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Yokogawa releases latest software version YOKOGAWA Electric Corporation has announced the release of Enterprise Pipeline Management Solution (EPMS) R1.03, the latest version of an enterprise level pipeline applications suite that was first released to the market in June 2015. The EPMS suite is the product of over 20 years of Yokogawa experience in implementing oil and gas pipeline management solutions. of tailor-made applications that often have a complex system architecture for protection from security breaches poses increasing challenges for pipeline operators. The EPMS suite is a sustainable so- lution made up of pipeline applications that may be used in combination with common supervisory and monitoring functions, and is based on a modular platform that is both IT friendly and secure. When transitioning from one product to another in a pipeline, a trans-mix that is of a certain volume, and varies in quality, will be formed at the interface between the adjacent fluids. With EPMS R1.03, multiple product cuts from the same interface can be performed, for the easy management of quality gradations. The use of product density meters to detect variations in interface quality based on colour and sulphur content are also now supported.

Developed for deployment at the centre of the pipeline operations management environment, the EPMS supplements a core SCADA platform with specific gas and liquid applications that enable a pipeline operator to manage delivery contracts and associated logistics in a safe and efficient manner. Many pipeline SCADA systems are tailored to suit a specific set of circumstances, and lack both a standard system foundation for supporting pluggable application modules and a core design that ensures interoperability with enterprise IT environments and policies. The maintenance and upgrade

For the delivery of products to different tanks, EPMS R1.03 allows multiple flow paths to share use of the same physical meter. This is made possible by the assignment of a ‘logical meter’ to each flow path. The assigned logical meters are then associated with a specific physical meter. This reduces the number of physical meters that are required to cover a specific application. Yokogawa Europe BV – Netherlands Email: info@nl.yokogawa.com Website: www.yokogawa.com/eu

As no two pipeline applications are identical and operational philosophies can differ between pipeline operators, the EPMS suite allows the easy modification of templates and functions, without having to call in pipeline application experts. EPMS can be offered in combination with advanced pipeline simulation solutions that both reduce commissioning time and enable the full simulation of the pipeline operations management environment for the training of operators. New functionality includes enhanced interface management.

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