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The Camisea Pipeline Flyer
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The Camisea Pipeline Facing one of the greatest pipeline challenges in Peruvian history, ISI-Solutions, the system integrators for the project, knew the project needed to rely on a cost-effective automation solution that combined the power of control and flow computers to integrate, operate and maintain pipeline control. Camisea needed an internationally recognized name brand solution with local distribution. They needed a product line that would enable complex control over a Peruvian pipeline where failure to provide much needed natural gas and natural gas liquid could mean dire consequences for the Peruvian economy. Making its way along Peru’s Lower Urabamba River, a jaguar’s whispery black shape easily tangles with the darkness of nearby vegetation. Below the tree canopy, two parallel curves of the dual Camisea pipelines shoot into the surrounding Amazon, making their way through the jungle, far past where the big cat will wander and perhaps find its prey. Along the tree canopy equipment dangles from tethered lines. All of the equipment needed for this massive project is flown in and lowered from the sky onto hilltop clearings. From underground reserves more than a mile deep, natural gas and natural gas liquid will flow through the Camisea pipelines under the control of an integrated solution, a flow computer that will help exploit the jungle’s underground resources so that much-needed natural gas can properly make its journey to Peru’s coast. For the Peruvians, the pipelines’ path to the sea will eventually see natural gas and natural gas liquid processed and sold to help create an increased standard of living. It is a long journey that will eventually lead to economic prosperity, and is one that begins with understanding the solution needs of pipeline flow control. The answer came when ISI discovered a simple solution: ProSoft Technology had a Flow Computer that was compatible with Rockwell Automation’s ControlLogix platform. As an in-rack solution, it could easily plug into the Rockwell backplane. Fernando Dorgan, Electrical Engineer for ISI Solutions, tested Rockwell’s ControlLogix platform with ProSoft Technology’s in-rack AFC Flow Computer communicating with the backplane. He found such integration and compatibility a huge plus versus utilizing a stand-alone flow computer that might have provided a similar service. Since ISI-Solutions is a system integration company that provides consulting, integration, and management solutions for a multitude of pipeline-related projects, finding an automation solution meant choosing a product line that they knew was going to work. “We recommended the use of a Rockwell platform early on as we wanted to add a highly functional backplane and flow computer,” said Dorgan. “The challenges were significant. Camisea’s pipelines needed flow management control with a solution that could fit Continued on back > A S I A PAC I F I C | A F R I C A | E U R O P E | M I D D L E E A S T | L AT I N A M E R I C A | N O RT H A M E R I C A

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The Camisea Pipeline the Allen-Bradley backplane. What really made the Rockwell platform functional for Camisea was ProSoft Technology’s involvement in solving Camisea’s flow computer needs with their in-rack AFC Module.” “Implementation of products such as these are just part of standard development,” said Dorgan. “We design pipelines, then program, then test; then we start up. If you want professional quality on a pipeline such as Camisea, then you really have to make sure the technology fits the needs of the project.” Such challenges also included converting protocol from the Rockwell...

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