Japan’s Yokogawa Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract for supply of equipment for the first phase of Algeria’s In Salah Gas project, jointly operated by BP Exploration Limited and Sonatrach. The order was awarded by M.W.Kellogg Ltd., who is jointly owned by JGC Corporation and Kellogg Brown and Root.
Yokogawa will supply a reliable and environment-resistant control system with the ability to deal with real-time control requirements covering a large geographic area. In view of the phased development of the project, the systems also had to be capable of being expanded over time.
“Yokogawa is very interested in the global gas exploration market,” said Teruyoshi Minaki, senior vice president, International Business HQ of Yokogawa. “We plan to continue to develop cost-effective solutions that target this exciting industry.”
The scope of this award includes CENTUM CS3000 R3 integrated production control system, the ProSafe safety system, a wide area monitoring system and various field instruments such as flowmeters and transmitters.
Yokogawa's global network of 18 manufacturing facilities, 67 affiliate companies and over 200 sales and engineering offices spans 28 countries. Since its founding in 1915, the three billion dollar company has secured over 4,500 patents and registrations, including the world's first DCS and digital flow and pressure measurement sensor.
Industrial Automation Systems, test and measurement systems and information services are a core business of Yokogawa. — (menareport.com)
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