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Automation and Control

Your experienced partner for vendor-independent integrated technologies. Wood is a global leader in project delivery, engineering and technical services, providing 160+ year heritage efficient, integrated solutions across the asset life cycle in multiple sectors. We are proud of our rich heritage which 60,000 underpins our unrivalled breadth and depth employees of capability. We employ people with the brightest minds and the sharpest skills, who use our leading-edge technology to help our 60+ countries customers succeed.

Our differentiators include our Care extensive range of services, the quality of our delivery, the passion Working safely with integrity, of our people and our unique respecting and valuing each culture. True to our values, we other and our communities work in an open and transparent way; a committed partner to our customers, supply chain and the Commitment communities we work with. Consistently delivering to Our values set the tone for what all our stakeholders is important in our business, they are the essence of our identity and fortify everything we do. Courage “Each and every Pushing the boundaries individual in our to create smarter, more business has the sustainable solutions ability to make a significant impact to our safety delivery. Safety is what we care about most and being safe means looking out for yourself and showing care for your colleagues. Keep safety at the heart of every conversation you have.”

Robin Watson, Chief Executive Wood’s vendor-independent approach means we provide objective insight and fit-for-purpose solutions to maximise operating efficiency, reliability and productivity.

Solutions that add value Recognised systems Wood is different from other integration expertise and control solutions Wood is a repeat winner of the providers. In addition to being prestigious System Integrator of the a leading provider of design, Year award, a engineering and integration Magazine System Integrator services, we are vendor- Hall of Fame member, and a independent. Our extensive globally recognised integration industry and systems experience provider. Our complete skill set, allows us to assure customers that technical expertise and customer they have the most appropriate satisfaction have consistently software and hardware for their made us the leader in both new project’s success. With our robust systems implementation and project management systems, legacy upgrades. We combine precision tools and the global powerful technical teams with support of Wood, we can handle vendor-independence to create any project, large or small, as your cost effective and lasting turn-key source from concept to solutions. commissioning.

Range of industry experience 1,300+ Wood is involved in a broad range dedicated personnel of industries, from virtually all oil and gas segments to automotive manufacturing and fabrication, life sciences, pulp and paper, power, industrial, nuclear, and mining and 41 minerals. You name the industry, offices and we serve it. Wherever Wood goes our automation and controls experience often follows. 15 countries Process automation solutions

Wood is a leading independent provider of process automation solutions around the world. We are capable of working on control systems of any size and complexity, and can assist during any stage of the project life cycle.

Our span of services results in fewer Project execution tools Remote instrument enclosures interfaces, faster implementation and Wood has served as an over-arching (RIE) ultimately a more robust and reliable project manager for many large Wood provides skid-mounted, automation system to implement capital projects and offers a solid self-contained buildings, delivered to complex industrial processes. suite of assurance processes that the client’s facility pre-wired, pre- include scope review and validation at tested and fully integrated with power Control systems design and specific stages of projects. These tools distribution and sufficient I/O capacity implementation include project management tools, for existing and expanded plant unit We are one of the largest vendor- applications and processes as well as requirements. The insulated, fully independent systems integrators in project execution solutions design to redundant air conditioned building the world. Combined with our full improve quality while reducing costs. is provided by Wood with our own in engineering capabilities, we execute house cabinet integration, complete the smallest to the largest projects, Human factors engineering instrument and electrical construction and are capable of working on control The right Human Factors Engineering hook up and field commissioning. systems of any size and complexity. (HFE) is critical on any automation Whether it is a large distributed control project where the operations, system (DCS) or a small programmable maintenance and other facility logic controller (PLC), our automation personnel must interface with the TengizChevroil Future professionals draw from a broad process. Some of Wood’s key focus Growth Project – main experience base and can assist during areas are Human interface any stage of the project life cycle to (HMI) design and implementation, automation contractor assist in platform selection, design and alarm management, control room (MAC) estimation or commissioning. environment and control equipment Wood is serving as the main console layout. automation contractor (MAC) solutions on the TengizChevroil Future True process control starts with Functional safety and Growth Project (FGP). FGP is understanding the process. Wood draws assurance one of the largest automation projects ever executed and it our expertise from our people who have The safety and security life cycle is includes over 87,000 hardwired come from operating facilities, plants, a key aspect of process safety. We I/O and 65 remote instrument mills and operations around the world. are experienced, practical and fit- enclosures (RIEs). The project is That expertise combined with a strong for-purpose. Wood offers complete being executed by Wood in the engineering background ensures our ISA84 / IEC61511 functional safety UK, Houston, Korea, Italy and solutions are truly fit-for-purpose and and process safety services for all Kazakhstan. will deliver safe and reliable startup and phases of the safety life cycle including full operation. implementation and integration services for all major safety systems Main automation and control systems. contractor (MAC) Our vendor-independent MAC approach focuses on providing a complete engineering design, procurement, programming, integration and commissioning service on all major controls hardware and software vendors to help identify the best available, proven technologies in the marketplace. We execute projects of any size and complexity. We are Main Automation Contractor on the Chevron Jack & St Malo project, one of the largest floating production facilities in the gulf of Mexico, and the TengizChevroil Future Growth Project, the largest automation project in the world. NORMACONNECT® VPP (V-Pressed Profile) Pipe Clamp Assembly Cell Wood successfully designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned an automated assembly system for two variants of the VPP clamp in an initiative to increase production per minute for a client.

Robotics Wood designs, tests, commissions and supports robotic cells in a variety of applications in automated manufacturing and distribution environments. We cover the entire process – including design, virtual modelling and simulation, testing to offline programming, installation, commissioning and life cycle service. Our vendor independence lets us work with multiple manufacturers and customisable paths, and our benefits bring reduced manufacturing costs, improved production quality, eradication of costly design errors and accelerated time to market. Facility automation, and vision

Wood has a long and distinguished record in the design and manufacture of special purpose machinery for facility automation. We integrate specific knowledge and experienced engineering in machinery design with sophisticated robotics, optics, materials handling and power systems combined with world class system simulation.

Materials handling Power systems Control panels Wood offers leading-edge materials With physical integration systems Wood’s assembly teams produce handling equipment and software designed for every level of your high quality control panels for a combined with extensive engineering business, Wood gives you the diverse range of applications. Our knowledge to provide industrial power to make your operations skilled personnel also produce customers with turnkey solutions to safer and smoother, boosting robotic cell control panels and solve specific requirements. We have efficiency and reducing costs with automated manufacturing experience with multiple conveyors power systems including: systems. system types, automated storage • Low voltage control design, Our modular assembly process and retrieval, cranes, indexers, motor control centres and and methodology can be flexed monorail and guided vehicles distribution switchgear depending on the volume and transport, vertical lift elevators and scope of your requirements, and several other conveyance systems. • Medium voltage control centres everything we produce is driven by and distribution switchgear Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen Turnkey manufacturing • Medium and low voltage techniques, rigorously tested for systems refurbishments and extensions functionality, workmanship and Wood’s Systems Division designs adherence to both build standards • Containerised substations and manufactures special purpose and customer specifications. , integrating them with • Neutral earthing resistor panels new and existing equipment. Our • Medium voltage metering, local Vision systems mechanical and control system isolation and termination panels We provide a seamless integration have the machinery design of vision systems using our experience to provide robotics • Integration and network control knowledge and experience in and automated product handling • Turnkey packages optics, robotics, and automation solutions for a variety of industries. controls. Our extensive experience Our approach, after fully in the automotive industry includes understanding our customer’s power train, assembly, body shop, requirements, will successfully and paint. Our turnkey systems deliver design, interface with existing provide assembly verification, error equipment, simulation, vision 3,000+ proofing and parts identification. systems, manufacture, testing, robots programmed and installation, commissioning and commissioned by Wood comprehensive service availability. 20+ million manhours executed since inception

80,000+ sq ft of secure, on-site staging facilities globally • One of the largest independent • Ensured the delivery of over 200 systems integrators in the world billion M3 of natural gas to Europe since 2012 We have designed, • Completed projects range from configured, installed fewer than 50 manhours to over • Received nine consecutive safety 700,000 manhours awards on a project from a major and commissioned chemical complex operator – over • Only large system integrator with the automation 1,000,000 combined manhours full engineering capabilities without lost time accident systems for the two • Monitoring and assuring 10% of the and 1,500,000 manhours of largest offshore world’s gas supply subcontractor labor without a lost time accident floating production • Two-time winner of the System platforms in the Integrator of the Year by Control • Main Automation Contractor on Magazine some of the industry’s largest Gulf of Mexico projects (>1,000,000 combined • System Integrator Hall of Fame manhours) Member Simulation, learning and virtual systems

Wood’s simulation, virtual commissioning and e-learning capabilities have put us on the forefront of project success by proving our fit-for-purpose design. We have made significant investments in each technology to provide proven solutions for our customers.

Simulation Virtual commissioning Virtual/augmented Our simulation engineers use Wood offers offsite testing reality (VR/AR) advanced software to explore and platforms in a virtual environment Wood’s in-house VR/AR benefits are analyse a whole host of ‘what if?’ that accurately reflects the real vast and can add significant value to scenarios, allowing the performance factory, with seamlessly integrated operations, particularly in areas such as of each solution to be optimised. hardware, PLC and robotic systems. training, safety and decommissioning. Models can be a 2D or 3D CAD The customisable technology allows Oil and gas operations “digital twin” of the actual facility. users to experience environments This intricate process minimises Wood offers state-of-the-art digital and learn through realistic graphic human error and ensures continuity. tools, such as Virtuoso, for upstream scenarios in a controlled, safe, cost production, gathering, transmission efficient and repeatable manner. and processing operations. Training and competency Whether providing the ability to walk management around structures on the seabed, or seeing the real life implications of Discrete event Simulation, training and learning are safety action; we can design and build fully supported by our robust and simulation (DES) unique VR solutions for our customers. dedicated software product suite. For manufacturing operations, VP Link is a high end simulation Wood has DES capability that application that uses hybrid Testing and validation allows us to create a model of a modelling to dynamically represent Our projects are supported by our process or system so that it can be chemical processes from simple rigorous testing processes, validated analysed to enhance efficiency. DES to complex. ProLearn software externally with ISO9001:2000 enables visualisation of a process is designed to deliver e-learning accreditation, and by our internal or system by creating 2D and 3D solutions for science and engineering quality manager. Throughout all of models of logical systems or abstract disciplines. ProDyn provides our design, assembly and installation processes, measuring performance end-to-end training competency processes, key elements in your and collecting necessary data. It is management for cloud-based system are monitored and analysed then possible to run detailed analysis, or OTS software. In addition, to ensure that any potential errors are experiments and what-if scenarios. Wood offers OperatorSuite, our prevented. We are able to try multiple low-cost, interactive learning and competence no-risk configurations, and then roll management system to help out verified solutions. manage and monitor workforce training to easily track progress and show training compliance. Wood uses cutting- edge simulation, virtual commissioning and e-learning technology to provide the best fit-for- purpose solutions for our customers Just in Time (JIT) discrete event simulation and virtual commissioning project A luxury brand automotive supplier wanted to introduce a new process into its existing manufacturing facilities to increase production of parts per minute without a large capital investment. Wood’s use of virtual environments for proof of concept, design, validation and commissioning reduced the customer’s investment risk by allowing multiple scenario experimentation without time constraints or production risk. In addition, enhanced operator and maintenance training was possible without risk to the running facility. 70% reduction of in-site based commissioning activities Nord Stream transports gas from the west coast of Russia to Germany through a 1200km twin pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The pipeline uses an innovative telescopic design that saved millions of dollars and our Virtuoso PAS system protects the network from over-pressurisation which could damage the pipeline and result in a costly shutdown. Intelligent operations

Wood has developed a powerful suite of software and systems solutions designed to streamline every facet of your operations – from personnel training to process execution and management. We combine automated technology and innovative software with our experienced personnel to add value and reliability to our customers’ projects.

Wood offers a global team of Environmental management Supply chain optimisation specialists experienced in applying Specialised tools, like Wood’s Our proprietary software, including advanced technology for the design ENVision, modernise emissions data ProPlan and ProSched, optimise and optimal operation of oil and gas collection, aggregation and reporting manufacturing supply chains production, pipeline and processing for upstream and downstream oil through next generation production facilities. Our services and solutions and gas and power operations with planning and scheduling. These provide clear value-added solutions large daily calculations. ProGHG user-friendly tools, implemented for our customers in the upstream, is our automated system to assist by Wood engineers, help operators midstream and downstream oil and petroleum and natural gas producers create realistic schedules for asset gas industry as well as other process in automating the greenhouse gas optimisation. industries. (GHG) reporting process with a complete solution. Computerised maintenance Flow assurance / process management system (CMMS) solutions Advanced process services Wood has the largest hardware- control (APC) CMMSs and enterprise asset independent team of specialist in With our industry-leading APC skills, management systems (EAM) flow assurance, multiphase flow Wood uses the latest multivariable provide asset management, simulation, computational fluid controllers designed to improve work management, materials dynamics (CFD), process simulations, production processes. We apply management, purchasing production chemistry, operations knowledge of processes and control management and financial troubleshooting and metering and technology to increase productivity, management capabilities to asset allocation. profitability and consistency. intensive businesses. Wood has extensive experience working with Asset performance monitoring Manufacturing operations various applications such as IBM Wood offers advanced field-proven management and Maximo, SAP PM and Oracle eAM. digital tools and world-class technical Manufacturing execution consulting services to our customers in the upstream and downstream oil systems (MOM & MES) and gas industry, process, chemicals Our manufacturing services deliver and refining industries as well as other a complete project life cycle – from market sectors. Virtuoso is Wood’s initial simultaneous engineering field-proven suite of digital tools used activities workshops through to for online simulation of integrated system handover – for projects production operations, inclusive of ranging from simple, small-scale wells, pipelines and other upstream systems to large and complex multi- processing facility operations. Wood platform solutions. In the discrete also offers other simulation packages, manufacturing industries our including ProRPM for performance simulation and robotics expertise monitoring and visualisation of provides our customers clear value disparate plant data sources to through reduced project execution facilitate plant management and time resulting in faster commissioning optimisation. and start-up. Asset protection solutions

Wood designs and implements process control and safety systems to protect your assets. Our asset protection offering provides for cybersecurity, physical security and leak detection components.

As a full-services system integrator, Physical security Wood designs and implements Wood has experience with a multitude Los Ramones fully integrated process control of hardware and software systems Gas Pipeline (Mexico) and safety systems. As such, we providing security protection for Wood served as the MAC for one employ intelligence to secure customer assets. These include, but of the largest pipeline projects information within the systems. are not limited to, facility CCTV, entry, completed in Latin America. We The major components of Wood’s radar, sensory, imaging, and multiple provided full security systems asset protection platform address recognition systems. Systems we including pipeline monitoring cybersecurity, physical security and provide include: leak detection. systems, leak detection, • Intrusion Detection and Assessment SCADA, SIS, CCTV, RTUs, fire Cybersecurity System (IDAS) & gas, intrusion detection, geotechnics and soil movement, • Long Range Detection and Cybersecurity considerations are intercommunication and Assessment System (LRDAS) key in designing and implementing vocation, networking, fiber optic control system networks. Wood • Microwave Intrusion Detection backbone, IP telephony and designs, configures, integrates, System (MIDS) videoconferencing, networking, commissions and protects the switches, routers and firewalls, general life cycle requirements • Fiber Optic Fence Sensor System access point and management. in order to ensure the integrity (FOFSS) of networks that constitute and The facility is expected to meet • Plate Recognition System (PRS) interface to Industrial Control Systems (ICS). This practice area • Security Access Control System includes consultation for network (SACS) 20% design as well as project reviews to ensure compliance with customer Leak detection of Mexico’s natural gas and industry standards. Wood’s requirements. Wood uses a robust real-time cybersecurity resources keep abreast online and offline software system, of the latest industry intelligence Virtuoso, to efficiently manage regarding current threats and oil and gas operations including advisories that warn of industrial process facilities. The Virtuoso/Leak control system vulnerabilities and detection system component of the exploits. software suite specifically addresses leak detection. Using field-proven simulation technology, Virtuoso/LDS shows probability with a recognition algorithm and alarm notification. Virtuoso/LDS details pinpoint leak location, rate of leak occurring and cumulative release amount.

Wood is a global leader delivering technical, engineering and project services across the entire asset life cycle. We operate in more than 60 countries, employing about 60,000 people. We provide performance-driven solutions from development to decommissioning for a broad range of industries including all energy sectors, process and refining, power and utilities, mining and manufacturing.

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