AVEVA World Magazine 2012

MAGAZINE
2012 | ISSUE 1
Keeping Ahead
Petrofac delivers success in the Middle East
Also featured in this issue:

z Enterprise Asset Management at Salamander Energy
z The Health & Safety information gap
z New horizons with the LFM software acquisition
z Rolls-Royce migrates to AVEVA Marine
z New features for AVEVA Plant and AVEVA Marine
INSIDE
THISEDITION
Corporate News
Welcome
AVEVA World Summit Review 2011
The Health & Safety Information Gap 20

AVEVAs Academic Programme 36
New customers 42
Product News
AVEVA scans new horizons with LFM acquisition 22
AVEVAs 12.1 product releases bring more capabilities 24
Achieving integration with AVEVA Engineering 25
New AVEVA Marine products enhance capabilities 38
AVEVA Hull Finite Element Modeller adds new interface 40
Customer News
Cover Story: Petrofac keeping ahead with AVEVA Plant
Enterprise Asset Management at Salamander Energy
F Group powers the world 11

SETAL expands the Brazilian oil & gas industry 14
Houston Offshore Engineering maximises results 18
OMEGA Concept managing critical environments 26
Rolls-Royce migrates to AVEVA Marine from Tribon M3 29
SBM Schiedam extends use of AVEVA products globally 32
Cover photograph:
The Kauther Gas plant in north Oman was designed and built by Petrofac
for Petroleum Development Oman using AVEVA Plant. The project involved
the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and initial
operation of a 20 million standard cubic metres processing facility.
Photograph courtesy of Petrofac.
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Copyright 2012 AVEVASolutions Limited and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.
Editor Magnus Feldt, Industry Marketing Manager, AVEVA
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AVEVA World Magazine 2012| Issue 1
Exciting new
technologies
I never fail to be impressed by how much seems to
happen between successive issues of this magazine.
Even when we have been working solidly on a new
product for many months, I still have a wow!
reaction when I read about it here. This issue is no
exception and I hope you, too, will think wow!
when you read about the exciting new technologies
weve introduced for both the plant and the marine
industries.
In the last issue we examined the significance of integrating engineering
and design data. Here, we follow this up with a review of the recently
released AVEVA Engineering product. Together with a number of enabling
features weve added to our core technology, this important new product
ushers in a new level of efficient collaboration across the different project
disciplines. Data integration is central to our Integrated Engineering and
Design roadmap, so you can expect to read more on this topic in future
issues.
I would like to extend a warm

welcome to the record number of
new customers who have joined
the AVEVA family this year.
Considering the global economic
uncertainty that still persists,
this bears out my confidence in
the resilience of the engineering
industries and in their recognition
of the measurable advantages that
AVEVA technology provides...
AVEVA Engineering is applicable to both the plant and marine industries

its all about integration, remember but we have also released three
powerful new applications just for shipbuilders. Perhaps the most eagerly
awaited will be AVEVA Design Reuse, which enables AVEVA Marine users
to reuse previous designs, whether of individual hull blocks or entire
vessels. Its easy to visualise the huge gains in design productivity that
this will unlock.
There are even more gains to be made from the powerful information
management technologies in the AVEVA Enterprise suite. The publicly
visible face of asset management and a valuable barometer of its
effectiveness is operational safety, so we recently commissioned
independent research into the current state and usability of safety
information in the oil & gas industry. The findings confirmed our own
experience, but proved so illuminating that we felt they should be
made widely available. You can read an overview of the research in this
issue but, if youre a plant operations professional, I recommend that
you download the full report from the AVEVA website (www.aveva.com/
publications). If you recognise your own organisation in some of the
problems described, I would recommend that you speak to one of our
Enterprise Asset Management specialists! (See www.aveva.com/offices
for local AVEVA office details.)
Lastly, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the record number of
new customers who have joined the AVEVA family this year. Considering
the global economic uncertainty that still persists, this bears out my
confidence in the resilience of the engineering industries and in their
recognition of the measurable advantages that AVEVA technology
provides. Im sure that we will soon also welcome some of these new
customers to the pages of AVEVA World Magazine. Often, many of the
most impressive success stories remain under wraps for reasons of client
confidentiality, which makes it all the more pleasing when such worldclass businesses as Rolls-Royce and Petrofac are willing to share their
experiences, as they have done in this issue.
To all our customers, old and new, I wish you every success during 2012.
Richard Longdon
Chief Executive
AVEVA Group plc
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Keeping Ahead
How AVEVA Plant supports one of the Middle Easts most successful oil & gas companies
Petrofac is not only one of AVEVAs

longest-standing customers in
the Middle East as a FTSE 100
listed company it is also one of
the regions most successful oil &
gas engineering businesses. We
recently met Stephen Major, vice
president, engineering and took
the opportunity to find out how
AVEVA technology has contributed
to the companys success.
Naji Atallah
Regional Manager Middle East, AVEVA
Kelvin Davis
Marketing Communications Manager, AVEVA
History
Petrofac first adopted AVEVA PDMS in 2000,
together with AVEVA Review, at its Sharjah
operational centre, principally in response to
a customer requirement. This first deployment
proved successful and it was later rolled out
across its other design centres. PDMS was
followed, two years later, by AVEVA VPRM. More
recently, AVEVA Clash Manager and AVEVA P&ID
were added. Today, the AVEVA deployment
supports the piping, civil, electrical and
instrumentation, telecommunications and
process disciplines on a wide variety of
projects, including processing plants, oil
pumping and gas compression stations, and
pipelines.
AVEVA in use
To a large extent, the oil & gas industry is
almost a seamless PDMS environment, so it
came as no great surprise to learn that Petrofac
frequently delivers its work as native PDMS
models, even to the extent of delivering models
and AVEVA Review files direct to the field
engineering team, as well as to the customer.
Major explained, Our customers usually want

an updated as-built version of the PDMS
model from which they can generate their own
deliverables to support their longer-term asset
management task. Petrofacs expertise in PDMS
helps to meet these customer expectations.
Together, PDMS and AVEVA P&ID form a
good platform for Petrofacs projects. Major
explained that the AVEVA deployment has
enabled the company to develop a number
of customisations and in-house applications
helping them progressively to integrate with
various business processes. We appreciate
the openness and ease of configuring and
extending the AVEVA system, especially as we
have been able to do so with some help from
the excellent AVEVA support team in Dubai. We
now have a better flow of data between PDMS,
our own applications and various third-party
solutions, which goes a long way towards
maintaining our competitive strength in a
demanding market.
The Kauther Gas plant in north Oman was designed and built by Petrofac for Petroleum
Development Oman using AVEVA Plant. The project involved the engineering,
procurement, construction, commissioning and initial operation of a 20 million
standard cubic metres processing facility. Photograph courtesy of Petrofac.
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AVEVA PDMS model of a plant recently constructed by Petrofac. Images courtesy of Petrofac.
Advantage with AVEVA

The EPC work process holds the biggest
challenge of delivering correct material on
time. By configuring AVEVA P&ID software
to suit Petrofacs EPC work processes, the
company is able to generate Material Take Offs
(MTOs) for most piping components from P&ID,
such as valves, flanges, spectacle blinds, tees,
reducers and gaskets, ahead of the completion
of 3D modelling.
Another challenge in Petrofac has been that of
change management of heat tracing design,
and especially its handling at the vendor
interface. With the help of the PDMS Extract
DB tool, the heat tracing design process was
synchronised to handle changes in piping
isometrics. The graphical interface and the
data handling features of PDMS enabled
Petrofac to improve on the heat tracing design
work process.
Looking ahead
Petrofac is currently evaluating other AVEVA
products to extend its capabilities. It recently
completed a pilot project with AVEVA NET
and is evaluating the results with a view to
implementing it. The company has also piloted
AVEVA Cable Design and plans to deploy this on
a project. However, Major explained, as with
any software deployment, there are challenges;
but we are able to resolve these to a large
extent with support from the AVEVA team,
through the software enhancements requested
by us.
About Petrofac
Petrofac is a leading international provider of
facilities solutions to the oil & gas production
and processing industry, with a diverse
customer portfolio including many of the
worlds leading integrated, independent and
national oil & gas companies.
The group delivers services through two
divisions: Engineering, Construction,
Operations & Maintenance (ECOM comprising
Onshore Engineering & Construction, Offshore
Projects & Operations and Engineering &
Consulting Services) and Integrated Energy
Services (IES). Through these divisions Petrofac
designs and builds oil & gas facilities; operates,
maintains and manages facilities and trains
personnel; enhances production; and, where
it can leverage its service capability, develops
and co-invests in upstream and infrastructure
projects. Petrofacs range of services meets its
customers needs across the full lifecycle of oil
& gas assets.
With more than 15,000 employees, Petrofac
operates out of six strategically located
operational centres, in Aberdeen, Sharjah,
Woking, Chennai, Mumbai and Abu Dhabi, and a
further 21 offices worldwide. The predominant
focus of Petrofacs business is on the UK
Continental Shelf (UKCS), the Middle East and
Africa, the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS) and the Asia Pacific region.
Visit www.petrofac.com for more information.
Stephen Major, Vice President, Engineering, Petrofac.

Photograph courtesy of Petrofac.
The AVEVA deployment

has enabled the company
to develop a number of
customisations and inhouse applications helping
them progressively to
integrate with various
business processes...
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Salamander Energy selects AVEVA

for Enterprise Asset Management
Salamander Energy has selected an
AVEVA Enterprise Asset Management
solution to improve operational
effectiveness across its assets in
Indonesia and Thailand.
The Bualuang production facilities in block B38/8 in the gulf of Thailand. Photograph courtesy of Salamander Energy.
Established in 2005, Salamander Energy is a fast-growing Asian oil

& gas exploration and production company with over 300 employees,
and offices in Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City.
Production in 2011 is expected to average between 18,000 and 19,000
barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) from fields in Thailand and
Indonesia.
Recognising the importance of best practice in its asset management,
Salamander started to investigate suitable Enterprise Asset Management
(EAM) solutions. After a thorough evaluation, the company selected
AVEVA WorkMate and, in 2010, deployed it across all its operations for
procurement, maintenance and materials management.
AVEVA WorkMate was a strategic decision for Salamander, explained
Guus Harting, Regional Operations Director of Salamander Energy. It is
helping us to create a highly efficient environment with straightforward
multi-site operations and management, he continued. Our initial
WorkMate deployment is already reducing costs and improving
productivity right across the business.
Why AVEVA WorkMate?
AVEVA WorkMate is a powerful EAM solution for all types of process
plant. It comprises integrated modules for procurement, materials
management and maintenance. Together, these support all aspects
of plant management, including Management of Change, inspection
and preventive maintenance programmes, Work Order and Work Permit
management, logistics and so on.
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Equally important, a WorkMate deployment is extremely flexible and

configurable, and integrates readily with other popular enterprise
solutions such as SAP, Documentum or Primavera. This combination of
power and flexibility makes it easy to deploy WorkMate in a progressive
manner to meet the needs of any size of plant operating company.
WorkMates Procurement module is particularly versatile, supporting not
only the needs of full enterprise-level procurement, but also those of the
occasional buyer of low-value items. Its Materials Management module
provides comprehensive inventory and logistics management from
receipt to consumption of all types of materials and equipment, even
rental items. Finally, the Maintenance module is a management tool for
maximising asset performance by optimising maintenance programmes
and their execution for minimum cost and down time. It supports
continual improvement strategies by maintaining detailed histories,
and it can interface with specialist systems for Reliability-Centred
Maintenance.
The Salamander deployment
Salamander had begun the search for an EAM solution early, recognising
that it would be important for the companys long-term success. A
member of the management team had had experience with WorkMate in a
Canadian company and had been impressed with both the technology and
the performance of AVEVAs EAM team in Norway (formerly ADB Systemer
AS) in delivering and supporting the solution. The first discussion
between Salamander and the EAM team took place in 2009.
Over the following few months, a formal proposal process was carried out
and a number of systems from other vendors were evaluated. The result
was a decision in early 2010 to implement WorkMate on Salamanders first
operational assets. The implementation went according to plan and the
system was immediately put into operation.
In Indonesia, WorkMate was implemented at Salamanders office in
Jakarta for managing procurement, materials and maintenance of the
offshore Kambuna wellhead, and for the existing and the planned new
facility at the Glagah-Kambuna TAC onshore base and gas plant.
In Thailand, WorkMate was implemented at Salamanders Bangkok office
for procurement and materials management of the Sattahip onshore
base, supporting the Bualuang wellhead. After first implementation,
Salamander conducted a review of the systems performance and their
future business requirements. Realising that WorkMate had much greater
capabilities than they were initially using, Salamander decided to
standardise on WorkMate for maintenance, procurement and materials
management of all their assets. This initiated a second phase of
implementation of WorkMate on the other operational assets, which was
successfully completed in September 2011.
The relationship between the

two companies has proved highly
successful and Salamander has
now identified opportunities for
widening its AVEVA deployment
to cover the engineering and
design disciplines and information
management. We look forward to
learning more about Salamanders
growing success with AVEVA
technologies.
About Salamander Energy
Guus Harting, Regional Operations
Salamander Energy is an Asia
Director of Salamander Energy.
Photograph courtesy of Salamander
focused, independent, FTSE 250,
Energy.
upstream oil & gas exploration
and production company.
Salamander has a balanced portfolio of production, development and
exploration assets with interests located in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam
and Lao PDR. For more information about Salamander Energy, visit
www.salamander-energy.com.
The future
During the second implementation project, many other opportunities
were identified for additional WorkMate modules to further improve
Salamanders business processes in areas such as integration with project
management and financial systems, supplier management and so on.
These opportunities are now being addressed as ongoing projects, with
the support of the AVEVA EAM team.
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AVEVA World
Summit
Review 2011
The 2011 AVEVA World Summits
were held in three locations
around the globe. They began in
early October in Copenhagen for
delegates from Europe, the Middle
East and Africa (EMEA), moved
on to Rio de Janeiro for North and
South America, and concluded in
Singapore for our Asian Pacific
customers and partners. Just like
the 2010 Summits, these proved
to be very successful events, with
over 800 customer, partner and
AVEVA delegates attending the
three Summits.
The agenda of the three Summits was a mix of AVEVA, customer and keynote presentations. At all
Summits we were able to achieve our objective of having at least 50% of the presentation content
provided by customers. This is a very important goal for AVEVA since it speaks to the underlying
philosophy of these events. Designed for mid- and senior-level managers, the Summits attract
those people who make important business and operational decisions within their organisations.
By highlighting the direct experiences of our customers through the presentation of their own case
studies, we seek to share best practice and lessons learned across the Plant and Marine industries.
Steve Tongish
Vice President Marketing, AVEVA
Three different cultures

While the Summit agenda was similar at all three venues, the customer speakers were regional and
the atmosphere of each Summit was very different. This will come as no surprise, since the venues
and the culture of the delegates attending were radically different. In many ways, these cultural
differences were reflected in the keynote speakers who presented at the three different venues.
The customer presentations are extremely popular with the delegates because they provide
new ideas and perspectives and, with the open networking sessions, delegates can speak with
the presenters directly and explore their experiences in more depth. This interaction has been
successful with delegates representing the same industry and with those from entirely different
businesses.
Since AVEVA first combined the Plant and Marine events in the 2010 Summits, this cross-pollination
of industry experience has added a unique dimension. While the Summits did split into separate
Plant and Marine tracks for part of the second days agenda, it was not uncommon for Plant and
Marine delegates to attend sessions outside their own industry. The open sharing of information
and best practice is what the Summits are all about.
Delivering in EMEA
In Copenhagen the keynote presenter was Rear Admiral Chris Parry, CBE, whose insightful
presentation provided a geopolitical view of a complex and interconnected world. He shared his
views on changing political and religious landscapes, environmental constraints and shifting
populations. It was a hard-hitting and very informative session that gave delegates a great deal
to discuss and the opportunity to reflect on how these global issues affect their local businesses.
Chriss keynote set a constructive tone for the entire conference.
The EMEA region being one of AVEVAs most developed markets, many of the delegates have
attended events in the past, so there is already a strong network of colleagues and business
partners. The Copenhagen Summit reflected this maturity with a businesslike atmosphere and
very detailed customer project presentations using technology and services from AVEVAs Plant,
Marine and Enterprise portfolios. Presentations were given by Statoil Norway, SPG Engineering
Romania, AMEC UK, Andritz Finland, SEFT Turkey, Omega Concept France and RusGaz
Engineering Russia.
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Exploring the Americas

Our keynote speaker in Rio de
Janeiro was Amyr Klink, a Brazilian
explorer and sailor who enthralled the
audience with the exploits of his Antarctic
circumnavigation, his Pole to Pole voyage and
his transatlantic crossing in a specially designed
rowing boat. Amyrs session was an excellent
reflection of the energy and challenge of the rapidly
growing Brazilian and Latin American markets. He instilled
a real excitement among the delegates which was maintained
throughout the two-day conference.
AVEVAs position in the fast-growing Latin American market is very
strong, and we are quoted by the ARC Advisory Group as the leading design
and engineering software provider in the region. This Summit captured
the sense of opportunity that exists across Latin America. Moving quickly and
exploring new business and design strategies, customers presented some fascinating
case studies about how they are deploying the full range of AVEVAs offering, from
our mainstream Integrated Engineering and Design applications to advanced AVEVA NET
solutions. The Rio Summit had a particularly busy agenda with an impressive list of customer
speakers from Petrobras, Bechtel, GHENOVA Ingeniera, Minera Milpo, GENPRO Engenharia,
Projectus, Chemtech, Massia Ingeniera, SETAL, Techint and Promon.
The customer presentations are extremely popular with the delegates

because they provide new ideas and perspectives and, with the open
networking sessions, delegates can speak with the presenters
directly and explore their experiences in more depth...
Creativity in Asia Pacific
In Singapore, the keynote speaker was Swedish-born creativity
specialist Fredrik Haren. He captured the audiences attention
with his very special insight into the creative process
and how everyone can engage in creative thinking.
Through Fredriks professional experience with large
multinational companies and his own personal
stories, delegates were challenged to look at
old problems in a new way by unleashing the
creativity inside us all. With delegates
attending from across the Asia
Pacific region, meeting complex
challenges using creative
solutions emerged as a key
theme throughout the
Singapore Summit.
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AVEVAs own roots in Asia run deep, with customer relationships that can be
measured, not just in years, but in decades. The Singapore Summit brought together
a greater mix of Plant and Marine customers than the other two events. Some of the
worlds leading shipyards were in attendance and the delegates benefitted from presentations
by Hyundai Heavy Industry, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Hyundai Samho
Heavy Industries and CSBC Corporation. Not to be outdone, the Plant industry presentations
also included some major industry players, including Technip, AMEC, PT Pertamina Hulu
Energi, SBM Offshore, SK Engineering & Construction, and Desein.
AVEVAs own roots in Asia run deep, with customer relationships that
can be measured, not just in years, but in decades. The Singapore
Summit brought together a greater mix of Plant and Marine customers
than the other two events...
The AVEVA vision
AVEVAs vision and experience were presented by our executive and senior management
team, starting with Richard Longdon, CEO, and including Dave Wheeldon, CTO and
Derek Middlemas, COO. Our presentations focused on AVEVAs mission to deliver
information-centric solutions for Owner Operators, EPCs and shipyards, based
on object-centric systems embedded within a Digital Information Hub. The AVEVA
presentations also included updates on our AVEVA Plant, AVEVA Marine and AVEVA
Enterprise product portfolios, and a high-level view of AVEVAs future development
roadmap.
Information about AVEVA World Summits
More information about the AVEVA World Summits can be found at www.avevaworld.com.
Delegates to the 2011 AVEVA World Summits can access past presentations by logging in to the
Summit website for the event they attended.
AVEVA World Summit 2012

In the same way that AVEVA has been evolving our technology over the past
four decades, we are also constantly improving our customer events, and the
Summits are no exception. Starting in 2012, there will be a major change
to the Summit programme. Rather than three regional Summits, we will
be holding a single, large, global Summit. Prompted by keen interest
from our customers, this format change will allow delegates from
all over the world to share experience and best practice in one
location. And the venue for this exciting new event will be
Paris, France.
Keep an eye on the AVEVA World website for
more information. We will be announcing
more details later in the year. A fresh new
format and an exciting location we
look forward to seeing you at the
AVEVA World Summit in Paris.
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F Group powers the world

AVEVA Plant helps to secure a safe and environmentally friendly energy supply
The F Group is an international consulting company,
with expertise drawn from more than a century of
experience. Working within a number of sectors,
including paper, chemical, energy, petrochemical
and pharmaceuticals, the company has a wide
and varied international customer base and has
participated in multinational projects all over
the world. They specialise in technical design and
consulting services ranging from single-discipline
engineering projects to complete turnkey projects
including construction, commissioning, start-up
and operational support.
At their head office in Stockholm we met Per Hgberg, CAD Coordinator,
and Peter Wickman, Project Engineer, Engineering Division, in order to
find out about the use of AVEVA Plant solutions at F. They explained
that F has been using AVEVA Plant solutions, including AVEVA PDMS
and AVEVA Global, for more than ten years as their engineering tool for
energy projects worldwide. Today, PDMS is their standard choice for 3D
plant engineering in large- and medium-sized design projects.
Magnus Feldt
Editor, AVEVA World Magazine
From left, Per Hgberg, CAD Coordinator, and Peter Wickman, Project Engineer,
Engineering Division, F AB.
F has made major cost and time

savings using PDMS for 3D design
since it was first deployed in
2000. PDMS makes it possible for
them to handle geographically
distributed work, enabling
concurrent working between
different design disciplines,
generating clash-free designs,
and providing the ability to
manage large quantities of data.
PDMS is used right from the start
of a project, including conceptual, basic and detailed design. This starts
with the creation of the first layout of a plant, then continues through
all design stages including the piping, equipment, electrical and ducting
disciplines. All kinds of fabrication and construction drawings, such as
piping isometrics and arrangement drawings, together with Material
Take Offs (MTOs) for all disciplines, are generated directly from the PDMS
model.
PDMS is being used by Fs engineering teams in Spain, Finland, the
Czech Republic and Sweden. In many of these projects, engineers
from several of Fs offices work together, in addition to sharing work
with third-party companies. AVEVA Global, AVEVAs solution for multisite concurrent working, enables Fs offices to work concurrently on
the same model allowing F to share work dynamically across their
engineering sites. In this way, they can make the fullest use of Fs
design expertise and engineering knowledge wherever it exists and
whenever it is needed, giving their customers the best results in terms
of both cost and quality.
From left, Michal Kovarik, Managing Director, and Ondrej Hasek, Technical Director,
AF-Engineering. Photograph courtesy of AF-Engineering.
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AVEVA PDMS model of Fortum Klaipeda CHP waste-to-power plant in Lithuania. Image courtesy of AF-Engineering.
Environmentally sustainable energy projects

F has extensive expertise in all types of power generation: renewable,
thermal, nuclear and hydro, and in combined heat and power (CHP),
as well as in transmission and distribution. The company is currently
performing projects in around 30 countries, and is involved in a variety
of sustainable energy projects that reduce emissions of greenhouse
gases and other pollutants, and strengthen efforts to secure a safe and
environmentally friendly energy supply.
One particularly interesting current project using AVEVA Plant is the new
biofuel-fired plant for Bomhus Energi in Gvle, Sweden. F has been
appointed lead technical consultant for the investment in a new block
heat power plant on the Korsns industrial site in Gvle, next to the
companys pulp and paper mill. This F assignment is a multi-disciplinary
engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM)
project, covering all areas of technology relating to the investment,
including project management, conceptual design, basic design, detailed
design, fabrication and start-up.
The investment comprises a 150 MW biofuel-fired plant including the
designated fuel system and a 90 MW steam turbine. The plant will be in
operation in early 2013, supplying steam and electrical power for the
pulp and paper mill, and district heating to more than 5,000 households.
PDMS is being used at the fabrication site, too. With the help of AVEVA
Global, the engineers in Norrkping and Karlstad and those at the
fabrication site are all working on the same plant model. Initially, there
was no digital model of the brownfield pulp and paper mill.
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AVEVA PDMS model of Fortum Klaipeda CHP waste-to-power plant
To avoid clashes, existing buildings and pipe racks close to the new
power plant were laser scanned and converted into the new 3D PDMS
plant model. The new boiler was designed by Metso in Finland, who also
delivered a 3D PDMS model of the boiler, which was easily imported into
the plant model.
F expands in central Europe
In line with its long-term corporate strategy, F continues to expand
in central Europe, especially in the Czech Republic. AF-Engineering
was established in 2004. In 2010, F acquired the energy consulting
company, Meacont and, in October 2011, the consulting company,
CityPlan. F now has more than 200 employees in the Czech Republic,
with main offices in Prague, Plzen and Brno.
Michal Kovarik, AF-Engineerings Managing Director, explained to us
that, for several years, they have been using AVEVA Plant solutions in
a great variety of greenfield and brownfield projects for the energy,
pharmaceutical and chemical industries. PDMS has been used in some
well-known projects, such as the Olkiluoto 5 nuclear power plant in
Finland, where AF-Engineering created part of an auxiliary building for
Areva.
AF-Engineering also had complete responsibility for the design of the
machinery building for the retrofit of the 30-year-old brown-coal power
plant in Tusimice in the Czech Republic. Here, AF-Engineering created
the complete basic and detailed design, and produced the assembly and
as-built documentation.
in Lithuania. Image courtesy of AF-Engineering.
AVEVA PDMS model of Fortum Klaipeda CHP waste-to-power plant in Lithuania. Image courtesy of AF-Engineering.
For the new-build chemical plant in Rizhao, China, AF-Engineering acted

as a subcontractor to Eka Engineering in Sweden. AVEVA Global was
successfully used in this multi-site project, enabling the engineering
offices in the different countries to work concurrently on the same plant
model.
Fortum Klaipeda CHP waste-to-power plant a turnkey project for F
Fortums new CHP waste-to-power plant in Klaipeda, Lithuania, fuelled by
municipal and industrial waste and biomass, will produce approximately
60 MW of district heating and 20 MW of electricity. The plant will start
operating at full capacity by the first quarter of 2013.
Fs services in this huge EPCM project include feasibility studies, preengineering, detailed design work, purchase of all equipment, project
and site management, and finally commissioning and supervision.
F-Consult Oy in Finland has overall charge of the implementation of the
whole project.
In this project, AF-Engineering is responsible for the detailed design
work, and for creating the complete 3D PDMS model including structural,
piping with all equipment, cable trays and HVAC facilities. The turbine
and the waste and biofuel boiler were delivered as 3D models and were
easily imported into the plant model. Fabrication information, such as
pipe layout drawings, material lists and reports and isometric drawings,
is automatically extracted from the 3D model.
Integrated engineering and design is a must for the future

The process of optimising work procedures is continuous, in answer to the
demands of Fs customers for shorter delivery schedules and competitive
prices with no loss of quality. To further improve engineering efficiency
and quality, F is now considering ways of integrating still more different
disciplines. They strongly believe in extending the integrated solution in
areas including the process, electrical, instrumentation and mechanical
disciplines. As a result, F is currently extremely interested in taking
a close look at AVEVAs newly released products supporting integrated
engineering and design.
About F
Fs work focuses on energy and the environment, investments in
infrastructure and projects for industry. F consists of four divisions:
Energy, Industry, Infrastructure and Technology. The company,
headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, has approximately 4,500
employees worldwide, in over 20 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and
Latin America.
The F group has its origin in Swedens first industrial association,
founded in Malm in 1895 to look after the interests of the owners of
steam generators and other pressure vessels. In 1964, this association
was named ngpannefreningen F.
Visit www.afconsult.com for more information.
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AVEVA technology is helping SETAL to

expand the Brazilian oil & gas industry
AVEVA Plant + AVEVA NET = Success!
The rapid expansion of Brazils oil & gas industry
owes much to the power of AVEVA technology in the
execution of complex, large-scale industrial design
and construction projects. One of the leading EPCs
in this region is SETAL (SOG leo e Gs S/A), an
award-winning Brazilian company employing over
3,000 people in support of ongoing EPC contracts.
SETAL provides project management, detailed
engineering, procurement and construction services
to the countrys oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical
and energy industries.
SETAL has considerable experience in conventional 3D engineering, is

both a national and international reference in this field and is a recent
convert to AVEVA technology. We spoke to Mr Newton Libanio Ferreira,
Process Engineering Manager at SETAL, to find out how this had changed
their business.
Karla Moises
Marketing Communications, AVEVA
AVEVA Plant fulfilled SETALs technical requirements for completely

integrating engineering and design. Implementation began in early 2010
with the deployment of AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA Instrumentation, AVEVA
Cable Design, AVEVA Diagrams, AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator, AVEVA
Multi-Discipline Supports, AVEVA Global and AVEVA Pipe Stress Interface.
Kelvin Davis
Marketing Communications Manager, AVEVA
SETAL had realised that they needed to move from conventional

engineering and batch-wise workflows to a more advanced 3D design and
information management solution in order to achieve the higher levels
of efficiency, project complexity and delivery performance demanded
by this fast-growing industry. Mr Ferreira explained that one of their
objectives was to achieve more concurrent working and a smooth flow
of information throughout the lifecycle of a project. Another aim was
to integrate information across all users, linking engineering with
construction to save time and reduce rework.
Offsite expansion project at REPAR, consuming 12,800 tonnes of piping, 65,250 m3 of concrete and 9,374 units of piles, at Paran Refinery in Araucria, state of Paran.
Photograph courtesy of SETAL.
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Support and training were provided throughout

this critical start-up period by AVEVAs Rio de
Janeiro office.
entire project workflow, they also implemented

AVEVA NET, a move which has brought them the
benefits of Integrated Project Execution.
The new tools were quickly put to work on an

internal integrated engineering pilot project,
named the AVATAR project. This proved so
successful that the use of AVEVA Plant was
quickly expanded across the entire engineering
and design team. It is now used right from
the start of a project, creating the initial
plant layout, and then for all aspects of the
detailed layout and design of the project,
involving the piping, equipment, electrical and
instrumentation disciplines.
Mr Rodrigo Sasso, Project Automation Manager

at SETAL, described how their previous,
batch-wise processes required a great deal of
planning resources and still resulted in design
changes not being handled efficiently, giving
rise to costly and disruptive rework during
construction. AVEVA NET has changed all that,
he explained. It forms a management layer
that integrates not only the engineering and
design functions but also the project planning
and management functions. Now we can be
much more proactive in our work, forecasting
more effectively, and having abandoned the
traditional batch-wise approach for a better
controlled, progressive way of working.
Changes are communicated immediately,
so information is always up to date. It has
dramatically reduced rework.
We used the pilot project to integrate AVEVA

Plant across all disciplines, explained Mr
Ferreira. PDMS enables our designers to
work in a highly concurrent way and generate
completely clash-free designs. This saves
considerable time and money by avoiding costly
modifications at the construction site.
AVEVA Global further expands this concurrent
working facility to SETALs other engineering
offices and partners, enabling them to work
efficiently on the same 3D plant model. We
can monitor all of our information online
and measure how dramatically this global
engineering framework has improved our
project operations. It has substantially
optimised our working methods, concluded Mr
Ferreira.
Integrating the process
But SETAL went further than simply upgrading
their engineering and design systems.
Recognising the importance of managing the
Mr Sasso went on to describe how impressed

SETAL was with the openness of AVEVA NET and
the ease of interfacing with their planning tool,
Primavera, and their other business systems.
Mr Mauricio Godoy, CEO at SETAL, was equally
impressed. The traditional approach demanded
intensive manpower, had a poor information
flow and made scope modifications difficult,
with data being dispersed across several
files, he said. Nowadays, all our engineering,
actions and decisions are focused on the best
contribution to the EPC results. With both
AVEVA Plant and AVEVA NET, we can respond
better to this demanding and competitive
market, and can efficiently reuse already
available design information.
Gas processing and transfer terminal at TECAB Cabinas Terminal, part of Plangas project, in Maca, Rio de Janeiro.
Mauricio Godoy, CEO at SETAL.

Rodrigo Sasso, Project Automation Manager at SETAL.

Newton Libanio Ferreira, Process Engineering Manager

at SETAL. Photograph courtesy of SETAL.
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Delayed Coke Unit at REVAP, at Vale do Paraba Refinery. Photograph courtesy of SETAL.
An interesting feature of the SETAL deployment is a custom module called

the Construction Sequence Planner. This enables a user to select, within
the 3D model, a set of elements to form a group, and then to use this
group to create a construction work package within Primavera thus
allowing a 4D simulation. This custom feature not only greatly assists
SETALs project planning processes, it also demonstrates the versatility
and extensibility of AVEVA NETs open architecture.
At the time of the interview, SETAL was still engaged on their first live
project using AVEVA NET, the REPAR refinery in Araucaria, so it was too
early to quantify the full extent of the savings achieved. But we have
saved a lot of man-hours across the project, explained Mr Sasso. It has
eliminated a great deal of manual planning and forecasting. So much is
now automatic and instantaneous that it is making all of our business
processes more efficient. In fact, we have been approached by other EPCs
from the sector to know more details of our system, he concluded.
Ongoing projects with AVEVA Plant
SETAL has used AVEVA Plant on several projects, including the
construction of a coke unit (including seven auxiliary units and related
interconnections) for the REVAP refinery in So Jos dos Campos, and
the extensive Petrobras Plangs project. This important project the Gas
Production Anticipation Plan has the strategic goal of supplying natural
gas to south-east Brazil to meet its huge and increasing demand. AVEVA
Plant is also being used on a number of other refinery projects, including:
z Gasoline and coke offsite units and nine auxiliary units for the REPAR
refinery in Araucaria
z The construction of two hydrodesulphurisation units for gasoline
production, plus two auxiliary units for the REPLAN refinery in Paulinia.
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And the future?

Greatly encouraged by the immediate and extensive benefits that their
AVEVA deployment has delivered, SETAL already has plans for using it
to further improve its working methods. Design reuse is high on their
priority list. Every project is unique, but many components are identical,
or at least similar enough to allow their 3D models to be reused often
with only minor modifications. SETAL has also recognised the potential
savings in fabrication and construction that can be achieved through
increasing the level of detail in the 3D model, particularly through more
extensive use of AVEVA Multi-Discipline Supports to include all support
details in the model.
We have saved a lot of man-hours

across the project. It has eliminated
a great deal of manual planning
and forecasting. So much is now
automatic and instantaneous that
it is making all of our business
processes more efficient. In fact, we
have been approached by other EPCs
from the sector to know more details
of our system...
Joined up
thinking
The creation and management of digital assets demands

a million decisions, big and small. Complex plant and
marine environments combine engineering design,
planning, construction, operation and maintenance.
Success requires global collaboration to join up the
detail and give you the big picture.
Long-term relationships mean that AVEVA is trusted to continually
deliver new technology and services. AVEVA customers gain strategic
business value across the entire lifecycle of their projects and assets,
improving information quality and reducing operational risk, while
saving time and cost.
With a global sales and service network in more than 40 countries,
AVEVA is a leader in engineering design and information management
solutions for the plant, power and marine industries.
Choosing AVEVA will be one of the best decisions you ever make.
www.aveva.com/joinedupthinking
Offshore design firm delivers projects

on time with maximized results,
producing revenue for Owner Operators
We are taking advantage of AVEVAs solutions
to help us deliver major projects on time while
maximizing platform facility space utilization for
our clients, explained Joey Lopez, Manager of
Design for Houston Offshore Engineering (HOE).
From start-up to industry leader
Lopezs firm has risen in a few short years to become one of the premier
designers of deepwater floating offshore oil & gas facilities. Founded
in January 2005 by a core group of design veterans who had worked
together for 20 years as a team at other outfits, the Houston-based
company provides expert engineering services to support offshore oil &
gas developments.
Its projects range from conceptual studies which help maximize value
early in field development, to full detailed design and construction
support of tension-leg platforms (TLPs), SPARs, semi-submersibles,
offloading buoys and floating production, storage and off-loading vessels
(FPSOs). Clients include major and independent oil & gas companies,
drilling contractors, engineering contractors, fabricators, and transport
and installation contractors.
The company has established a solid reputation in the industry for its
customer-comes-first way of thinking and Lopez credits part of the
companys success to its use of AVEVA PDMS, a flagship application within
the AVEVA Plant portfolio.
Mark McKee
Marketing Specialist, AVEVA Americas
AVEVA PDMS provides a good return on investment

Having the capability to perform a project in PDMS is a huge benefit,
Lopez said, adding that the industry is dictating the use of PDMS because
it is easier to make changes and modifications using the software.
For a small company to devote a healthy dollar amount for any design
tool, it has to be confident that the return will be good, Lopez explained.
By implementing the PDMS software we have seen a steady increase in
efficiency. The man-hour savings are starting to be realized, especially in
the early phases of projects when there are restarts in design ideas.
Lopez said that an even bigger benefit is the time saved in bringing a
project online. Schedules are being squeezed in detailed design but,
through the use of PDMS, HOEs designers and engineers are still able to
meet shortened deadlines.
He added that using PDMS leads to more rapid engineering production
for HOEs customers, an even more powerful way to gauge the benefit of
PDMS, and a great selling point for the firm. The quantitative measure
of success is in the oil produced, he continued. Man-hours saved cant
compare to the dollars that can be made in a single day of drilling when
delivered on schedule without project delay.
Offshore work requires creativity
One of the ways Lopez said that PDMS helps HOE, is by ensuring the
company meets stringent requirements for weight and space constraints
found on a floating production facility. Space is at a premium offshore.
Building a 3D model early in the project allows all disciplines to develop
strategies to take advantage of ways to maximize its use, Lopez
emphasized. In addition, weight management is also critical on a
floating facility. PDMS reports accurate data, keeping weight down and
optimizing space utilization.
The quantitative measure of success is in the oil produced. Manhours saved cant compare to the dollars that can be made in a single
day of drilling when delivered on schedule without project delay...
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What differentiates us from others is that we bring

an independent view to our customers projects. We
strive to put together a solution that is best for the
project, unhindered by what type of floater it needs
to be, Lopez said.
The weight and space constraints have meant HOE

has to be creative in its use of PDMS; the company
appreciates the accuracy the software delivers,
which Lopez believes gives HOE a competitive
advantage in the market. Our emphasis is
that every discipline must provide as accurate
information into the 3D model as possible, Lopez
said.
For example, hull forms are difficult for the
structural discipline, he continued. We have
efficiently met the challenge of the structural
model by developing in-house tool sets that allow
the user to work in an environment in which he is
most comfortable; be it PDMS or the proprietary
middleware we have developed. The marine
systems disciplines benefit vastly from the early
development of a structural hull model. The edge we
have by creating in-house toolsets means we do not
have to compete for PDMS users in a market-driven
resource shortage. We develop from within.
How HOE uses AVEVA PDMS today

Currently, HOE has 14 employees using PDMS at its
offices in the West Houston Energy Corridor. Lopez
said the software has been very easy for new users
to pick up because of the developed toolsets. HOE
also pairs new users with more experienced ones to
speed the learning process.
Joey Lopez, Manager of Design for Houston

Offshore Engineering.
How has PDMS helped HOE in building these toolsets? Lopez said AVEVAs
technical support and training have been key. PDMS software is userfriendly, allowing our developers to set up toolsets that make HOE unique
and competitive, he explained.
First project sets stage for uniqueness
That uniqueness started with HOEs very first project. Lopez said that,
while everyone was both nervous and excited, the core group of first
employees was also confident their years of experience in the industry
would soon pay off.
We started the company with zero back-log, optimistic that the good
client relationships we had built over the years by performing quality
designs elsewhere would develop into a project, he recalled. It took
three months, but our first job came in a major U.S. independent
wanted to study a tension-leg platform solution for a Gulf of Mexico
deepwater site and it chose us to perform this study. The fact that they
wanted to study all areas including hull, mooring, and risers worked out
beautifully because it put all of us to work immediately.
What got HOE interested in PDMS? Lopez said the company had always
been interested in providing a 3D solution for its clients. As a start-up
company we had to prove to customers that we could put a design team
together that was capable of providing a full, detailed design effort,
he said. We concentrated on putting together team members who were
unbiased (meaning we would put the customers needs first) on how
to deliver a project in PDMS. Then we trained (in-house) on project
execution using 3D software. We then sent them to AVEVA for basic
training.
What separates HOE from its competition?
Lopez said it is the companys independent viewpoint, something that
has been a cornerstone for everyone since its founding. We felt that the
industry was primed for a group that specialized in the deepwater floater
area. It needed a design house that had an independent view one that
was not linked to any proprietary design and not tied to a fabrication
yard that used their designers for pull-through work.
HOE uses PDMS for presentation work, to develop

animations, and for detailed design. We also model
and deliver 2D drawings for piping, electrical,
instrumentation, primary structural steel, and
outfitting steel for all major projects in-house, he
explained.
AVEVA PDMS proves to be a problem solver

PDMS has helped the company overcome several challenges that
otherwise might have been difficult without the software, Lopez said. In
a topside structural project that was a design/build situation (meaning
the design overlapped into the fabrication schedule) we would not
have been able to provide the number of drawings required to meet the
deliverable schedule without the PDMS model. Being able to design up
until the last few days from the deliverable date, and still create hundreds
of 2D drawings that accurately represented the latest design proved
crucial to the project, he said.
What does the future hold?
With an independent, customer-first view and a strong set of software
tools at its disposal, what does Lopez see in the future for HOE? We want
to enhance the capabilities to provide efficient and accurate designs. We
will do this by growing the group with the most capable designers. In
five years, we expect be able to work on multiple detailed design projects
simultaneously, while still being able to provide early engineering stages
for our customers, he said.
So where do AVEVA Plant and AVEVA Marine fit into HOEs plans? Lopez
said the company is examining adding new AVEVA software in the coming
months to give it additional competitive advantages. We will look at
AVEVA Marine in 2012. We need to be sure we are handling the structural
hull design in the most efficient way, he said.
Lopez added that HOE will continue to partner with AVEVA to enhance its
business in the coming years. AVEVA will help us grow our capabilities
by expanding the use of its software in-house, training our people, and
helping us develop better design tools so we can stay competitive in an
ever-changing market.
For more information about Houston Offshore Engineering, visit
www.houston-offshore.com.
AVEVA World Magazine 2012|Issue 1
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The Health & Safety

Information Gap
Early in 2011, AVEVA commissioned an independent
research project from Robert Gordon University
(RGU). The project was conducted by Professor Rita
Marcella, Dean of RGUs Aberdeen Business School,
and Tracy Pirie, Research Assistant. The objective
was to better understand the Health & Safety
(H&S) issues that our customers and our industry
struggle with on a daily basis. The report would
also provide a detailed and authoritative picture of
how organisations manage H&S information, and
how current practices affect both day-to-day plant
operation and the handling of emergencies.
Through an online questionnaire, RGUs research gathered information

from H&S managers, senior managers and engineers in the global oil &
gas industry. Respondents business types included operating companies,
contractors, service companies and suppliers. In addition, confidential
in-depth Critical Incident case studies covered four representative
businesses, interviewing key individuals who could comment
authoritatively on the information aspects of dealing with the incidents.
The report, entitled The Health & Safety Information Gap, indicates
that information systems are fragmented and inconsistent. Over 30%
of industry professionals surveyed had never had training in accessing
safety information, while 40% did not know how to search for it.
Respondents were also working on a mixture of corporate, local and
external information systems.
Kate Magill
Communications Manager, AVEVA
The research was launched at an event

on 1 September at RGU. Hosted by
Jeremy Cresswell, editor of the Press
and Journals ENERGY supplement and
honorary Professor at RGUs Aberdeen
Business School, the evening commenced
with a presentation of the reports
findings by Professor Rita Marcella.
An audience of over 90 industry
professionals observed a panel
discussion. The members of the panel
included Malcolm Webb, Chief Executive
of Oil & Gas UK, Brian Taylor, Chief
Operating Officer, KCA DEUTAG, Robin
Davies, Vice President of Integration
and Business Improvement, Subsea7,
John Pearson, Managing Director of
AMEC Natural Resources Europe and West
Africa, and AVEVAs H&S expert, Global
Principal Consultant, Clive Wilby.
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John Pearson, Managing Director, AMEC Natural Resources Europe and West Africa gives his Point of View on
the research findings
Whereas internal channels such as Intranets and team meetings did offer
access, respondents found that they often had to search the Internet for
relevant information. Approximately half of respondents identified the
need for better information systems and around a quarter believed that
information was not being shared within the company environment. On
the whole, there was a strong demand for a shared integrated system to
enable better access to all appropriate information. This was supported
by respondents comments such as those below.
z The problem is, theres too much information.
z I dont think the information systems that were talking about are very
user friendly.
z It was fragmented information and it was inconsistent.
Improving information
management plays a key
role in meeting Health &
Safety requirements for
the oil & gas industry...
In short, there is a major information gap in plant operations that

impacts directly on Health & Safety.
In response to the report, AVEVA has written a Point of View paper,
identifying the three main areas where the greatest deficiencies can be
found. These are:
z fragmentation of information
z failure to capture and exploit the value of standards
z poor accessibility to data.
The research will benefit customers by providing further input into
AVEVAs strategy for Operational Integrity Management. Disconnected
processes and silos of information can create many problems that
can increase operational risk. AVEVA can demonstrate to industry
professionals just how powerful todays information management
solutions can be in addressing these problems. AVEVAs informationcentric solutions have been helping our customers create precisely
the sort of information repository strategy that was cited as a key
requirement by a number of the survey respondents.
Steve Tongish, VP Marketing, AVEVA, concludes, Improving information

management plays a key role in meeting Health & Safety requirements for
the oil & gas industry. We have been very impressed with the professional
research produced by RGU and we are pleased that AVEVA has been able to
contribute to this important industry debate.
The full report is available for download at www.aveva.com/hs-research,
together with AVEVAs Point of View paper.
Professor Rita Marcella, Dean of Aberdeen Business School presents

the report findings
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AVEVA scans new horizons

with LFM software acquisition
On the 3rd of October 2011,
AVEVA announced the
acquisition of the software
arm of Z+F, bringing the LFM
software suite to AVEVA.
LFM is the market-leading
product suite for managing
laser data in the process and
marine industries.
Les Elby
VP Business Strategy, AVEVA
Following the acquisition, AVEVA has established

a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for 3D data capture
in Manchester. The CoE, led by Gary Farrow and
Graham Dalton (formerly the two directors of
the software company) will remain focused on
continuing to develop the LFM software suite,
as well as taking full business and product
development responsibility for all of AVEVAs 3D
data capture software.
The acquisition will come as no surprise to
many, as the two companies have worked closely
together for a number of years. AVEVA has been
a long-term partner of Z+F and the software
team based in Manchester since before 2005.
This ongoing partnership has yielded numerous
innovations and industry firsts, such as AVEVA
Laser Model Interface (LMI) and AVEVA Laser
Modeller (LMR).
We are delighted to be part of AVEVA, says Gary
Farrow. LFM is already an established solution
worldwide but now, as part of AVEVA, we can make
it the industry standard. Part of LFMs success
and appeal is its openness. Over the years we have
worked hard to make LFM neutral and open to all,
which is a principle we share with AVEVA. Our aim
is for LFM to be compatible with any laser scan
data format or hardware, and to interface with
any 3D design system and CAD package, not just
PDMS. Since the acquisition we have extended the
openness of LFM, and we plan to announce more
integrations soon.
Since acquiring the LFM business, AVEVA has

entered into new partnerships with most of the
leading laser scanner vendors. We have received a
warm reaction to this acquisition from many laser
hardware companies and we are very happy to be
entering into new partnerships with them, says
Paul Cooper (VP Strategic Alliances).
AVEVA IntelliLaser
AVEVAs aim, now that LFM is part of the product
family, is to accelerate the growth of the core
LFM product suite, reaffirming it as the solution
of choice for handling and managing scan data
from process, power and marine applications.
Moreover, AVEVA plans to continue building
solutions on this platform to offer its customers
greater benefits and efficiencies.
LFM will remain relevant throughout the laser scan
data lifecycle, from initial processing through
to registration, modelling, working with data in
target CAD/design packages and finally using the
data on the Internet.
There are two main use cases for laser scan data
in the process and marine industries. Firstly, the
use of the raw laser scan data to act as an accurate
as-built reference in revamp projects. Secondly,
to provide a highly productive solution allowing
the creation of intelligent models of an operating
plant.
About LFM software

LFM is a powerful 3D laser scanning software package which allows users
to import 3D data from most 3D laser scanning formats, and export to
PDMS as well as to other 3D plant design systems and CAD platforms.
LFM, which was launched in 1998, was one of the first 3D laser scanning
software packages in the market. Since its trailblazing debut, it has
become the number one package for the process, plant and marine
industries. Graham Dalton has led the technical direction of the company,
enabling a cycle of continuous development which means that LFM is
now one of the most innovative and efficient 3D laser scanning packages
available. Many AVEVA customers are already long-time users of LFM,
and are loyal and enthusiastic about the product, not only because the
solution meets their needs, but also because of the exceptional level of
support which they receive.
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LFM 3D laser scanning software provides a complete solution from

registration of laser scan data to as-built modelling. It provides tools for
brownfield projects and assists management for owner operators. Service
providers use LFM on a daily basis to process and deliver their projects.
The time- and cost-savings and quality improvements afforded by LFM
surpass those traditionally associated with 3D laser scanning.
LFM 3D laser scanning software is hardware neutral and accepts data
from numerous 3D laser scanners. LFM is also CAD vendor neutral. AVEVA
maintains close relationships with all the leading CAD vendors, allowing
the customer to benefit from a seamless interface between LFM and a
large number of CAD products.
AVEVA IntelliLaser and LMR are the first products that build on the
strength of LFM, with IntelliLaser allowing users to automatically hotspot
laser bubble-views so, once integrated into an asset management toolset
such as AVEVA NET, users can effortlessly navigate a plant by clicking and
interacting from the comfort of their own desks. This saves time on site
for engineers, reducing cost and risk, and improving project efficiency.
AVEVA Laser Modeller
While the use of 3D design software such as PDMS in engineering design
is now commonplace, plant owners and operators are starting to see the
value of owning a model in operations for project revamps, upgrades,
operator training and orientation. Traditional data capture methods have
proved uneconomical, slowing the adoption of 3D in brownfield facilities.
AVEVA Laser Modeller eclipses more conventional and time-consuming
processes through the use of semi-automated catalogue-based modelling
methodology. This allows users to quickly create a fully intelligent 3D
model of their asset at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods.
3D laser scanning
3D laser scanning is technology that can digitally
capture an environment (such as a process plant)
or the shape of physical objects, using a beam of
laser light.
3D laser scanners measure fine detail and capture
free-form shapes in order to quickly generate
highly accurate point clouds of data. They can
capture up to one million points per second.
The data captured allows a physical objects exact
size and shape to be determined, and is of such
a high quality that it can be used to produce a
detailed and accurate digital 3D model.
The reaction from customers and service companies has been amazing,
says Ricky Padhiar (Product Manager). People immediately recognise
the value that LMR brings, and are blown away by how quickly they can
turn laser data into a meaningful, intelligent model. Whereas, in the
past, their budgets would have restricted them to a dumb geometric
model, with LMR they can create an intelligent 3D model in less time.
This represents an enormous cost saving and brings new efficiencies to
ongoing plant operations. We were overwhelmed with offers by customers
wanting to be part of the beta program we ran during 2011, and we are
now working on significant new projects with LMR for 2012.
The future for LFM Software
The outlook at the new 3D Data Capture CoE in Manchester is very
positive, with Graham Dalton and his team leading the companys
technical direction to offer AVEVA customers even further efficiencies and
savings with laser data. Before the acquisition we had a lot of activity
in the pipeline, which we were looking forward to talking about during
2012. Since the acquisition, these possibilities have ballooned, which
makes for challenging yet exciting times, says Graham.
For more information on LFM, visit the AVEVA website or
www.lfm-software.com.
The intuitive and productive AVEVA Laser Modeller; a BubbleView showing

as-built intelligent PDMS objects.
AVEVAs history with the LFM team

2005
Jointly developed AVEVA Laser Model Interface (LMI).
2006
Became a certified development partner.
2009
The two companies announced an even closer technical

partnership with the intention to jointly develop new
product lines.
2010 Jointly developed and released AVEVA IntelliLaser at SPAR

Europe.
2011 Released the jointly developed AVEVA Laser Modeller at

SPAR Houston.
The AVEVA Revamp solution; extremely high resolution laser scan data being
brought into PDMS by LFM Server/LMI, showing automatically detected exact
clashes.
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The universe
just got bigger
AVEVAs 12.1 product releases bring more capabilities
Astronomers seem to regularly discover that, just when they thought they knew how big
the universe is, it turns out to be actually even bigger. The AVEVA environment is a bit like
that. Users continue to design ever larger projects with increasingly massive levels of detail,
confident that there is no practical limit imposed by the technology. Meanwhile, AVEVA
continues to push the technology out even further!
AVEVAs core technology has never imposed any inherent limitation on project size but, with the
latest 12.1 product releases, AVEVA has added many enabling features and functions which will
allow the technology to extend its scope. For example, the 12.1 releases now greatly extend the
available range of units of measure. Among many others, these now include Distance, Bore, Area,
Volume, Angle, Weight, Temperature, Density, Pressure, Force, Voltage, Current and Impedance.
This is an important enabler for increasing the integration of engineering and design data.
More database functionality
At the architecture level, a number of improvements have been made to database structure,
configurability and controllability, making the data more rapidly accessible. Importantly, none
of these improvements will adversely affect current or previous model data, while most are
transparent to the user and readily configurable to business needs.
Change highlighting has been greatly extended to embrace engineering and schematic data. This
now provides the highlighting of changes and the ability to view change histories, both on the
P&IDs and in the tabular data of AVEVA Engineering. The Lexicon module has been greatly enhanced
to enable the definition of more extensive object relationships. Because more complex relationships
can be difficult to view, new database view functions have also been added, providing system
administrators with an intuitive, graphical interface for viewing these relationships.
Another improvement at 12.1 is the introduction of Unicode language support across the product
range. The international Unicode character set is now used throughout the product, increasing
compatibility with third-party systems and enabling users to work flexibly in their local language.
More productivity
Users of AVEVA Instrumentation have been enthusiastic about its best-in-class report generation
functions. This technology has now been extended and standardised across PDMS and most of the
other AVEVA Plant products, enabling users to generate a wider range of high-quality, project-ready
reports. For example, in the case of PDMS, 3D design data can now be combined with engineering
and schematic data, such as line lists and diagrams, to compile richer, more extensive deliverables.
Importantly, this new capability is additional to existing reporting functions, which are retained to
ensure continuity on in-progress projects.
Other enhancements are aimed at making the design process easier and more productive. For
example, model library improvements now make it easier to capture and exploit design expertise
by building up libraries of reusable components. Technology platform compatibility has also been
extended with support for Windows 7 and for Microsoft Office 2010.
Together, these 12.1 series releases offer significant, project-wide productivity improvements and
valuable new capabilities for their users.
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Achieving integration
AVEVA Engineering integrates engineering and design data from the outset
In the last issue of AVEVA World Magazine we described the concept
and benefits of Integrated Engineering & Design (IE&D). The newly
released AVEVA Engineering turns this concept into reality, extending
the integration of engineering and design data for both plant and
marine projects. It represents a step increase in the power of AVEVA
technology and is already making significant efficiency improvements
on live projects.
Historically, the separation of engineering and 3D design activities
has not been helped by having completely separate applications and
management systems. This can create a functional barrier between the
two, even though both are working to the same goal, the construction of
the physical asset. AVEVA Engineering removes this barrier by enabling
engineering data, such as line lists and tagged object definitions, to
be created from the outset, using a purpose-designed authoring tool,
and then shared by other engineering and design applications. AVEVA
Engineering achieves this by sharing the same technology as AVEVA PDMS.
AVEVA Engineering has been designed to fulfil several important
requirements. First, it enables each type of information to be created
and controlled by the responsible discipline, eliminating many common
sources of error and inconsistency. So, for example, a pump has,
associated with it, process data, electrical data, mechanical data and
so on. By keeping ownership of data securely under the control of the
responsible disciplines each type of data can be revised and reissued
independently of the others. Second, sharing this information and
its change status with other users enables much closer collaboration
between the engineering and design disciplines. This greatly improves
the efficiency of the iterative, multi-discipline processes of creating and
refining a design.
Compare and Update utilities, which were originally introduced in 2010

on AVEVA Diagrams and Schematic Model Manager, have now been
extended to both AVEVA Engineering and PDMS. These enable users to
detect differences between different sources of the same information, a
key requirement for efficient concurrent engineering such as the parallel
development of line lists, P&IDs and 3D models. Data can be developed
independently in different tools with the security of being able to bring
everything together, ensuring consistency throughout the project. They
also provide a powerful means of ensuring the quality of data, whether
from AVEVA products or third-party sources such as Excel.
AVEVA Engineering is highly configurable and features a familiar

spreadsheet-style interface, making it easy to deploy and use. Equally
important, this new tool brings yet more essential project information
within the AVEVA environment; for example, enabling piping designers to
directly access the P&IDs and the line lists. Engineering data would also
be available to AVEVA Global, enabling it to be shared across multi-site
project teams, or included in various deliverables.
Proving the point

Like all AVEVA products, AVEVA Engineering embodies a considerable
amount of technical innovation and industry knowledge, but its
performance also owes much to the support and collaboration of our
customers. Such close relationships with our customers ensure that new
AVEVA products fulfil real-world needs and prove their performance on
representative project data and workflows. The mutual confidence this
creates brings measurable business benefits to both parties.
While customers are a cornerstone of AVEVAs technology development,
we also need to be sure that the benefits they report are representative
of what others might achieve; every business is unique. Because AVEVA
Engineering embodies a new technology concept which enables new and
more productive working methods, AVEVA commissioned independent
research to assess the potential savings that it could deliver on a typical
project. This research indicated that savings in the range of 714% of
engineering and design labour could be expected, depending on the size
and nature of the project.
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OMEGA Concept managing

critical process environments
Contamination of all types creates huge problems
in many sectors of industry. OMEGA Concept is a
French company which specialises in the prevention
of contamination risks, whether nuclear, biological
or chemical, to provide its customers with complete
control of their production environment.
Medical and pharmaceutical facilities, integrated circuit manufacturers
and nuclear power plants are typical of the different industries that
require clean room facilities to prevent contamination of sensitive
process equipment, materials or products. A clean room is a work area
with closely controlled temperature, humidity and air filtration. Its design
and construction is therefore a specialised process to achieve strict
control and maintenance of the rooms environmental conditions.
Headquartered in Lyon, France, OMEGA Concept is part of GDF SUEZ
Energy Services and employs nearly 900 people across its offices in
France, Italy and Morocco. It has been a supplier to EDF, the worlds
largest Owner Operator of nuclear power stations, for more than 30 years
and many of its 12 French offices are situated close to EDF nuclear plants.
OMEGA Concepts main activities are the design and installation of
high-specification HVAC facilities for clean rooms, and the design and
implementation of fluid and cold processes, explained Yoann Sestier,
Commercial Manager of OMEGAs SEMICAD department. SEMICAD is
our Specific Engineering department, he went on. It handles huge
turnkey projects, involving project planning, basic and detailed design,
calculations, mechanical, thermal and airflow analysis, and space
management.
MICADO and AVEVA PDMS

OMEGA Concept has also developed its own proprietary system,
called MICADO (www.micado-software.com), which is a distribution
networks management application, handling information about
which equipment is fed by which fluids, and which fluid feeds which
equipment, providing a very good view of the entire fluid process.
This enables designers to perform different what-if scenarios for
equipment items, pipes and fluid processes for individual projects
at an early stage, eliminating design errors and subsequent
production problems.
The PDMS geometry for piping and equipment layouts can be
imported straight into MICADO, explained Yoann Sestier. We are
now extending this to give MICADO access to all the information
available in the PDMS models.
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The SEMICAD teams main engineering tool for these projects is

AVEVA PDMS, an application within the AVEVA Plant portfolio, which
it implemented in 2001. Before that, it used PDS, but the company
realised that Intergraph had no plans to further maintain the product.
We needed a system for the long term, said Yoann Sestier. AVEVA has a
strong reputation for its long-term customer commitment and we found
PDMS ideally suited to our core engineering disciplines. Besides, old PDS
models from earlier projects can easily be imported into PDMS, so we can
save time and effort by reusing design information.
Meeting the challenge in nanotechnology
PDMS really came into its own in the construction of NANO 300, a
nanotechnology research centre located near Grenoble, France, with a
10,000m2 ISO3 clean room, Yoann Sestier explained. The centre has
been in operation since 2002 but this is an ongoing project because
the centre is constantly changing. New processes are continually being
tested, so the items of process equipment in the clean room have to be
frequently moved around or replaced.
AVEVA PDMS model of the nanotechnology research centre. Image courtesy of OMEGA Concept.
This state of continuous change means that the PDMS Hook-up and Fitup design of the plant must be frequently updated to keep the facility
functioning optimally. The main constraint on the project is the very
tight space in which all these items of process equipment can be moved
around from one week to another, while maintaining full flexibility and
a tight commissioning schedule. Ten of OMEGA Concepts designers are
permanently based at the research centre to carry out the daily design
revisions.
The PDMS model of this plant is very impressive, with 700 process
equipment items in the clean room, more than 40,500 sub-equipment
items in the first and second floor basements and more than 150km of
pipes, with 5,800 piping lines. About 15,000 isometric drawings are
automatically generated from PDMS. The model is kept up to date with the
as-built plant and is used for daily production and maintenance.
AVEVA PDMS model of a section of the nanotechnology research centre. The clean room is situated on the top floor of the building. Image courtesy of OMEGA Concept.
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Yoann Sestier, Commercial Manager of OMEGAs

SEMICAD department.
Photograph courtesy of OMEGA Concept.
For each item of process equipment or tool,

an individual Notebook record called Tool
Package is created, containing process
information such as layout drawings of
equipment and sub-equipment, P&IDs, electrical
diagrams, 3D views, piping and cable tray
isometric drawings. Much of this information is
automatically generated from PDMS, said Yoann
Sestier.
PDMS has proved to be a very flexible tool,
he went on. It can handle all these process
changes smoothly in an extremely tight
schedule. The PML scripting language has made
it easy for us to customise PDMS and add many
new functions via macros.
Increasing the level of design
For its next nuclear project, OMEGA Concept
plans to implement AVEVA Multi-Discipline
Supports, in order to be able to include all
support details in the model. Our use of PDMS
has evolved considerably since the first project.
The level of detail we now include in the PDMS
model has increased significantly, and enables
fast, problem-free fabrication and installation.
Furthermore, Yoann Sestier concluded, we have
developed a partnership with some of our duct
suppliers, in order to deliver them our PDMS
model for direct duct manufacturing (CAM).
About OMEGA Concept
In January 2012, AXIMA SEITHA and OMEGA
Concept merged to become AXIMA Concept
within the GDF SUEZ Energy Services group,
strengthening their leading position in HVAC
technology and their expertise in the fields of
fire protection and refrigeration.
For more information about OMEGA Concept,
visit www.omega-concept-gdfsuez.com.
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AVEVA PDMS images of process equipment in the nanotechnology research centre.

Images courtesy of OMEGA Concept.
Rolls-Royce uses AVEVA Marine in

practical and daily design work only two
months after migration from Tribon M3
In December 2010, Rolls-Royce received an order
from the Singapore-based offshore company,
PaxOcean Engineering, to provide the ship design,
propulsion systems and deck machinery for two
platform supply vessels (PSVs) of the UT 755 CD
design, (a development of the popular UT 755
series). The vessels are currently being built at
PaxOcean Engineerings offshore vessel shipyard in
Zhuhai, China, with delivery due in 2012.
Rolls-Royce is a world leader in marine solutions, providing products,

services and expertise to more than 30,000 vessels in the offshore,
merchant, and naval surface and submarine markets. The Rolls-Royce
UT-Design range for the offshore industry covers platform supply, anchor
handling, cable-laying and multi-purpose vessels, as well as seismic
survey, intervention service and drilling vessels.
Magnus Feldt
Editor, AVEVA World Magazine
The offshore ship design is carried out at the offices in Ulsteinvik,

Norway, and at Navis Consult, an engineering company in Rijeka, Croatia,
owned by Rolls-Royce. The ship designers in both Ulsteinvik and Rijeka
are all experienced Tribon shipbuilding users. We met Oddvar Skotte,
CAD Manager, and Oystein Alme, Senior Engineer, Structural Design, at
the AVEVA World Marine Seminar in Malm in November 2011, to find out
more about their speedy and efficient migration to AVEVA Marine from the
Tribon M3 shipbuilding system.
Following a requirement from PaxOcean Engineering that the vessels

should be designed with AVEVA Marine, Rolls-Royce decided to migrate
immediately to this application. In order to be able to deliver the design
in time, Rolls-Royce took on a challenging schedule for the training and
implementation of the AVEVA Marine system.
Main image: The UT 755 series has generated more than180 vessels either currently in service or on order worldwide. Photograph courtesy of Rolls-Royce.
Inset: AVEVA Marine model of a platform supply vessel (PSV) of the UT 755 CD design. Image courtesy of Rolls-Royce.
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Migrating to AVEVA Marine from Tribon M3

AVEVA Marine was implemented at Rolls-Royce in early January 2011.
Training started in the second week in January in Rijeka, with a five-day
project set-up and a basic administration course. Over the following two
weeks, a five-day AVEVA Hull upgrade course and a four-day basic course
in AVEVA Outfitting were held. In parallel, a two-day migration seminar
was arranged at AVEVAs office in Malm, Sweden.
After a two-week project planning meeting in Singapore between RollsRoyce and PaxOcean Engineering, seven weeks of training followed,
covering the complete outfitting system.
Rolls-Royce had recently delivered a similar platform supply vessel,
designed completely with AVEVAs Tribon M3 shipbuilding system. For
the two new vessels, Rolls-Royce decided to use the Tribon data from
this project and migrate the data to AVEVA Marine. Migration tools and
services from AVEVA helped Rolls-Royce to convert the data to AVEVA
Marine.
The hull design work for the new vessels started last week in March, when
the hull data from Tribon was converted to AVEVA Marine for further
design and modifications. The outfitting design started first week in May,
when outfitting data from Tribon was converted to AVEVA Marine. Specific
design requirements for the new vessels were re-engineered in AVEVA
Marine. This data then served as a base for the re-engineering within
AVEVA Marine, to cope with the specific design requirements for this ship.
The Outfitting application from AVEVA Marine proved to be easy to use,
and efficiently handled these design modifications.
The first AVEVA Marine hull and outfitting models of the PSV vessel
were delivered to PaxOcean in the first week in May and in mid-June,
respectively, and the complete AVEVA Marine model was delivered in the
last week in November.
All deliveries were made according to schedule and PaxOcean was able to
derive all the necessary production information automatically from the
delivered models. First steel cutting at Zhuhai shipyard took place on the
15th of July.
Rolls-Royce found the hull application in AVEVA Marine easy to start
working with, as many features were similar to the hull application in
Tribon. The outfitting application in AVEVA Marine was a new application
for them but, thanks to effective training supplied by AVEVA, and good
training manuals and user guides, they were ready to start outfitting
design work already in the first week in May.
During this intense and comprehensive design project in AVEVA
Marine, Rolls-Royce became aware of a number of useful new features
for their design projects, including AVEVA Marines well-organised
project structure which offers a very flexible way to set up a project.
Furthermore, the PML scripting language makes it simple to customise
AVEVA Marine and to add many new functionalities.
Famous UT-Design vessels
The UT-Design PSV series of vessels, which also perform rescue and standby duties, continues to evolve, and ranges from small vessels with the
most up-to-date features to much larger complex vessels.
PaxOcean Engineerings offshore vessel shipyard in Zhuhai, China. Photograph courtesy of PaxOcean Engineering.
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The UT 700 series is recognised as a worldwide standard in the offshore

industry. To date, approximately 800 UT-Design vessels have been built
or are under construction around the world. Platform supply vessels
typically transport pipes, cement, liquid and cargo to and from mainland
and offshore installations.
Since it was first delivered in 1996, the UT 755 series has generated more
than 180 vessels either currently in service or on order worldwide.
An order for two more platform supply vessels
As a result of the successful design of the two PSVs for PaxOcean
Engineering, the company awarded Rolls-Royce a contract in November
2011 to design and equip two more oil platform supply vessels.
During this intense and comprehensive

design project in AVEVA Marine, RollsRoyce became aware of a number of
useful new features for their design
projects, including AVEVA Marines wellorganised project structure which offers
a very flexible way to set up a project...
These vessels, which also will be built at PaxOcean Engineerings shipyard

in Zhuhai, China, will have a fully-integrated Rolls-Royce diesel electric
propulsion system and deck machinery. The vessels will be equipped for
oil recovery and fire fighting, and are due to be delivered during the first
six months of 2013.
AVEVA Global to be used in future projects
Rolls-Royces ship design projects are often very complex and executed
globally, often using subcontractors. Rolls-Royce plans to use AVEVA
Global, AVEVAs solution for multi-site concurrent working, enabling
Rolls-Royces offices in Ulsteinvik and Rijeka and their partners to work
concurrently towards the same ship model.
About Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is a world-leading provider of power systems and services for
use on land, at sea and in the air, and has established a strong position in
global markets civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy.
Rolls-Royce employs over 39,000 people in offices, manufacturing and
service facilities in over 50 countries.
From left, Oystein Alme, Senior Engineer, Structural Design, and Oddvar
Skotte, CAD Manager at Rolls-Royce.
The marine business of Rolls-Royce employs 9,000 people in 35 countries,

with the main manufacturing centres being in the UK, the Nordic
countries, the United States and, increasingly, Asia.
Rolls-Royce offers a range of ship designs for the offshore sector from
its well-known UT-Design family, launched in the mid-1970s. The range
includes platform supply vessels, anchor handling/tug/supply vessels,
multipurpose service vessels and other specialised vessels such as coastal
patrol vessels, well intervention, diving support vessel, sub-sea vessels,
etc.
Visit www.rolls-royce.com for more information.
About PaxOcean Engineering
PaxOcean Engineering is an integrated offshore and marine engineering
group, headquartered in Singapore, and offering new-build, conversion,
repair and design services.
The Groups two shipyards in Zhuhai and Zhoushan in China are modern
and fully equipped with plate/profile shot blasting and painting systems,
CNC plate-cutting machines, profile- and plate-forming shops, panel and
block assembly shops, and block blasting and painting shops.
Visit www.paxocean.com for more information.
Blocks under construction. Photograph courtesy of PaxOcean Engineering.
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Every discipline must

work live in the 3D Model
In July 2006, SBM Schiedam started its first FPSO design project with AVEVA PDMS. Over the
next four years the deployment of AVEVA tools was successfully extended around the globe.
The upgrading and pre-conversion of the 255,272 dwt tanker, Accord, into the P-57 was completed at Keppel Shipyard in Singapore earlier in 2010.The engineering was done at SBM Schiedam. SBM
delivered the FPSO to the owner, Petrobras Netherlands. The FPSO operates in the Jubarte Campos Basin which is 70km offshore the state of Esprito Santo, Brazil. Photograph courtesy of Mercator Media.
SBM Offshore N.V. designs and provides offshore energy

systems on a lease or sale basis for clients mainly active
in offshore oil and gas production. The company operates
globally with seven units and is listed on the Amsterdam
stock exchange. There is a long list of firsts in which the
company claims technology leadership or at least to be a
trendsetter. At the end of 2010, over 4,100 people worked
for the company. In the fiscal year 2010, 3.05 billion
US dollars (+ 3.4% compared to 2009) turnover and a
net profit of 276 million US dollars (+ 20% compared to
2009) were generated. An actual backlog of 15.7 billion
US dollars (a new record for the company) is also shown
in the annual reports.
Bernhard D. Valnion, Ph.D.
digitalPLANT Business + Engineering
The companys business activities include the engineering, supply, and

offshore installation of facilities for the production, storage and export
of crude oil, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG).These comprise Floating
Production Storage and Off-loading systems (FPSOs), Floating Storage
and Offloading systems (FSOs), Tension Leg Platforms (TLPs), monohull
and semi-submersible Floating Production Units (FPUs), as well as selfelevating Mobile Offshore Production Units (MOPUs).
The portfolio includes all the systems, mostly based on the single-point
mooring principle, used to moor crude oil and gas carriers in open
seas for the purpose of loading or offloading cargoes. Derived from the
same technology are complex mooring systems that anchor the floating
production facilities in oil and gas fields.
There are various types of mooring systems, such as fixed heading
or weathervaning, permanent or disconnectable. R&D expenditure
amounted to 20.7 million US dollars in 2010.
This article was originally published in digitalPLANT Business + Engineering in 2011. Published here is an updated version.
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SBM Offshore operates from four main project execution centres with
engineering and project management resources located in Schiedam/
Netherlands, Monaco, Houston/Texas (USA) and Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia.
Our editor spoke to Frans de Klerk, Department Manager Topsides Design,
and Albert te Pas, Discipline Manager of the PDMS Administrator Group,
both with SBM Schiedam which is part of the SBM Offshore group.
The market de Klerks group is mainly involved in is the FPSO market.
Roughly speaking, a FPSO is a floating plant. Most of these units are
owned by the SBM Offshore group and leased to oil and gas companies.
The consequence: SBM Offshore acts as owner operator and SBM
Schiedam as EPCI contractor.
With the Clash Manager the user

can say: I approved this clash, and
then he only gets new clashes, the
non-critical ones are suppressed.
This really saves us a lot of time...
AVEVA Clash Manager in use at SBM Schiedam. Image courtesy of SBM.
The department here in Schiedam, just a few minutes ride by metro from
Rotterdam Centraal, mainly designs the process utilities on board the
vessel. About 85 people are working in the four disciplines: piping,
mechanical equipment, structural, and PDMS group. The PDMS
group headed by Albert te Pas is basically focused on the administration
and development of PDMS from AVEVA plc. headquartered in Cambridge/
UK it is a facilitating group for the other disciplines. This fact already
shows the importance of the effective deployment of integrated 3D plant
design processes for SBM as well as SBM Schiedam.
Three projects with a total volume of about two billion US dollars are
currently executed simultaneously. Our projects are mainly conversions
of trading tankers, Mr de Klerk explains and adds: That means we take
existing tanker layouts and modify the design and build a new plant on
top.
Settlement of conflicts
In the Schiedam office, 11 AVEVA PDMS licences and 25 AVEVA Outfitting
(in the AVEVA Marine suite of applications) licenses are in use. One of the
main reasons for the use of PDMS is efficient clash management. Most of
the time a clash is caused by two disciplines using the same space, e.g.
there is a structural reinforcement and a pipe going through it. Sure,
you want to solve this problem before it comes up in the yard, Mr te Pas
says and refers to AVEVA Clash Manager. With the remark: If you have
an access route, for example, which is colliding with a region reserved
for maintenance of a piece of equipment, that might be no problem. But
if you do such checks on a weekly basis and our projects typically last
between 12 and 14 months this clash pops up at least 50 times. With
the Clash Manager the user can say: I approved this clash, and then
he only gets new clashes, the non-critical ones are suppressed, says Mr
te Pas, giving an insight into the daily work routine. And de Klerk adds:
This really saves us a lot of time. In total, there are three types of clash
management tools in use:
z The one within PDMS.
z On top of that, a slightly more enhanced tool. It was created by SBM
Schiedam itself and is used on a daily basis.
z About once a week the AVEVA Clash Manager is used as an application.
It works on a separate desktop and has access to a SQL server.
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AVEVA Clash Manager is a kind of an umbrella application to check the

consistency over the whole project. In that tool, rules and settings are
defined to separate non-relevant clashes from real ones. At a certain
moment you only have what we call hot clashes. These are detected by
the PDMS Design Coordinator of the project because he runs the Clash
Manager. Together with our Lead Engineers responsible for special plant
modules, the PDMS Design Coordinator tries to settle the conflict. If both
cant approve, they have to delegate the problem to the designers of the
different disciplines to solve it, says Mr te Pas, explaining the procedure.
Frans de Klerk, SBM Schiedam.
Global work sharing

Apart from the four SBM sites, three subcontractors (in Serbia, in
Romania, and in India) and construction yards in Singapore and Brazil
benefit from PDMS for project execution. The PDMS Global application
coordinates the worldwide work split. In doing so, a centralized PDMS
project owner (Hub) is defined to connect the other sites as satellites.
As the admin of the hub, we control everything, says Mr de Klerk selfconfidently. The tasks of the Hub include:
z
z
z
z
z
z
Albert te Pas, SBM Schiedam.
set-up of PDMS project system environment

creation of databases
allocation of databases to satellite locations
changing access rights (read/write) for satellites
the definition of synchronization events between the Hub and satellites
the control of databases with regard to the data quality aspects.
The database set-up includes providing catalogues, material

specifications, dictionaries, design tools, and numbering/naming
systems to control the other databases. Generally, AVEVA Global updates
all model information around the world. For instance, if we include
additional valves or other pieces of equipment into a catalogue, following
synchronization the data also becomes available for the subcontractors,
AVEVA Global updates all model information of

SBM around the world without any redundancy.
Image courtesy of SBM.
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SBM Company Organisation Chart.

says Mr te Pas to give an example. Several tools are implemented to check
the data quality of the publication mechanism. Otherwise: Rubbish in
means rubbish out, stresses Mr te Pas and adds: Correct input is a must!
Hull design
For the first time, we are using the Hull application and AVEVA Outfitting,
Mr te Pas says. The reason is that in a specific project the hull is designed
completely from start. Normally it is a conversion of an already existing
project. AVEVA Outfitting has the same basic functionality as PDMS, but
with a different nomenclature. The advantage of AVEVA Outfitting is that
instead of PDMS it can read in the hull shapes in its database. It is used
to generate plan and section drawings of each discipline, to support the
design and to create support detail drawings. The company has decided
to move from using PDMS into using AVEVA Marine (hull and outfitting
integrated). At this moment, 25 Outfitting licences are rented and five
licences are in permanent use for the hull design.
Increasing complexity
Every new project is more ambitious than its
predecessor. Remember: crude oil of different
origins is different. The oils differ in their chemical
composition, in their viscosity and so on. All fields
where light and clean crude oil is concentrated
have already been explored. Only the difficult ones
are left in deep water, low in quality, which, for
instance, means a lot of supply has to be removed,
and sometimes the oil is contaminated, which is
very dangerous, so safety is a big issue, says Mr
de Klerk. The consequence is that the production
facilities require more and more components, but
the available space remains the same. Additionally
the production rate is going up.
For more information about SBM Offshore N.V.

and SBM Schiedam, visit www.sbmoffshore.com
Ten years ago, FPSOs produced 50,000 barrels a day, nowadays it is up

to three times as much even though it is a more advanced process. Mr te
Pas enters into the argumentation from a different point of view: But
another challenge is the increased complexity of the project execution
you want to control and monitor whats happening in the project far
more. To meet this extensive requirement, data management is involved.
For us it means we have to continuously improve our work processes
because you have to do everything in a more structured way. A more
sophisticated database environment is the consequence. Documented
best practices, e.g. expressed in templates, are crucial for SBM Schiedam.
But, as Mr te Pas points out, the biggest advantage is that SBM Schiedam
is always working in the same engineering-IT environment. It uses
its own standards, which recur in every project. The effectiveness of
standardized processes is tracked over many years. Mr te Pas summarizes:
We are following AVEVAs philosophy because it is our own philosophy:
Every discipline has to work live in the 3D model and then generate
drawings. There is no doubt that this is a clear strategy for integrated
processes and workflow management.
Split of work
between the
SBM sites.
Image courtesy
of SBM.
We are following AVEVAs philosophy because it is our own philosophy:

Every discipline has to work live in the 3D model and then generate
drawings. There is no doubt that this is a clear strategy for integrated
processes and workflow management...
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AVEVAs Academic Programme

More networking and cooperation between universities and industry
Despite an urgent need for well-educated young
professionals, industry has, for years, complained
of an acute shortage of skilled workers, while those
graduates who are available must meet increasingly
demanding business requirements. The only solution
is long-term cooperation between industry and
universities.
The answers to many of humanitys most pressing shared problems rely on
advanced science, engineering, analysis and policy, so students must be
prepared for the generational challenges ahead. Since the world depends
now, more than ever, on science and technology, universities need to
develop and educate new industry leaders. Educational institutions are
in a position to give students the tools to make international economies
more resilient and less inequitable. Professors and students should
master science and engineering through real-world problem solving and
hands-on research, so they can invent new technologies and create the
new materials needed to seize the opportunities offered by industrial
progress. To meet these enormous challenges, universities and industries
must work together to share their knowledge and experience.
AVEVAs Academic Initiative
Acting as a bridge between business and academia, AVEVAs Academic
Initiative supports universities and institutions all over the world by
providing software, training and support. Today, we are working with
almost 100 universities and training institutes to provide real-world
design experience to students and professionals so they can play an
active role in addressing the global challenges that we face.
The Berlin University of Technology. Photo courtesy of Berlin University of Technology.
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It is no surprise that the focus of universities within a country is often

based on the economic core competencies of that region. For example,
we see more universities in North and South America concentrating on
petroleum engineering than we do in Asia. Germany is dominated by
chemical engineering, France has a particular expertise in nuclear power,
and South Korea and Japan are heavily focused on the shipbuilding
industry.
At the University of Tokyo, AVEVA software has been used for many
years as part of their degree programme in offshore engineering and
naval architecture. The AVEVA Marine software offers students a deeper
understanding of ship design and the complex dependencies between
engineering disciplines across the shipyard. The academic programme
is also helping to relieve the skills shortage in the US plant sector.
AVEVA has built partnerships with several educational institutions for
the cross-training of professionals, enabling them to reskill and to
enter the plant design industry. Students who graduate from these
programmes leave with a level of hands-on experience that makes them
promising candidates for the worlds leading EPCs, Owner Operators and
shipbuilders.
Another good example is the use of AVEVA Plant software at two
prestigious universities in Germany. AVEVA World Magazine took a closer
look at how AVEVAs technology has been applied to some fascinating
design scenarios. The Berlin University of Technology and the Cologne
University of Applied Science have close relationships with AVEVA.
Both universities train their students with AVEVAs PDMS software, as a
dominant design tool for the industry.
The Cologne University of Applied Science. Photo courtesy of Fachhochschule Kln/Ersteller.
Gnter Wozny is head of the Department of Process Dynamics

and Operation at the Berlin University of Technology. He
teaches the Computer Aided Plant Design course. In the project,
Integrated Chemical Processes in Liquid Multiphase Systems, his
students design, construct and implement a mini-plant for the
hydroformylation of long-chain olefins in micellar solutions and
micro emulsions.
To achieve this, they use PDMS design software and a process
control system from Siemens. This enables early phase
experimental investigations that continue throughout the process
in order to reduce development time and cost. Furthermore,
the mini-plants allow investigation into the influence of recycle
streams on the performance of the catalyst and on process stability
in general. The recycling of the valuable catalyst was one major
challenge which was vital to the economic efficiency of the overall
process. To guarantee safe plant operation, the mini-plants must
satisfy the European explosion protection directives, so students
were also exposed to regulatory compliance considerations as part
of the design process.
The Berlin University of Technology is internationally

renowned. Our principles are high performance in research and
teaching and producing excellent graduates with outstanding
qualifications. At the end of our course in Computer Aided Plant
Design, students have to know the application of the tools, the
methods and how to use them. They learn the skill and capacity
for teamwork which is critical to solving simultaneous and
concurrent engineering problems. The AVEVA design software
plays an important role in our overall programme and is a
great example of how we can work together with technology
providers to create competent and confident engineers.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. h.c. Dr. h.c. Gnter Wozny
Read the complete technical article online at:

http://www.aveva.com/awm/2012/1/tu_berlin
The Cologne University of Applied Science offers a project within its
Masters Integrated Plant Design programme. One of the principle
programme objectives is the production of 15 t/h carbon monoxide
with 6 or 13 bar of natural gas. To achieve this, students must
design all the process equipment in accordance with applicable
guidelines and regulations, as well as producing a risk analysis and
cost estimation for the plant. Students use PDMS to design the 3D
model and generate all necessary P&ID deliverables. The whole
project was divided into five major units:
1. natural-gas cleaning using monoethanolamine laundering
2. production of carbon monoxide by steam-reforming
3. product gas drying and separation of CO
4. separation of methane and hydrogen from synthesis gas
5. energy coupling of the synthesis gas plant.
Read the complete technical article online at:
http://www.aveva.com/awm/2012/1/fh_koeln
Conclusion
Skilled young professionals are rare in the engineering world.
This applies to the shipbuilding industry in Asia as well as to the
plant and power industry in the Americas and Europe. AVEVA
has recognised the challenge, and has invested in constructive
partnerships and successful cooperation with universities and
technical institutes by educating and training students with AVEVAs
leading engineering tools. Together, we are planting the seeds of
experience to create confident and skilled professionals who will
meet the challenges of the future.
For companies and universities needing more

information, AVEVA offers a detailed overview of
the existing partnerships and ongoing projects
on its home page at www.aveva.com.
Cologne University of
Applied Science offers an
accredited Masters degree
in chemical engineering
and supply technology,
within a teaching module
called Integrated Plant
Design. Based on a project,
this module will provide
students with the different
methods and the handling
of modern plant design
tools in the field of 3D plant
design. Since 2005, the 3D
plant design software from
AVEVA PDMS has been used
successfully.
Prof. Dr. Ing.
Gerhard Steinborn
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More Power
More Productivity
More Integration
New AVEVA Marine products
deliver enhanced capabilities
for marine and offshore
engineering
AVEVA Marine entered 2012 with three powerful new products
and a range of across-the-board upgrades. These not only address
specific needs in the shipbuilding and offshore industries, they
also extend the integration of data and disciplines within AVEVA
Marine and between AVEVA Marine and AVEVA Plant. They increase
both AVEVAs technology leadership and the competitive advantage
of its customers.
Across the board
These important additions to AVEVA Marine reflect significant
upgrades to AVEVA Plant, which we describe on pages 24-25. The
ground-breaking new AVEVA Engineering serves both the plant and
marine industries, while the close technology integration between
AVEVA Plant and AVEVA Marine ensures that the many common
enhancements in the 12.1 product releases will benefit all our
customers.
For example, the considerable benefits of AVEVA Design Reuse are
further extended by model library improvements which make it easier
to build up libraries of outfitting components. Unicode support and
the general enhancements of report generation functions will be
widely welcomed for the abilities they bring in producing high-quality
deliverables in users local languages. Support for Windows 7 and for
Microsoft Office 2010 are also provided across both AVEVA Plant and
AVEVA Marine.
AVEVA Design Reuse

Exploit your accumulated know-how
For many AVEVA Marine users, the brand-new AVEVA Design Reuse will
itself be sufficient reason to upgrade. This module can dramatically
accelerate new projects through the reuse of previous design work.
AVEVA estimates that this capability could save as much as 70% of the
design time for a new vessel.
AVEVA Design Reuse can be used in a variety of ways. For yards
specialising in a particular type of vessel, it can be used to rapidly
create a new design by copying an original; traditionally, as much as
90% of the original design effort was required to create an identical
copy. The new copy can include all the design information of the
original, or only selected subsets, and can have its data references
intelligently updated to suit the requirements of the new design.
AVEVA Surface Manager

More choice, more quality, more control
Mixed technology environments are common in all the engineering
industries and AVEVA has long been an active promoter of open
standards for data exchange, to enable a preferred mix of individual
applications for specific tasks. The new AVEVA Surface Manager
extends user choice by enabling hull surface definitions to be
exchanged with third-party applications through established neutral
standards such as IGES, SAT, DML and STEP AP203.
Normally used for importing surfaces into AVEVA Marine, AVEVA
Surface Manager puts a shipyard in full control of the hull form,
providing a number of valuable benefits. When importing, it carries
out sophisticated quality checking on the data and can repair a
number of commonly encountered defects.
AVEVA Space Management

Simplifying, managing, automating
Another major addition to AVEVA Marine is AVEVA Space
Management, which will be of particular interest to designers of more
complex vessel types such as warships, submarines or cruise ships.
This new application greatly simplifies the creation and management
of the many space divisions within a vessel.
Its powerful room-oriented approach to design is highly productive,
as the intelligent association of compartments with their properties
and contents enables a rapid and interactive design development.
The software ensures that all dependencies update automatically.
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AVEVA Design Reuse unlocks the accumulated value of previous design

work. It allows the reuse of an entire ship design or simply parts of it. For
example, you can:
z
z
z
z
z
create a sister ship from an existing design

create a similar ship, perhaps for a different owner
create a similar ship, but of a different size
start a new design using parts of previous designs
apply a standard design to a new project.
An intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) makes this powerful new

product easy to use for efficient manual copying. Command-line control
opens up possibilities for innovative working methods based on the
automation capabilities of AVEVAs Programming Macro Language (PML).
Top: View of a source model.

Below: 3D view of the data copied and updated in the target model.
Hull form accuracy can therefore be maintained throughout every stage

of an AVEVA Marine project, ensuring high design quality in the finished
vessel.
hydrodynamics analysis software. It helps increase design quality, and

maximises control over one of a shipyards most valuable intellectual
assets.
When exporting, surface definitions can be exported entire, for use in

third-party hydrodynamics applications, for example, or selectively for
use by subcontractors. Because vessel performance depends critically
on it, the precise surface definition is a high-value proprietary asset for
a shipbuilder. Being able to export to subcontractors selected portions
only of the hull form retains control of this valuable intellectual property.
AVEVA Surface Manager can also be used as a stand-alone program for
converting surfaces from one format to another. Its full range of benefits
becomes apparent when used in conjunction with Hull Structural Design
or Hull Detailed Design, through facilitating the checking of surfaces
during the hull design process. Surface Manager provides more flexibility
of choice, whether of surface creation tools, or specialist hydrostatics or
Example of surface definition for bulb and bow thruster.
Automatic space arrangement drawings

Apart from increasing the scope for evaluating options at the early design
stage, one of the new products most valuable features is likely to be its
ability to automatically create General Arrangement drawings defining all
the various surface treatments.
A great many revisions of these are often required as the design evolves,
so the reduction in work and time required to update them can be
significant. Generating them directly from the definitive vessel model also
eliminates potential sources of error.
A general arrangement.
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Meshing Together
AVEVA Hull Finite Element Modeller adds a Patran interface
Stphane Neuvglise
Head of Business Management Marine Systems, AVEVA
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is an essential tool in ship design, not only
to verify the structural strength of a hull but also to meet increasingly
stringent vibration criteria for qualities such as passenger comfort or
environmental noise. But the man-hours required for FEA are costly.
Worse, tight delivery schedules frequently make it a critical path activity
and can require that construction starts before final approval of the
analyses by the Classification Society, incurring an element of programme
risk. Add to this the highly skilled nature of idealising a hull structure into
an efficient mesh for analysis and its easy to see why Hull Finite Element
Modeller has already proved so popular.
There are two leading FEA solutions used in ship design: Patran/Nastran
from MSC Software and ANSYS Mechanical from ANSYS. Patran is used by
roughly half of the worlds shipbuilders, so this latest addition of a Patran
interface to Hull Finite Element Modeller will be good news for a great
many shipbuilders and their design agents.
As we described in the first 2010 issue of PIPELINE magazine, Hull
Finite Element Modeller is a model converter that incorporates a great
deal of specialist know-how for idealising real hull structure into an
optimum mesh for efficient FEA. It applies default mesh parameters and
idealisations which accurately translate the majority of the true design
intent at the first pass, and it allows the structural analyst to adjust these
as necessary to fine-tune the mesh, for example, to increase mesh density
around local hot spots.
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Once the optimum idealisation has been configured, the new version of
Hull Finite Element Modeller can now generate and export a session file
using Patran Command Language (PCL) for execution in Patran. This file
contains all the commands required to create a simplified geometry of
the original hull model, together with material and element property
definitions, within a Patran database.
The success of this new interface owes much to the excellent training and
support provided by MSC to AVEVAs technologists during its development
and validation. AVEVA has also worked closely with selected customers
during development to ensure that the enhanced product continues to
support industry working practices and could be tested on real warts and
all project data. This focus on practicality has resulted in a solution which
delivers power and ease of use for everyday needs, while avoiding the
unnecessary complexities of trying to cater for every possible situation.
Shipbuilders are very practical people, who understand the principle
of diminishing returns and, above all, want tools that are effective and
reliable.
Everybody who has used Hull Finite Element Modeller has been
enthusiastic about it. Shipyard managers appreciate both the direct
savings and the reduction it can make in programme risk. It also goes
some way to mitigating the skills shortages that the industry is suffering
from. Adding direct Patran compatibility brings these benefits to a wider
range of users.
STEP
Hull structure shown
in AVEVA Marine.
STEP
The same hull
structure after
idealisation, ready
for mesh generation.
STEP
Finally, the same
idealised structure
transferred into
Patran.
2
3
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AVEVA welcomes our

new customers in 2011
AVEVA enables the creation and
management of complex digital
assets for owner operators,
engineering contractors and
shipbuilders in the Plant and
Marine industries around the
world.
For 45 years, AVEVA has worked
closely with our customers
to build strong partnerships
based on an unparalleled level
of industry experience. We are
proud to welcome the following
companies to the AVEVA
community in 2011 and look
forward to a long and successful
relationship.
3J Consulting & Service Co., Ltd., Korea

A-Tech Engineering, Korea
ABS InfoLink, Inc., USA
Aibel (Thailand) Ltd, Thailand
Al Ghanim, Kuwait
Alaska Tanker Company, LLC, USA
Alcatel-Lucent France, France
Almitec, France
Altelios, France
AM Engineering Limited, UK
Andritz Feed & Biofuel A/S, Denmark
Andritz Thermtec B.V., Netherlands
Ansaldo Caldaie S.p.a., Italy
Ansaldo Nucleare S.p.A., Italy
AP Consultoria e Projetos Ltda, Brazil
API Management, Australia
Apphia, Italy
Arabian Bemco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Architectural Design & Research Institute of
Southeast University, China
Asian Academy of Professional Training, India
ASKON Konstruktion & Personalmanagement
GmbH, Germany
Astrum Engineering, Finland
Audubon Engineering Operations LLC., USA
Ayden Istanbul Gemi Mhendislik, Turkey
Bachtrup GmbH, Germany
Bantrel, Canada
Bechtel Offshore, USA
Biryong Corporation, Korea
Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Burgasnefteproject, Bulgaria
BW Offshore Norway AS, Norway
Cadmius Engenharia e Projetos Industriais Ltd,
Brazil
Cameron India Manufacturing Limited, India
Cameron International Corporation, USA
CANDO Co., LTD., Korea
Carigali Hess Operating Company Sdn Bhd,
Malaysia
Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company Sdn Bhd,
Malaysia
CASPIMUNAIGAS, Kazakhstan
CDI Engineering Solutions Inc., USA
CEA Cadarache, France
Centroprojekt do Brasil S.A, Brazil
Cethar Limited, India
CH2M Hill Engineers Inc., USA
Chandan Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India
China Nerin Engineering Co.,Ltd., China
China Steel Structure Co., Ltd., China
Combustol Industria e Comercio Ltda, Brazil
Compania Minera Milpo S.A.A., Peru
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Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), United

Arab Emirates
Consorcio Alusa CBM, Brazil
Consorcio EBE-Alusa, Brazil
Consorcio Haztec-Serveng-Mana, Brazil
Consorcio Itaborai URE, Brazil
Consorcio Novo Cenpes, Brazil
Constructions Mecanique de Normandie, France
Contratec Engenharia Ltda, Brazil
Control Contracting & Trading Company (CCTC),
United Arab Emirates
Contromation Energy Services, Indonesia
Cooper Securite SAS, France
Creative Synergies Consulting India Pvt. Ltd,
India
DAESONG Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea
Daeyang Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.,
Korea
Degremont Limited, India
Dei Enterprise Co., Ltd., China
Delta 4 Srl, Italy
Devemada Engenharia Ltda, Brazil
Dodsal Engineering & Construction (India) Pvt.
Ltd., India
Doosan Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.,
Korea
Dowell Schlumberger International Pte Ltd,
Singapore
DP Clean Tech Europe A/S, Denmark
DP CleanTech Company Limited, China
DPS Global, UK
Ecovix - Engevix Construcoes Oceanicas SA, Brazil
EFE Engineering Pte Ltd, Singapore
Eide Marine Services AS, Norway
Elkon Elektrik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Turkey
Empresa Brasileira de Engenharia SA, Brazil
Emte S.L.U., Spain
Estaleiro Atlantico Sul, Brazil
Estudio Pereda 4, S.L., Spain
Etteplan Vataple Technology Centre Ltd., China
Fabryka Kotlow SEFAKO, Poland
Ferchau Engineering GmbH, Germany
Ferrostaal Solar S.L.U., Spain
FL Industries, Inc., USA
Fluor Engineering n.v., Belgium
Fores Engineering S.r.l. , Italy
Frames Gas Processing B.V., Netherlands
Genel Sistem Dizayni Muh. Bil. Taah, Turkey
Geostock S.A.S., France
Ghenova Brasil Projetos Ltda, Brazil
GMI S.A., Peru
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC, Canada

GSPI, Russia
Mller & Randow UG, Germany

MW Power Oy, Finland
Halvorsen Offshore AS, Norway

Hancock Coal, Australia
Hangzhou Hangyang Chemical & Medical
Engineering Co., Ltd., China
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd.
(Construction Division), Korea
Hanse-Yard-Projekt UG, Germany
Hargrove and Associates, USA
Hays Temp GmbH, Germany
Hemisul.Scet Solucoes de Eng. e Tec. Ltda., Brazil
Hertel Marine Services BV, Netherlands
Holz Nett Iberia S.L.U., Spain
Hwaseung R&A Co., Ltd., Korea
Navis Dizayn Mh. Gemi Ins. San.Tic.Ltd.Sti,

Turkey
NEC S.r.l., Italy
NIPIgazpererabotka, Russia
Northam Engineering S.A DE C.V, Mexico
Nymo AS, Norway
I.C.E Srl, Italy

Iconsa, Spain
IKM Ocean Design AS, Norway
iks Engineering GmbH, Germany
Industry-University Cooperation Foundation of
Changwon National University, Korea
INFAUTELEC Process, France
Innovative Process Solutions, Malaysia
J. Ray McDermott de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Mexico
Jinju Campus of Korea Polytechnic VII (JCKOPO),
Korea
JPTE Engenharia Ltda, Brazil
KangWon B&E Co., Ltd., Korea
Karlsruher Institut of Technology (KIT), Germany
KazStroyProject PV, Kazakhstan
KeangNam Enterprises Co., Ltd., Korea
Kentz Engineering International Co. Ltd.,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Keystone Engineering, Inc., USA
KING, Russia
Kok & Van Engelen Composite Structures BV,
Netherlands
Korea East-West Power Co., Ltd. Dangjin Coal
Fired Power Complex, Korea
Korea Gas Technology Corporation, Korea
KROHNE, Italy
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Kuwait
L&T - Chiyoda Limited, India
L&T Modular Fabrication Yard, Oman
Laing ORourke, Australia
Le Gaz Integral, France
LG Toyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea
Lonza AG, Switzerland
M-I SWACO, UK
Mackay Sugar, Australia
Marine Technology Co., Ltd., Korea
MAT Incendio Engenharia de Incendio Ltda,
Brazil
MFP Michelin, France
Millennium Project Corp., Korea
MIPAC, Australia
Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd., Japan
MMG, Australia
Morgan Sindall, Switzerland
Morson Projects Ltd, UK
Movens, S. A. de C.V., Mexico
Oceanografia S.A. de C.V., Mexico

Odebrecht Oleo e Gas SA, Brazil
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., India
Optimus (Aberdeen) Limited, UK
Parifex, France
PDC Global, Australia
PDS Protek AS, Norway
Penspen Limited, Thailand
Perenco Peru Petroleum Limited, Peru
Petrogas, gas-systems bv, Netherlands
Petroleum Equipment Assembly & Metal
Structure JSC, Vietnam
PetroPheonix Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd,
India
PMS Engineering SpA, Italy
Polymont, France
Polynom, Russia
Premium Engineering, Russia
Pro-Team S.r.l., Italy
Procyon Oil & Gas Ltd, UK
PROECO Srl, Italy
Professional Consulting Services, LLC, USA
Progett, Italy
PROJYTECH, France
PROMER Musavirlik Muhendislik Ltd, Turkey
Quality Engineering & Softwares Technologies
Pvt. Ltd., India
Quosit srl, Italy
R.P. Sarda S.r.l., Italy
Rejlers Ingenjrer AB, Sweden
Reva Phoenix Engineers & Consultants India Pvt.
Ltd., India
Richtech International Engineering, Inc., USA
S.E.I., France
Samsung Engineering America Inc., USA
Samsung Engineering Pvt. Ltd., India
Sanyu Civil Engineering Corporation, Japan
Sargent & Lundy, L.L.C., USA
Sartorius Stedim India Pvt. Ltd., India
SAV Oy, Finland
Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARAMCO TOTAL Refining Petrochemical
Company (SATORP), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
SENER Ingenieria y Sistemas Argentina S.A.,
Argentina
Sereng Engenharia e Consultoria Ltda., Brazil
Servicios Industriales De La Marina, S.A., Peru
SevZap NTC, Russia
Sheridan Institute of Technology, Canada
Ship Design Group, Romania
Shiva Pharmachem Limited, India
Siemens Power Engineering Private Limited,
India
Six Tee Engineering Groups Pte Ltd, Singapore

SKG Consulting, USA
SmartBrains Engineers & Technologist Pvt. Ltd.,
India
Sobegi, France
Solaris Management Consultants Inc., Canada
Solios Environnement, Inc., Canada
Sophia Conseils, France
St. Petersburg EC, Russia
Staff srl, Italy
Statoil Refinery Denmark A/S, Denmark
STP&I Public Company Limited, Thailand
STRABAG Energy Technologies GmbH, Austria
Sunbo Unitech Co., Ltd., Korea
SunRui Marine Environment Engineering
Company, China
SYNOPEX INC., Korea
Talisman Energy (UK) Limited, UK
Tata Consultancy Services, India
TBP Engineering GmbH, Austria
TBP Interprojekt, Poland
Tebodin and Partners, Oman
TECHINT Chile, S.A., Chile
Techint Compania Tecnica Internacional S.A.C.,
Argentina
Techint Engenharia e Construcao SA, Brazil
Technodyne International Ltd, UK
Tekhnoproject KNHP, Russia
Telsan Engenharia e Servicos, Brazil
Tenova S.p.A., Italy
Terminale GNL Adriatico S.r.l., Italy
The Art Institute of Houston, Inc., USA
Tianjin Ship-repairing Technology Research
Institute, China
TN2Z Engenharia Ltda, Brazil
Tome Engenharia S.A, Brazil
Toyo Engineering Corporation, China
Toyo Engineering India Ltd., India
TP Tecnologie e Progettazioni, Italy
TR Engineering, Oman
Turbo Maquinaria y Equlpos Especiales, Mexico
Uhde India Limited, India
Universidad Tecnologica De Peru, Peru
VERDON, Belgium
Vista Projects Ltd., Canada
VolgogradNIPImorneft, Russia
Vosta LMG BV, Germany
Westinghouse Electric South Africa (Pty) Ltd,
South Africa
Wideurope Engineering Italy s.r.l., Italy
Yantar SY, United Shipbuilding Corporation,
Russia
Yokohama National University, Japan
Youxim United Engineering Co., Ltd., China
YUHA Engineering Co., Korea
Zaklady Chemiczne Organika-Sarzyna S.A.,
Poland
Zeppelin Systems India Pvt. Ltd., India
Zhenhai Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd.,
China
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