Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson is providing process automation technologies and services to help BP enhance the safety, reliability, and performance of its Whiting refinery in Northwest Indiana – without the costly downtime often required for such projects.
The project to upgrade the process control system of two fluid catalytic cracking units is part of a strategic BP-Emerson automation upgrade program. It follows BP’s earlier multi-billion-dollar Whiting Refinery modernization project. Emerson also provided process automation for that massive upgrade, which helped BP boost its heavy-crude capacity more than four-fold.
Emerson has already provided upgraded automation technologies for one of the cat crackers, implementing a new DeltaV™ distributed control system. Diagnostics available in the DeltaV system can help BP detect problems well before an unintended loss of operation, saving money and improving efficiency.
For the second cat cracker, Emerson will provide a DeltaV control system and integrated DeltaV SIS safety system. The integrated control and safety system will provide a common operations and engineering environment and access to extensive diagnostics across the unit. The complete automation upgrade also includes Emerson’s Fisher™ control valves and Rosemount™ measurement instruments.