Remote control and automated systems affiliated with Tubular Running Operations have been in use for the past 15 years with varied levels of success. Unsuccessful implementations have not elicited solutions, nor have successful implementations translated into a thriving industry standard. Though the oil and gas industry has changed much over the past 15 years, some of the same implementation challenges still exist. Service providers tend to have a "scattershot" approach to automating everything, rather than a concerted focus on exploiting small successes to realize specific company goals. This factor may be due to differing attitudes throughout the organization, ranging from upper management to business development to engineers. This can lead to the inability to cultivate a culture of technical progression among operators commensurate with the technical progression of equipment. From the service provider's perspective, an unwillingness to learn new technical concepts among operators may yield a general indifference about their own relevance within an automated industry, while the end customer may remain skeptical of the need for automation and become dissatisfied with the overall cost and time needed to implement automated solutions. Historically, industry insiders tended to mistake automation's inability to yield operational efficiency immediately as a failure. Overlooked is the fact that even the most cleverly implemented automation realizes better operational efficiency over time, with constant improvements and further integration. Additionally, some clients fail to realize that control systems are inconsistent from rig to rig. The absence of standardization may stem from corporations assigning more value to the retention of trade secrets than to an industry-wide focus on standardization. The following paper will examine—from the Tubular Running Services (TRS) provider perspective—the challenges associated with developing and deploying remote control and automated equipment. It will also give pragmatic solutions towards the successful implementation of this technology and prove that automation is not solely a technical hurdle for engineering to overcome.
Many electric utilities have begun piloting Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations with a number of manufacturers, including Siemens. As a result of working with these EV charging station manufacturers, utilities have developed a good understanding of prevailing technology. While utilities consider options like selling or recommending preferred EV charging stations to new EV owners in their service territory, a trend has emerged where new EV owners purchase charging station technology without notifying the utility based on recommendations from their EV dealers. It is important for the utilities to be aware of customers in their service territories that are installing EV charging stations in their homes and businesses in order to plan for the required distribution network upgrades to serve these stations. Siemens has worked with a number of utilities to discuss their business requirements for a software solution envisioned to manage the installation and use of EV charging stations in their networks. This paper reviews both the problem these utilities are trying to solve together with their functional and integration requirements for a comprehensive EV charging station management system which can support utility programs including critical peak pricing programs, demand response, outage management, etc.
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