the first time at the AVEVA World Summit 2014 in Berlin.

The potential AVEVA’s approach has always been to address the challenges faced by its customers through the application of new technology advances that bring them clear business value while securing their existing information assets. Harnessing the potential of Cloud technology could, for example, enable assetintensive industries to achieve faster and higher return on their project investments. Across the capital engineering industries, the Cloud could help Owner Operators, engineering contractors and shipbuilders to streamline collaborative projects, control and safeguard their intellectual property, and more fully exploit their engineering information assets. Capital industry working requirements can be a perfect fit for the Cloud: multiple technical teams, working in different countries and under complex contractual arrangements, need to work together to design, construct and operate very complex assets in extremely challenging environments. With the right approach the Cloud may provide a means to overcome these challenges. To do so, AVEVA sees the following requirements as essential conditions for a Cloud solution. Productivity and flexibility AVEVA believes that any Cloud solution must be flexible enough to enable its customers to gain the benefits of the technology progressively and without disruption to their projects, workflows or proven best practices. In addition, customers must have the choice to operate both Cloud and on-premises solutions as circumstances require. Our objective is to ensure that users see no difference between an on-premises or a Cloud-deployed solution, while their business managers are able to flex project resources rapidly as needed and minimise costs. Equally important, the use of Cloud technology must not impair contractual relationships or require any change to projects.

To sustain the productivity of valuable designers, their experience when working with the Cloud environment should be indistinguishable from working on their local machine in the physical office. Until now, a serious barrier to this has been the inability to run highly graphics-intensive applications over the Internet. This barrier is now rapidly disappearing. Dave Wheeldon, CTO, AVEVA, proved this when he demonstrated AVEVA’s Cloud capabilities for the first time at the AVEVA World Summit 2014. ‘This was our first public showing of AVEVA Everything3D™ running in the Cloud,’ he explained. ‘Summit delegates were amazed at its full functional capability and performance which was virtually identical with that achieved on a local workstation. While the Cloud brings challenges, it also brings many opportunities. We believe it offers our customers massive potential to mitigate rising infrastructure costs, so we are investing to provide them with a fully productive Cloud environment and an excellent user experience. Initially we’re likely to see a hybrid adoption approach, where customers use the instant scalability of the Cloud to flex their on-premises installations.’ The Digital Asset – pervasive information But the Cloud offers far more than just flexible design resources; AVEVA is set to bring the entire Digital Asset to the Cloud. Where the Digital Asset approach enables customers to easily create, maintain and access living digital counterparts of real physical assets, Cloud technology adds the ability to make the Digital Asset easily accessible across an entire global organisation and its supply chain. Many business and consumer applications have already made the move into the Cloud environment and Software as a Service implementations. Taking business-critical engineering and Information Management solutions along the same path requires both innovation and the careful elimination of risk. AVEVA is already a technology leader in this area. AVEVA World Magazine 2015 | Issue 1

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Progressive Handover of a Digital Asset How AVEVA is enabling a leading Chinese power industry EPC to support its country’s economic growth China’s rocketing economic growth has left its energy supply struggling to keep pace. Between 2008 and 2011, in the midst of a global slowdown, Anhui province’s regional economy grew by an extraordinary 12.9%, making the expansion of its energy infrastructure an urgent priority. North China Power Engineering Co. Ltd of China Power Engineering Consulting Group (NCPE) was called in to execute the second phase of expanding the region’s Anqing coal-fired generating plant to 2-Gigawatt capacity. Ryana Chen Marketing Specialist, AVEVA Greater China

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Like many EPCs without a dedicated Information Management system, NCPE had increasingly found itself hindered by slow and difficult access to information which, when found, was often of uncertain accuracy. In addition, there was no system in place that allowed for effective working across the disciplines. Pressures to complete the Anqing expansion quickly, and increasing customer demands for more extensive data handover, led the company to tackle this problem by adopting AVEVA’s Progressive Handover and Project Data Visualisation solutions. Selecting the right solution NCPE identified three candidate solutions, including AVEVA’s, and began a careful evaluation of their suitability. Ms Wei Yunhua, Director of the 3D Digital Centre at NCPE, explained, ‘We rejected the first solution because it suffered from inflexible configuration and poor data compatibility. The second vendor offered a very attractive combination of price and speed of implementation, but we quickly discovered their solution’s limitations during its trial deployment. AVEVA’s offering proved to have many advantages over its competitors.’ Project data visualisation AVEVA’s Project Data Visualisation solution acquires project information from documents and other data sources, and structures it according to NCPE’s data model in the AVEVA Digital Information Hub™. The web interface gives NCPE access to data and documents without the need for the authoring applications to be present on desktop and mobile clients. Information is displayed as a summary for each tag in context, making it easier for NCPE to understand the relationships between objects, documents and datasets. Mark-up and custom groupings of objects enable collaboration, while customisable reporting enables easy verification of the quality of the information in the AVEVA Digital Information Hub. Visualisation of data enables understanding, and understanding of project data enhances collaboration, decision making and reuse of information. Visualisation of data is achieved in many ways, ranging from a simple form or datasheet to view a set of attributes related to an engineering object or document, through to interactive 3D models and dashboards combining diagrams, drawings and charts. With AVEVA’s Project Data Visualisation solution, NCPE can visualise data in the most appropriate way for any particular type of data, giving Anqing project users deeper insights into the origins, history and associations of any given data. Powerful search and reporting tools allow NCPE to access and assess the quality of project data more easily than ever before. For NCPE, these advantages were decisive. AVEVA NET™, a key product underpinning the solution, integrates well, not only with the company’s AVEVA PDMS™ and AVEVA Diagrams™ data, but also with their many other different data sources. It enables close control of users’ access authorisations, from being allowed only to view the model, to being permitted to modify and duplicate 3D model data and 2D drawing information.

3D model of the Anqing Power Plant Phase II project.

3D model of the inside of the machine room.

Installation drawing of the equipment. The original format is a Microstation DGN file.

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‘The Anqing project involves huge quantities of data from a complex variety of sources, so we needed the openness of AVEVA NET,’ continued Ms Yunhua. ‘In addition, its reputation in the power industry, and AVEVA’s reputation for excellent service and support, made a convincing case.’ The final decision to select AVEVA was made in August 2013 and full implementation was completed in April 2014. Creating the Digital Asset NCPE has for many years used AVEVA PDMS for power plant design. AVEVA NET is now their key enabler of project Information Management and data handover to their many customers, which include all the major Chinese power companies. On the Anqing project, AVEVA NET will be used to create and hand over to the operators a ‘digital plant’ equivalent of the physical plant. ‘Before implementing AVEVA NET, our design, procurement and construction information were managed in different systems, resulting in poor data integration and consistency,’ said Ms Yunhua. ‘AVEVA NET can manage all this information on a unified platform with KKS code at its core, giving us comprehensive integration. ‘Because interrelationships between data in the handover platform are based on this KKS code, it is easy to find associated data,’ she continued. ‘This makes data review and management much more effective. For example, we can easily associate design drawings, construction documents and procurement contracts with individual objects in the 3D model.’ Progressive handover NCPE’s ability to create Digital Assets in this way has not only transformed their project information control, it is also enabling a streamlined progressive handover approach. Progressive handover marks a clear departure from their traditional, eventdriven handover; both NCPE and the Anqing project’s joint owners are benefitting from an incremental flow of approved data into operations. Information submitted by NCPE is monitored and automatically validated against project standards at regular stage gates. This enables the owner’s CAPEX team to know exactly what information it is receiving and whether it conforms to contractual or operational requirements.

This approach not only eliminates resource overloading during transfer to operations, it also provides key metrics on information completeness and progress throughout the project. Handover of information from EPCs to plant Owner Operators is complicated; it comprises 3D models, 2D schematics, datasheets and unstructured data in different formats from different sources. NCPE was looking for a solution which would integrate all of this data in one unified system, enabling them to deliver a trustworthy, validated and readily accessible source of actionable information as a basis for efficient plant operations and life cycle management. NCPE’s AVEVA-solution-led system will be seamlessly integrated with their customers’ power plant operation and maintenance systems, to maintain an accurate digital plant that supports every phase of the asset’s entire life cycle. It enables NCPE, not only to achieve more rapid and efficient project execution, but also to offer long-term value-adding services to the customer, who also benefits from more efficient asset life cycle management About CPECC NCPE CPECC NCPE is a large, state-level enterprise responsible for the survey and design, project management, engineering consultancy and supervision of thermal power generation, nuclear power, power transmission and substation technology, wind power, architecture and communication engineering facilities, both at home and abroad. For more information, visit: www.ncpe.com.cn. About the Anqing plant project Phase 1 of the Anqing plant development began in 2005 with the operation of two 300 MW units. Phase 2 is a significant expansion of the plant, adding two new 1,000 MW units and a coal wharf with an annual loading capacity of six million tons. At the time of writing, the two new units were scheduled for grid connection in December 2014 and February 2015 respectively. The project is being overseen by the plant’s Owner Operator, Shenwan Energy Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Shenhua Group and Anhui Province Energy Group Co. Ltd., the energy investment vehicle of the provincial government. Founded in 2011, this joint venture is the largest company in Anhui, with a registered capital of RMB 3.32 billion ($525.3 million).

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AVEVA’s World Summit Goes to Berlin The AVEVA World Summit 2014 explores the potential of the Digital Asset approach Steve Tongish VP Of Marketing, AVEVA

The AVEVA World Summit 2014 in Berlin was the largest-ever Summit. It drew almost 300 delegates from around the world, including project and departmental managers as well as senior decision makers, together representing over 140 companies in 36 countries. At the centre of this year’s event was AVEVA’s Digital Asset approach. Richard Longdon, AVEVA’s CEO, introduced the Digital Asset approach in his keynote address. He explained how to unlock the power of the Digital Asset with a life cycle diagram that illustrates how the Digital Asset supports all the key capabilities necessary to take a physical asset through the CAPEX and OPEX stages of its entire life cycle. This simple but powerful approach to the complex challenges faced by the engineering industries formed the structure for the Summit’s agenda. Individual sessions focused on specific ways in which the Digital Asset approach supports business efficiency in both project execution and asset life cycle management. The voices of experience For many delegates, the most valuable aspect of the AVEVA World Summit is the opportunity to learn from their peers, both in their own industry and in others. AMEC launched a programme of outstanding customer presentations with a keynote address that explored the deployment of an AVEVA NET™-based ‘Engineering Data Assurance Hub’. This supports their entire asset life cycle, from initial design right through handover and commissioning into operations. This theme was taken up by RasGas and VisioNova who, as Owner Operators, explained how they also are applying AVEVA NET to Information Management challenges on both onshore and offshore assets. AVEVA World Magazine 2015 | Issue 1

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As always, customers’ presentations provided a stimulating mix of broad strategic subjects and very specific use-case scenarios. Jacobs impressed delegates and AVEVA staff alike by explaining how they use a range of AVEVA solutions to save millions of dollars in project data handover. Both ADMA OPCO and TOYO SETAL described how they are applying Information Management strategies to large projects and across operations to achieve measurable business benefits.

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like the way the AVEVA World Summit is organised into multiple agendas for different audiences (OOs, EPCs and Shipbuilders)

By contrast, WorleyParsons drilled down to technical specifics, showing how, by deploying class libraries with AVEVA Information Standards Manager™, they can more fully support customer and project requirements. GS Caltex described the practical benefits of an integrated interface for monitoring and visualising pipe corrosion. AREVA explained how AVEVA Engineering™ supports their multi-discipline, concurrent design environment, while PDC Group described the contribution that AVEVA Bocad™ and AVEVA Everything3D™ (AVEVA E3D™) are together making to their Asset Information Modelling strategy. The marine agenda was equally engaging; AVEVA Marine™ has clearly become the de facto industry-standard shipbuilders’ solution. Eversendai explained why they had selected AVEVA Marine as the core technology for their recently established offshore business. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) showed why they are an industry leader, building on the capabilities of their AVEVA Marine deployment to capture, develop and exploit their own proprietary expertise. Namura Shipbuilding shared their strategy for integrating hull design and outfitting into a single multi-discipline workflow based on Kaizen, or continuous improvement, principles. Interestingly, despite the diversity of speakers and their individual topics, a number of common themes emerged; in particular a focus on improving access to trusted information throughout the life cycle of projects and assets. Presenters were now less focused on optimising discrete applications than on much wider Information Management strategies. This meshed perfectly with AVEVA’s Digital Asset approach, which aims to provide greater predictability in a project’s CAPEX stage and increased reliability in its operational stage. Technology highlights The AVEVA presentations at the Summit were built on the capabilities around the Digital Asset diagram and highlighted AVEVA products and solutions that meet specific industry requirements. Individual sessions covered Integrated Engineering & Design, Project Information Management, Enterprise Resource Management, Construction Management, Operational Readiness, Asset Information Management and Visualisation, and Brownfield Data Capture. But delegates don’t come halfway around the world to see only how existing products can meet their needs; they want to see what is coming next that will give them even more competitive advantage. Once again AVEVA did not disappoint, demonstrating some exciting new technology for laser scanning, project model visualisation and for the deployment of AVEVA applications in the Cloud.

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This year’s AVEVA demonstrations were nothing if not visual and we heard more than one ‘Wow!’ from the delegates. A unique new capability for brownfield data capture dynamically links individual photorealistic 3D BubbleView™ laser scans, enabling users to perform a virtual ‘walk-through’ of a scanned environment. This ground-breaking functionality offers valuable possibilities for engineers responsible for managing remote assets, enabling them to quickly and easily ‘walk around’ an accurate and detailed 3D representation of a facility for visualisation and review. Delegates at last year’s Summit in Boston were given a tantalising preview of Project Voyager, an impressive touchscreen-enabled 3D model viewing capability using AVEVA E3D. Development continues rapidly; this year in Berlin the prototype had been extended by integration with AVEVA NET, enabling dynamic interrogation of model elements to review their attributes and to drill down to their associated datasheets, drawings or technical information. This combination of touchscreen interaction, breathtaking visual display and real-time access to the evolving Digital Asset stunned the audience with its huge potential for managing complex projects. AVEVA is already working with customers to develop the Voyager concepts into a commercial product. Equally dramatic was a live demonstration of AVEVA E3D operating in the Cloud. Although hosted in an Amazon data centre on the east coast of the US, the behaviour of the Cloud 3D model was almost indistinguishable from that of a locally hosted model. This impressive performance confirmed the viability of AVEVA’s strategy to provide a hybrid solution with both Cloud and on-premises options, enabling customers to respond flexibly to evolving business needs. The presentation generated so much interest that an additional lunchtime session had to be added to the programme to enable delegates to learn more about the architecture and potential of AVEVA’s Cloud capabilities. Join us in Dubai! The AVEVA World Summits get bigger and more exciting every year, so you won’t want to miss this year’s event. Registrations for the 2015 AVEVA World Summit, to be held mid-October in Dubai, are already open. Whether as a speaker or a delegate, don’t miss your opportunity to participate in the world’s most influential international engineering conference.

Register online to attend the 2015 AVEVA World Summit in Dubai at: www.avevaworld.com

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AVEVA Customer Highlights AVEVA enables our customers to engineer, design and manage increasingly complex projects and assets for the process plant, power, mining and marine industries. In the past six months, clients in these industries from around the world have begun, or expanded, their collaboration with AVEVA in order to better serve their business needs. Here are just a few of the highlights. To keep up to date, visit www.aveva.com/news.

Latin America’s largest petrochemical company chooses AVEVA software Massive migration of engineering and design data of Braskem’s 12 petrochemical units to AVEVA PDMS will guarantee data continuity, maintenance and new projects Braskem, Latin America’s largest petrochemical company, signed a contract with AVEVA to convert the Engineering & Design data of 12 of its plants to AVEVA PDMS™ during 2014. This large contract was the result of a successful pilot project executed earlier that year. Braskem chose AVEVA over several other software vendors, attributing their decision to the confidence they had built up in AVEVA’s technology and personnel during the pilot project.

Tupraş deploys AVEVA Integrated Engineering & Design solutions across national refineries Turkey’s primary oil & gas operator makes a strategic investment in AVEVA E3D, schematic, and laser data software Tupraş, Turkey’s largest Owner Operator in the oil & gas industry, is investing extensively in AVEVA software technology following an intensive evaluation process. AVEVA Everything3D™ (AVEVA E3D™), together with AVEVA Diagrams, AVEVA Electrical™ and AVEVA’s laser scanning solutions will play a key role in a major brownfield revamp programme.

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Giprogazoochistka expands the use of AVEVA technologies to keep its leading position in the industry Significant new investment includes the majority of AVEVA’s plant portfolio JSC Giprogazoochistka (GGO) will expand its deployment of AVEVA software solutions as part of its strategy to boost project capacity. The company has extended the use of its existing AVEVA products and will now adopt additional products, including AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA Diagrams™, AVEVA Instrumentation™, AVEVA Review™, AVEVA Engineering™, AVEVA Bocad™, AVEVA Cable Design™ and AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator™.

Tianchen selects AVEVA E3D to optimise design processes Leading Chinese chemical engineering firm migrates to AVEVA’s most advanced 3D design software Tianchen, one of China’s largest engineering contractors serving the chemical processing industry, has selected AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) as its 3D design solution. The decision was based on the solution’s advanced graphics, its impressive collaboration functionality and its ease of use.

Wison selects AVEVA Marine to support delivery of major offshore projects International EPC firm chooses AVEVA software, replacing a competitor’s solution, to increase productivity and efficiency on offshore projects Wison Offshore & Marine, a global EPC firm, has selected AVEVA Marine™ software for the engineering, design and construction of its offshore Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) projects. The decision to choose AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design solution over their existing software supplier’s solution, was driven by the need for optimal productivity and efficiency across its major projects.

AVEVA’s Progressive Handover solution implemented at Norway’s largest independent oil company AVEVA will support Det norske to improve quality and cut project time

OAO VNIPIneft demonstrates leadership with AVEVA Integrated Engineering & Design Leading Russian EPC adopts AVEVA Engineering to integrate schematic and 3D design information for increased project efficiency AVEVA has announced a new contract with OAO VNIPIneft for the supply of AVEVA Engineering software. The new deployment complements VNIPIneft’s existing AVEVA 3D design system by enabling 2D schematic and engineering data to be integrated into the common project information asset.

TOTAL E&P NORGE AS selects AVEVA NET for information management Oil & gas super-major TOTAL E&P NORGE AS creates a new Information Management environment for its ground-breaking Martin Linge fixed-platform project

Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) has begun deployment of AVEVA’s Progressive Handover solution to manage life cycle information for the high-profile Ivar Aasen field project.

AVEVA was selected to supply an asset visualisation and Information Management solution to TOTAL E&P NORGE AS (Total).

The AVEVA solution allows Det norske to benefit from improved information quality within its projects and to reduce the time it takes to access key technical information.

Built on the AVEVA NET™ software, the solution has been configured specifically for Total’s innovative Martin Linge fixed-platform asset on the Norwegian continental shelf. The new solution was rapidly delivered and is already in the implementation and testing phase.

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AVEVA Welcomes Our New Customers in 2014 AVEVA enables our customers to engineer, design and manage increasingly complex projects and assets for the process plant, power, mining and marine industries. We aspire to build long-term relationships with the companies we serve and are proud to add the following new customers to the AVEVA community in 2014. 3DCADCONSULT, France

ABEINSA EPC S.A. De C.V., Mexico AC Engineering, Italy Ador Fontech Limited, India AE2I, France Afcons Infrastructure Limited, India AGC GLASS EUROPE SA, France Ajikawa & SCI Metal Tech Co, Ltd, Thailand Al Shahin Metal Industries, Saudi Arabia ALBA E&C SA, Switzerland all3D Oy, Finland Allstars Engineering Oy, Finland ALSTOM O&M AG, Switzerland ALTRAN Italia S.p.A., Italy ALTRAN Technologies, France AMEC - Kromav Engenharia Ltda., Brazil American Bureau of Shipping, USA American Fire Technologies, USA Anhui Province Chemical Industry Design Institute, China Anteplan Oy, Finland Ara Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea Arabian Industries Manufacturing, Oman ARECATECH SDN. BHD., Malaysia ARKADIA ENERGY, France Arya Engineering Services, India Arya Systems, India AYESA PERU S.A.C., Peru Azul, Ecuador

Babcock-Hitachi Dongfang Boiler Co., Ltd, China BE E.T.C.M, France Beijing YuWei Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., China Best Tech & Engineering Limited, Thailand BETEIG ENGINEERING, France BHI Co., Ltd., Korea Blackstone Process Solutions Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Boldrocchi Srl, Italy BRASKEM, Brazil BW Offshore Norway AS, Norway

Cadworks Nigeria Limited, Nigeria Cakasa, Nigeria Capgemini, France

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CDI Corporation, USA Changshu 3F Fluorochemical Industry Co., Ltd., China CHEMOPROJECT NITROGEN a.s., Czech Republic CHEN-WEI VR International Co., Ltd, China China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd Heilongjiang Research Institute of Electric Power Exploration and Design, China China Oil HBP Science & Technology Corporation Ltd., China China Petroleum Engineering Co., Ltd. Beijing Company, China China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corporation , China CIMONTUBO, Portugal CIMSIASA (Construcción, Ingeniería y Mantenimiento de Sistemas Industriales Automatizados) S.A. De C.V., Mexico Cladme Trading, Saudi Arabia CNPC Jilin Oil Field Survey & Design Institute, China COMEX NUCLEAIRE, France Compact Manifold and Energy Services, Nigeria COROTEC SARL, France COTEC Offshore Engineering Solutions (Beijing), China Cyber Marine Knowledge Systems Pvt Ltd, India

Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Engineering and Research Institute Co., Ltd., China Danieli India Ltd., India Danieli Metallurgical Equipment (Beijing) Co., Ltd., China Degrémont SPA, Italy Demco Power Sdn Bhd, Thailand Det norske oljeselskap ASA, Norway DIVA INGENIERIE, France DM Ingenieros S.A. de C.V., Mexico Doosan Babcock, UK Driplex Water Engineering Limited, India

East China Piping Design Research Institute, China ECI Ingénierie, France Efacec, Portugal EiteK, Russia

Energoinvest, d.d. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Engineering Community Insight, Russia Envision Pvt Ltd, India Esta Seal Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia ETUDES MAINTENANCE SERVICES, France Euroden Tecnología 3D, Spain Eversendai Offshore, UAE Experteam Co Ltd, Thailand

Firestone Polymers, USA FIT ESIC SA, France Frames Process & Energy Systems India, India Friedl GmbH, Germany Friedlander S.A.S., France G2G Engineering Services Pvt Ltd, India GEASA S.A. De C.V., Mexico Great Waters Maritime LLC, UAE Günter Kessler Konstruktion + Planung, Germany

HANUL Engineering Co., Ltd, Korea Harbin Marine Boiler & Turbine Research Institute, China HHIC-TMS Co., Ltd., Korea Hildebrandt GmbH & Co.KG, Germany Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, India Hofung (Tianjin) Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd, China Huadian Water Engineering Co., Ltd., China

I Cube Nanotec India Pvt Ltd, India I-MAX group Pte Ltd, Singapore ILF Consulting, Abu Dhabi Inabensa Bharat Pvt. Ltd, India Inerco, Spain Integrity Engineering Services Sdn Bhd (IESSB), Malaysia Intra Proekt, Russia INVISTA Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., China IRPC Public Company Limited, Thailand ISGEC Heavy Engineering Limited, India iShip Design LLP, India Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited, Thailand Italtecnica, Italy ITER Organization, France

Jiangsu New Century Jiangnan Environmental Protection Inc., Ltd, China Jiangsu Sunpower Technology Co., Ltd., China Ju-Kao Engineering Co., Ltd., China Jyoti Structures Limited, India

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, India Kavya Projects Private Limited, India KazNIPImunaigaz, Kazakhstan KEC International Limited, India KHAN Co., Ltd., Korea KINEF, Russia Kiplan Süd GmbH, Germany Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd., Japan Korea Productivity Center, Korea Kvaerner Engineering & Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., China

Lai Yew Seng Pte Ltd, Singapore Legrand, USA Lucite, USA Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Design Co., Ltd., China

M & M Soluciones Globales, Peru Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), Malaysia Mälarenergi AB, Sweden MARKON terminal, ZAO, Russia Military Institute of Ship Design, Singapore Mistras Group, USA Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Japan MS Swiss Engineering SA, Switzerland MTC Engineering Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd, Malaysia

Nantong Cosco Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., China National Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia Navantia, Spain Neftegazproekt, Russia NIEDAX France, France Nipunn Eng. & Techno Consultant P Ltd, India NM Group, UK Nuclear Power Second Institute of China, China

OceanMight Sdn Bhd, Malaysia OHL Industrial, Spain Oil & Gas Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, India Orgneftehimproekt, Russia Origin Energy Resources Ltd, Australia Origin Techserve Pvt Ltd, India Orlen SA, Poland OT Energy Services a.s., Czech Republic Outotec (Chile) Ltda., Chile

PAE (Thailand) Public Company Limited, Thailand PAL Engineering Solutions, India Pan Sin Engineering Pte Ltd, Singapore Paul Wurth India Private Limited, India Penspen Services Limited, Thailand Pentair, France Petra Resources Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Petro-CyberWorks Information Technology Co., Ltd., China Petro6 Engineering & Construction Pvt Ltd, India Petrofac E&C Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Plant Scantech Engineering Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Plexal Group (Thailand) Ltd, Thailand Polimex Engineering Sp. z o.o., Poland Power Plant Engineers Limited, India Prothious Engineering Services Pvt Ltd, India PSE Engineering GmbH, Germany PT Erraenaersi Konstruksindo, Indonesia PT Krakatau Engineering, Indonesia PT Restu Prima Karya, Indonesia PT Tiga Inti Pilar, Indonesia PTSC Mechanical & Construction Joint Stock Co., Vietnam PTT ICT Solutions Company Limited, Thailand

Ram Oil & Gas, Italy Richard Design Services, USA Ridings Consulting Engineers India Pvt. Ltd, India RNZ Integrated (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

S.A.F Refrigeration Engineering, India S&T Corporation, Korea SAI, France Samsung Engineering Co Ltd, Thailand Sanyu Technos Co., Ltd., Japan Sargent & Lundy Limited, India SB Setec S.p.A., Italy SBM Offshore, Brazil scannTec engineering GmbH, Germany Schneider Electric Pty Ltd, Australia Sealink Shipyard Sdn Bhd, Malaysia SES Schulze & Sohn GmbH, Germany Sevan Marine ASA, Norway Shaanxi Diesel Heavy Industry Co., Ltd Power System Engineering Company, China Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., China Shanghai Zhenkun Marine Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., China Ship Production & Design, Korea SIA Srl, Italy Sime Darby Offshore Engineering Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia Sin Wang Welding & Construction, Singapore Sinoidea Engineering & Consulting Co., Ltd., China Södra Cell AB, Sweden Southern California Gas Company, USA SPIEGLtec GmbH, Austria Spig S.p.A., Italy Sreshta Industrial Detail Eng Services Pvt. Ltd, India Sri Gurukrupa Techno Ventures Pvt Ltd, India Sumitomo Chemical Engineering Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore SUNG IL Co., Ltd., Korea

TAIEI Engineering Corporation, Japan Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering Co.,Ltd., China Talisman Malaysia Limited, Malaysia Tech27 Systems Limited, India TechArs, Russia Technology Design and Engineering Eng’nD Oy, Finland Tecma S.A., Chile Tecnoteam Srl, Italy TG Tan & Partners Sdn Bhd, Malaysia THIAM SHIN Engineering & Construction Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Tianjin Afar Engineering Co., Ltd., China Tiger Steel Eng. India Pvt Ltd, India Togliatti Institute of Nitrogen Industry, Russia Tong Sheng Engineering Pte Ltd, Singapore Total E&P Norge AS, Norway Total SP Engenharia Ltda., Brazil Towers India Engineers, India Toyo Engineering Corporation, Singapore Toyo-Vietnam Corporation Limited, Vietnam TPSC Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia TSPC India Private Limited, India Trans-Africa Projects, South Africa

UDIN Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea Unichem Equipments Private Limited, India Unitec Informationssysteme GmbH, Germany Uxello, France

Vegazva Technologies Private Limited, India Veolia Water, UAE Viet Han Engineering Limited Company (VHE), Vietnam Vodokanal-Engineering, Russia Vostokneftezavodmontazh, Russia

Wei-Kung Machinery & Engineering Co., Ltd., China WS Atkins ( India ) Pvt Ltd, India WS Atkins North America, Inc., USA Wuhan Haiwang New Energy Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd., China Wuxi Division of No. 703 Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, China

Xiamen Advance Chemical Engineering & Process Technology Co., Ltd., China

Yantai Jereh Compression Equipment Co., Ltd., China

Zaklady Remontowe Energetyki SA, Poland Zeppelin Systems China (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., China Zhaikmunai, Kazakhstan ZZ-JVS Structural Engineering Pvt Ltd, India

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