Customer Success Story: ENSTOR
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- Canada
- United States
Product
- GENESIS32™
- AlarmWorX™32
- TrendWorX™32
- BizViz™32
- PortalWorX™32
Tech Stack
- PLCs
- Gas Flow Computers
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Environmental Impact Reduction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries
- Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions
- Process Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Process Control & Optimization
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
ENSTOR is a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, dedicated to the storage of liquid natural gas. The company maintains five repositories throughout North America and is currently developing two more sites. These repositories include both depleted reservoirs and salt caverns. Depleted reservoirs are formations that have been tapped of all their recoverable natural gas, while salt caverns are made in salt bed deposits left from when sea covered the land. ENSTOR leverages its various gas storage and hub service facilities to provide customers superior transfer access between major pipelines as well as rapid injection and withdrawal storage capacity. The company's facilities are strategically located and include the Alberta Hub in Canada, Caledonia in Mississippi, Freebird in Alabama, Grama Ridge in New Mexico, and Katy Hub near Houston, Texas. The Katy facility also serves as the corporate centralized monitoring and control location.
The Challenge
ENSTOR, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, is a company dedicated to the storage of liquid natural gas. With facilities including both depleted reservoirs and salt caverns, ENSTOR maintains five repositories throughout North America, and is currently developing two more sites. The company leverages its various gas storage and hub service facilities to provide customers superior transfer access between major pipelines as well as rapid injection and withdrawal storage capacity. In ENSTOR’s facilities, the control system uses PLCs and gas flow computers that monitor and control a variety of compressors, gas meters, valves, dehydrators, and safety equipment to manage natural gas injection, withdrawal, receipt and delivery. Each location has a dedicated control room where operators monitor and control both storage plant and pipeline interconnection points.
The Solution
ENSTOR uses ICONICS software, implemented by Accelemetrics, Inc., an ICONICS Gold Certified Partner, to responsibly and safely receive, store and deliver natural gas. GENESIS32™ is used to monitor and control ENSTOR’s storage plant facilities. AlarmWorX™32 and TrendWorX™32 modules help operators maintain efficiency. BizViz™32 and PortalWorX™32 deliver visualization to the corporate level. The GENESIS32-based control system uses PLCs and gas flow computers that monitor and control a variety of compressors, gas meters, valves, dehydrators, and safety equipment to manage natural gas injection, withdrawal, receipt and delivery. Accelemetrics was able to build several specialized gas storage specific applications that tied into GENESIS32. Specifically, by leveraging ICONICS DataWorX OPC tunneling and data aggregation capabilities, Accelemetrics built CommFidence, a customized gas storage proactive alarming system.
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