Hibernia-the next generation of offshore platform control systems

CIE (computer-integrated enterprise) technically best describes the Hibernia´s new Grand Banks, Newfoundland offshore drilling and production platform. Designed and constructed in an era of oil company belt tightening, Hibernia takes advantage of modern technology to achieve the goal of a safe, cost-effective control system design. This paper outlines some of the opportunities realized by using modern control technology to integrate process control, fire and gas detection and protection, emergency shutdown, electrical power management, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, drilling and engineering/management information systems