Cureton Midstream LLC, Denver, has let a contract to Honeywell International Inc. to provide a suite of cloud-based technology and interactive support services aimed at improving productivity, efficiency, and profitability of operations of its cryogenic natural gas processing plant and associated systems designed to extract 99% of ethane and 100% of propane from production in Weld County, Colo., in the Niobrara basin.
As a means of providing prescriptive monitoring of the UOP Russell gas plant, Cureton Midstream will use the Honeywell Connected Plant’s Process Insight Reliability Advisor to feed plant data through Honeywell UOP LLC fault models to provide performance analysis and recommendations designed to help the plant run more smoothly and mitigate issues that could impact operations, Honeywell said.
Designed to provide the operator greater visibility into its operations by identifying and resolving problems that often avoid detection and hamper production, the Reliability Advisor—which applies Honeywell UOP’s proprietary process knowledge and deep troubleshooting experience to recommend operational adjustments quickly and accurately—also can help the plant avoid unplanned shutdowns for maintenance and repair that could cost millions of dollars annually in lost productivity, the service provider said.
Honeywell did not disclose a value of the contract or a timeline for implementation of the technology.
This latest contract follows Cureton Midstream’s November 2017 contract award to Honeywell UOP to provide its proprietary UOP Russell turnkey solution for the Colorado gas plant, which alongside supply and installation of a modular cryogenic, dehydration, acid-gas removal, and residue compression unit, was to include delivery of control and flare systems as well as site electrical equipment (OGJ Online, Sept. 20, 2017).
Known as the Front Range gas plant project, the plant will be designed to process 60 MMcfd of gas that will be moved through existing interstate gas pipelines serving Colorado and Wyoming, according to Cureton Midstream’s project web site.
To be located on about 40 acres northwest of Keenesburg, Colo., the plant is scheduled to enter service sometime during this year’s third quarter, the operator said.
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