Real-time Information System (RTIS) High Availability Project at RasGas Presented by Jassim Al-Shammali Mohammad Shamsul RasGas Company Limited

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC RasGas Company Overview

RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) is a Qatari joint stock company established in 2001 by Petroleum (70 percent) and ExxonMobil (30 percent). It acts as the operating company for and on behalf of the project owners:

• Ras Laffan Company Limited 'RL‘ • Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (II) 'RL (II)‘ • Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (3) 'RL (3)‘ • Al Khaleej Gas Project (AKG-1 and AKG-2) • Ras Laffan Helium 1 and 2 • Barzun Gas Company Limited (Barzan Gas Project) – 2014

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 2 Phase 1: Upgrade Project

Presented by: Jassim Al-Shammali Senior Engineer (Controls - DCS)

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 3 RasGas RTIS Overview RasGas Expansion Project RasGas Expansion Phase 2 Project (RGX-1) (RGX-2)

Trains 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Helium, Al-Khaleej Trains 6, 7, AKG-2, Offshore (New Area Gas Project (AKG-1), Utilities, Offsite, wellheads) Offshore, Electrical Data (ELICS)

Server Name RTIS02 RTIS67

Tag Counts 75,000 69,000

Redundancy High Availability Virtual Server

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 4 Why We Upgraded to High Availability

Audits, Cold Eye Review, RCFA

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 5 High Availability Strategy

System Clients: PI ProcessBook, PI DataLink, PI WebParts, Management Custom Application… Tools AppServers: PI AF, RtBLS, RtReports, PI ACE PI SDK API Discovery, Failover, Failback, Load Distribution Services Buffering

PI Server Collective

Secondary Configuration Primary Configuration Secondary PI Server Changes PI Server Changes PI Server(s)

API Buffering API Buffering Services Failover Services Mechanisms PI Interfaces PI Interfaces

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 6 High Availability Upgrade Steps & Challenges

Upgrade DCS Interfaces Archive Testing, Migration & Commissioning

PRIMARY SECONDARY High Foxboro I/A Availability

RTIS02 RTIS_Test RTIS02 RTIS03 Primary Secondary OFFLINEONLINE ONLINE ONLINEOFFLINE ONLINE CCB, Satellite Instrument House CCB Admin Admin ENGG Room IT Data Center IT Data Center

Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4

Emergency Contract, MOC, Risk Upgrade DCS Archive Testing, Migration, Assessment, Team Charter, Interfaces, Buffer HA Upgrade Commissioning Hardware preparation Audit [Offline] No data loss

January February March April

Resources: RasGas RasGas and EMI © Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 7 Phase 2: Monitoring Tool

Presented By: Mohammad Shamsul Senior Engineer (Controls – RTIS)

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 8 RTIS Monitoring Process

Email SMS Notification Email Call-out Notification USER RTIS Administrator

RasGas RTIS Monitoring Physical Tool (RTISMON) Inspection PI SMT

IT Technician PI AF

PI MCN Health Monitor

PI Notifications POINTS OPERATIONS INTERFACES DATA SECURITY .Identity .Builder .Archives .List .Current .Trust .Editor .Logs .Archived .PI Firewall .Bad/Stale .Network

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 9 RTISMON Architecture

RTISMON

PI Server PI ACE Server File Server

RTIS02 RTIS03 RTIS67 PIACE PIACE67 RTISAPPS Servers

DCS Non-DCS LIMS PMS Sigmafine®

DCS ELICS Interfaces

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 10 Monitoring Rules (Servers Side)

* Note: PING test applied to all

PI Server PI ACE Server File Server PI to PI Interface

Increase Zero

Abnormal Abnormal Abnormal Frozen Zero Stale Archive Read

For info Snapshot Event Queue IORATES Memory Memory Memory Calculation Noisy tag Check Processor Processor Processor Error over Total Hard Disk Hard Disk Hard Disk System System System

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 11 Monitoring Rules (Interfaces Side)

* Note: PING test applied to all

DCS Interfaces Non-DCS Interfaces

No update Zero Stale Frozen

IORATES Sample tag Check Noisy tag

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 12 PI Archive Sub-system Case Study

ACTIONS 1. Developed procedure and monitor daily 2. Force disconnect (if necessary) when the threats become severe 3. Tune ArcMaxCollect to lower value 4. Increase users awareness by training and sharing sessions Heavy Hitter identified 1 Million events read Focus more on true peaks

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 13 Improvements and Benefits

• Criticality: growing number of users, interfaces and critical data into RTIS, uninterrupted data • Reliability: address obsolescence due to aging hardware and PI System version • Integrity: take advantage of latest PI System surveillance tools • Security: utilizing PI System security features for data security

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 14 Future Plans and Next Steps

• Upgrade RGX-2 RTIS server to High Availability • Database tuning • Develop RTIS KPI / Performance report

© Copyright 2011 OSIsoft, LLC 15 Questions?

Contact Information • Jassim Al-Shammali ([email protected]) • Mohammad Shamsul ([email protected])

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