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FlowSync - Hydraulic Modeling Automation:
Challenge:
Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) faced critical challenges in managing and updating its hydraulic models for operational planning and capacity analysis.
Existing models were outdated, unvalidated, and disconnected from real-time business needs—leading to inefficiencies, operational risks, and an over-reliance on costly external consulting services. PNG needed a scalable, efficient, and integrated solution to bring hydraulic modeling capabilities in-house while maintaining accuracy and responsiveness.
Solution:
FRDM Consulting developed FlowSync, a cutting edge solution designed to automate hydraulic model generation by leveraging PNG’s existing corporate data infrastructure. FlowSync consolidates critical information into a centralized data lake, processes this data using advanced algorithms, and enables efficient model management through an intuitive admin portal. FlowSync outputs hydraulic models that
Data Consolidation
Automated Model Generation
Customized Load Profiles
Admin Portal
Pressure Monitoring Program
Microsoft & Azure Integration
Data Consolidation
FlowSync integrates data from PNG’s customer billing
systems (consumption records), GIS records (infrastructure details), and gas energy data (energy supply variations) to create a unified data source.
- Integrates billing and consumption data
- Incorporates GIS-based asset mapping
- Captures energy supply variations
- Consolidates data into a unified platform
- Enhances forecasting capabilities
- Supports timely, informed decisions
Automated Model Generation
The system applies advanced proprietary algorithms to process consolidated data, enabling the seamless creation of accurate hydraulic models.
- Uses advanced proprietary algorithms
- Processes consolidated multi-source data
- Enables seamless hydraulic model generation
- Ensures accuracy in system simulations
- Enhances data-driven engineering decisions
- Speeds up modeling with minimal manual input
Customized Load Profiles
Access to historic billing records enables creation of accurate load profiles that answer specific questions about seasonal system consumption, available interruptible capacity, and peak system demand. The profiles are effortlessly loaded into models and lead to improved
resolution for PNG decision makers.
- Accesses historical billing records
- Generates accurate seasonal load profiles
- Identifies interruptible capacity and peak demand
- Integrates profiles directly into system models
- Improves modeling accuracy and resolution
- Supports informed, data-driven decisions
Admin Portal
A user-friendly interface allows PNG’s team to manage model generation, review updates, and validate results efficiently.
- Features a user-friendly interface
- Simplifies model generation and management
- Enables efficient review of model updates
- Streamlines result validation processes
- Enhances team productivity and accuracy
- Designed for operational ease and clarity
Pressure Monitoring Program
FRDM developed a pressure monitoring strategy for PNG Operations to implement that pipes into the data model for
hydraulic modeling validation and tuning.
- Developed a pressure monitoring strategy for field deployment
- Integrates pressure data into the hydraulic model
- Enables real-time model validation and tuning
- Enhances accuracy of system performance simulations
- Supports continuous model refinement
- Aligns field data with operational decision-making
Microsoft & Azure Integration
FlowSync integrates with PNG’s environment, providing secure, automated workflows for model updates and reporting.
FlowSync ensures real-time responsiveness and system accuracy, transforming how PNG approaches hydraulic modeling.
- Seamlessly integrates with PNG’s existing environment
- Automates model updates and reporting workflows
- Delivers real-time responsiveness and data accuracy
- Enhances decision-making through live model insights
- Ensures consistency across hydraulic modeling processes
- Transforms traditional modeling into a dynamic, data-driven system
Impact:
– Scalable Efficiency: FlowSync automates model generation, reducing reliance on external consultants and minimizing manual effort.
– Improved Accuracy: Enhanced data processing ensures models accurately
reflect real-world conditions, enabling better operational decisions.
– Seamless Integration: Aligns with PNG’s existing business processes,
creating a sustainable solution that fits into day-to-day workflows.
– Cost Savings: Automated workflows and consolidated data sources lower
maintenance costs while ensuring program continuity.
Result:
– Reduced model generation time by 90%.
– Verified model reliability enables informed decision making.
– Improve asset utilization across the pipeline network enables faster response to customer load requests resulting in improved business performance.
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Asset Health Management System (AHMS)
Challenge:
Neptune Bulk Terminals (NBT) faced a critical need to enhance its asset monitoring and maintenance capabilities. The existing approach relied heavily on static reports and manual tracking, which lacked the depth and responsiveness required for real-time decision-making. This resulted in operational inefficiencies, limited visibility into asset health, and challenges in aligning maintenance priorities with shareholder expectations.
Solution:
FRDM Consulting developed and implemented a comprehensive Asset Health Monitoring System (AHMS) tailored to NBT’s unique needs. This solution integrates JDE work order data into a dynamic Power BI environment, enabling real-time tracking and assessment of asset health. management through an intuitive admin portal. FlowSync outputs hydraulic models that
Key features of the AHMS include:
Baseline Health Index (BHI)
Establishes a baseline for asset health, calculated using historical data and interpreted with input from NBT’s SMEs.
Health Index Modifiers (HIMs)
Continuously update asset health by factoring in open work orders, operational data, and observed conditions.
Interactive Dashboards
Provide drillable reports enabling teams to to analyze asset health at various hierarchy levels (commodity, process group, function group, asset system).
Configuration Workshops
Collaborated with NBT Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering to refine the Asset Assessment Methodology, aligning theory with field observations.
Seamless Integration
The AHMS is embedded into NBT’s ERP system,
providing automated reporting and insights aligned with existing workflows.
Result :
– Improved Decision-Making: Enhanced reporting aligned maintenance – priorities with operational risk and shareholder goals.
– Sustainability and Continuity: Created a scalable, flexible platform that integrates easily with future initiatives, including sensor-driven predictive monitoring.
Testimonials
Testimonial from our Happy Clients!
"FRDM’s AHMS has revolutionized how we track and manage our assets. Their tailored approach ensured the solution aligned perfectly with our operations, enabling us to make data-driven decisions and maximize asset reliability.
NBT
Maintenance Personnel
MavHack - Revolutionizing Oilfield Field Ops
Challenge :
In the high-stakes world of oilfield operations, maximizing efficiency, minimizing downtime, and optimizing resource allocation are critical. Industry professionals need tools and strategies that not only reflect real-world complexity but also encourage innovation in solving operational challenges. MavHack2024 was born from this need—a hackathon designed to redefine oilfield logistics optimization by blending operational insights with cutting-edge data science.
Solution:
FRDM Consulting developed the MavOps Simulator, a revolutionary platform
designed to immerse participants in the complexities of oilfield operations. Built in python with a web-interface, the simulator mirrors real-world scenarios, enabling participants to test their problem-solving skills through a tiered complexity model.
Key features of the MavOps Simulator include:
Simulation Playground
Participants navigate challenges in a dynamic oilfield environment, leveraging SCADA data, operator insights, and logistics constraints.
Manual and Algorithmic Modes
Users can manually craft schedules for operators or integrate advanced algorithms via APIs to optimize resource allocation and operational workflows.
Data-Driven Decision Making
With metrics like total mileage, production downtime, and risk mitigation, participants gain actionable insights into their strategies.
Interactive Dashboard
The simulator’s dashboard provides real-time
analytics and feedback, offering a clear view of task outcomes and
performance trends.
Hackathon Goals: MavHack2024 challenged participants to:
Solve the geospatial challenge of developing optimal schedules for roles like :
– Lease Operators, Compression Mechanics, and Rovers, based on simulated production data.
Evaluate performance using key metrics:
– Total mileage traveled.
– Production downtime minimized.
– Risk mitigation strategies implemented and quantified.
Push the boundaries of operational excellence by :
-leveraging both traditional
-knowledge and data-driven algorithms.
Result:
The MavOps Simulator achieved its vision of empowering participants to innovate and collaborate on the future of oilfield operations. Participants delivered groundbreaking strategies that demonstrated:
– Streamlined field operations and creative integration of data sources like SCADA, GIS, and end-of-shift reports to optimize workflows.
– Identified the geospatial optimization solution to be implemented for realworld field prioritization efforts.
Testimonials
Testimonial of Our Happy Clients!
"MavHack2024 showed us what’s possible when traditional expertise meets advanced technology. The simulator challenged us to think outside the box, and the results speak for themselves."
Deborah Sims
Hackathon Participant
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