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Oil and Gas Offshore

Oil and Gas Offshore

Offshore oil and gas operations require corrosion-resistant, explosion-proof, and SIL-rated instrumentation for harsh marine environments. Measurement reliability and low maintenance requirements are critical for reducing costly offshore interventions.

Overview

Offshore oil and gas operations present unique instrumentation challenges due to harsh marine environments, remote locations, and the highest safety requirements in the industry. From wellhead monitoring and separation processes to storage and ballast water management, every measurement point must deliver reliable data under extreme conditions. Corrosion resistance, explosion protection, and SIL-rated safety instrumentation are mandatory requirements. Operators must maintain compliance with strict environmental regulations while maximizing extraction efficiency. With platforms often located far from shore, instrumentation reliability and low maintenance requirements are critical factors in reducing costly offshore interventions.

Industry Challenges

Key challenges we help address

Maintaining instruments on platforms exposed to salt spray and storms

Monitoring mud tank levels during critical drilling operations

Detecting gas kicks and well control emergencies early

Managing ballast water to maintain platform stability

Ensuring SIL-certified safety systems in explosive atmospheres

Monitoring wave height and environmental conditions in real time

Solutions for This Industry

Pressure Measurement

Pressure Measurement

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Accurate process pressure measurement for vessels, pipelines, and reactors. Ceramic and metallic measuring cells with digital signal processing handle pressu…

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Interface Measurement

Interface Measurement

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Detect and measure the boundary between two liquids — oil/water separation, emulsion layers, and phase interfaces in process vessels. Critical for desalters,…

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Ballast tanks

Ballast tanks

Oil and Gas Offshore

Floating drilling or pumping assets such as platforms or FPSOs are stabilized by filling or emptying ballast tanks with seawater. This enables operators to critically and safely manage the ballast and trim of a vessel according to operational needs, deck loading and sea conditions. For trouble-free operation of the ballast system and the safety of personnel and equipment on board, reliable level measurement and point level detection are absolutely essential.

Flare knockout drum

Flare knockout drum

Oil and Gas Offshore

The unrecoverable residues of oil and gas production are collected in the flare knockout drum and liquefied at high pressure. The recovered liquid, the condensate, collects at the bottom of the vessel and is disposed of. The non-liquefied gases are decompressed and burned in the flare system. To ensure efficient and safe operation of the vessel, the level inside must be very reliably measured.

Gas separators (scrubbers)

Gas separators (scrubbers)

Oil and Gas Offshore

Extracted natural gas and gas residues from oil production are contaminated with water and are therefore collected in gas separators (scrubbers) for separation. Pressures of up to +150 bar keep the gas in the liquid state. Exact pressure and level measurement enable optimal utilization of the gas separator and effective control of the gas drying process. The separation of gas from water is carried out by chemically binding the water to glycol and separating it mechanically. Accurate measurement of the gas/water interface determines the quality of the gas.

Hydraulic oil reservoir tank

Hydraulic oil reservoir tank

Oil and Gas Offshore

The hydraulic oil used to transmit power circulates in a closed system. However, it is gradually lost due to lubrication points and leakages in the power equipment. To ensure optimum operation of the power equipment, the level in every hydraulic oil reservoir tank must be monitored for replenishment.

Mud flow return line

Mud flow return line

Oil and Gas Offshore

The drilling mud flowing back from the drilling contains large amounts of solids. To avoid clogging in these pipes and the associated damage to the drill head and loss of production, a reliable monitoring of the entire mud return system is essential.

Mud tank level

Mud tank level

Oil and Gas Offshore

In the mud tanks, agitators or jet nozzles stir and mix the mud to ensure a homogeneous mixture. To enable a continuous process, the level measurement must be reliable and independent of the composition of the drilling mud.

Mud tanks

Mud tanks

Oil and Gas Offshore

Prior to, and during pumping into the well, the density of the mud needs continuous monitoring. Density is an important criteria for determining the correct composition of the drilling mud. The correct mud formulation ensures smooth forward propulsion, wear-free drilling and excellent sealing of the borehole is ensured through density monitoring.

Oil separators

Oil separators

Oil and Gas Offshore

The separator vessel contains a mixture of crude oil, gas, water and sand extracted from the subsea well. Precise monitoring of these multiple separation interfaces and emulsions play a vital role in ensuring the quality of the oil separator for separation. Exact control of interfaces, level and pressure allows optimum utilization of the oil separator and increases the effectiveness of the entire asset.

Primary desalter

Primary desalter

Oil and Gas Offshore

It is important that a desalter unit runs efficiently to prevent corrosion to downstream equipment. When the crude oil mixes with the emulsifying chemicals and water, the resulting emulsion layer makes it difficult for standard level measurement technologies to reliably track the interface. Radiation-based measuring instruments are not affected by this and allow to track the interface even with thick emulsion layers present in the tank to make sure that the desalting process can be controlled efficiently at maximum throughput.

Secondary desalter

Secondary desalter

Oil and Gas Offshore

To maximize efficiency of the electrostatic grid as it removes contaminants within second and third stage desalters, a crucial point of control is to maintain the oil and water interface just below this grid. Reliable measurement of this level protects the grid from shorting out on the water as well as increasing efficiency of the unit, which ensures the quality of the feed moving into the next process unit.

Shaker

Shaker

Oil and Gas Offshore

Through the effects of strong vibration in the shaker, the liquid and solid components of the drilling mud returning from the borehole are separated from each other. The drilled rock and the sand are disposed of and the valuable drilling mud is fed back into the continuous drilling process. Level measurement and point level detection are absolutely necessary for effective processing of the drilling mud in the shaker.

Storage tank for liquid raw materials

Storage tank for liquid raw materials

Oil and Gas Offshore

Oils and alkaline solutions are among the liquid raw materials for the mud mixtures. These additives are stored on the drilling platform in special storage tanks. To ensure the continuous production of drilling mud, the level of raw materials in the storage tanks must be exactly monitored.

Storage tank for solid raw materials

Storage tank for solid raw materials

Oil and Gas Offshore

The solid raw materials such as gravel, clay, barite, cement and binders are essential for creating the different properties of the drilling mud. These materials are stored for mud production in storage tanks. To ensure optimal storage, reliable level measurement and point level detection are required.

Trip tank

Trip tank

Oil and Gas Offshore

The drilling mud flowing back under high pressure from the drilling well is held and monitored in the trip tank. This drilling mud is contaminated with sea water, rocks and sand. In addition to materials like rocks and sand, residues of oil and gas are also present. The built-in level measuring system provides feedback about down-well conditions, basic data for comparing the quantity of drilling mud fed into the wellbore with that returned, as well as regulating mud production.

Wastewater sump (open drain)

Wastewater sump (open drain)

Oil and Gas Offshore

Rain run-off on board of oil platforms and ships is polluted with production residues and contaminants such as oil, sand and dirt. The rainwater with these contaminants must be collected in special tanks and properly disposed of. A reliable level measurement in the tank protects against overflow of the open drain removing the possibility of subsequent marine pollution.

Wave and draught height

Wave and draught height

Oil and Gas Offshore

The height of floating drilling or pumping assets like platforms or FPSOs must be precisely maintained, even in the roughest seas with waves up to 30 m high. Environmental influences such as wind and waves must be measured quickly and accurately, then evaluated with GPS navigation data. Furthermore, quick and exact measurement of wave heights is needed should there be an evacuation, where "freefall lifeboats" need to be released to meet waves at their highest point.

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