Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay Division
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Case Study Marathon Petroleum’s Galveston Bay Division Embarks on Multi-Year Upgrade Path “Our first challenge is to create a new infrastructure that we can build on for Levels 1, 2 and 3. Because Honeywell has extended the life of certain products, we can migrate portions of our old antiquated systems slowly, giving us time to migrate such things as HPMs.” - Marcos Espinosa, Marathon Petroleum Corp., Galveston Bay Refinery Background The Galveston Bay Refinery began operation in 1934 as a Pan Headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, Marathon Petroleum Corpora- American Oil refinery and was later purchased by Amoco. In tion (MPC), together with its subsidiaries, including Marathon 1998, refinery ownership changed as Amoco Oil merged with BP. Petroleum Company LP, Speedway LLC and MPLX LP, is one of Since 2005, the refinery has undergone significant renovation the largest petroleum product refiners, marketers and transpor- and upgrades to units and site infrastructure. MPC purchased the ters in the United States. refinery from BP on February 1, 2013. MPC is the nation’s fourth-largest refiner and the largest refiner in Operations include crude distillation, hydrocracking, catalytic the Midwest. Its refining, marketing and transportation operations cracking, hydrotreating, reforming, alkylation, aromatics extrac- are concentrated primarily in the Midwest, Gulf Coast and South- tion, sulfur recovery and coking east regions of the U.S. Benefits MPC operations are strategically located to serve major markets. Since this upgrade effort is in progress, over a significant time- They include a seven-plant refining network, a comprehensive frame, benefits can be stated in terms of expectations. The instal- terminal and transportation system, and extensive wholesale and lation and implementation will provide the foundation for several retail marketing operations. This includes both the Marathon capabilities, including alarm management, alarm reinforcement, Brand and MPC’s wholly owned retail marketing subsidiary, and improved control performance monitoring. Additional benefits Speedway LLC, the nation’s fourth-largest chain of company- in the areas of graphics, training and simulation are also hig- owned and operated retail gasoline and convenience stores. hlighted. Challenge “The challenges in upgrading a large refinery, going from the first unit to the last unit, are quite time-consuming,” said Marcos Espi- nosa, Galveston Bay Refinery. “Obsolescence issues can arise as often as every three years. We have a ten-year timeframe for this upgrade. In addition, we have equipment from several ven- dors, some requiring unique interfaces. We are devoting a lot of energy to developing configuration standards.” MPC has selected Honeywell’s Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) as the standard for the Galveston Bay Refinery. The first phase in the modernization effort is to incorporate a layer of infrastructure on which to build the evolving system. Marathon’s Galveston Bay Refinery is located on Galveston Bay, off the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel. The site plans to maintain current HPMs, since Honeywell has extended the life of these products through the year 2035. Marathon Petroleum’s Galveston Bay Division Embarks on Multi-Year Upgrade Path 2 A near-term focus is in the area of graphics, bringing GUS graph- About Honeywell Upgrades ics forward and incorporating the concept of level 1 and level 2 Honeywell Upgrades include technology upgrades and refresh graphics. solutions for human machine interfaces (HMI), TDC2000 Data Hiway and TPN/TDC 3000 Controllers. Honeywell provides a As part of the modernization effort, the Galveston site is utilizing host of upgrade solutions to users to migrate to the latest tech- Honeywell assessment services for network and security. nology in phases, without having to replace the entire setup of Results installed equipment in one go. Because this upgrade is massive, it is planned over a period of 10 years. A key factor in the success of the overall project is ® planning, including the development of site standards. “We are Experion is a registered trademark of Honeywell International, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. upgrading from the more structured TDC world to the more open Experion world, and we need to understand how to benefit from the change,” commented Espinosa. Specifically in the area of graphics, the use of ASM® standards is focused on engaging operators to take a more controlled busi- ness-centric view rather than a reactionary view. This graphics change requires a culture change since many operators are fa- miliar with rainbow graphics and are somewhat resistant to the more subtle shades of grey in ASM graphics. The refinery is also moving to a central control room implementation. For More Information Learn more about Honeywell’s products and services, visit our website www.honeywellprocess.com or contact your Honeywell account manager. Honeywell Process Solutions Honeywell 1250 West Sam Houston Parkway South Houston, TX 77042 Honeywell House, Arlington Business Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, England RG12 1EB UK Shanghai City Centre, 100 Junyi Road Shanghai, China 20051 SS-13-23-ENG September 2013 © 2013 Honeywell International Inc. www.honeywellprocess.com .