DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS

Cameron LNG enhances process performance via Hint’s automated information management system. Automation is on the minds of most companies striving for more efficient operations, cutting the cost to run and maintaining business-critical process equipment. Automated information management system fine-tuning and client-software provider collaboration in response to ever-changing needs can meet multiple challenges, as Cameron LNG found out. CAMERON LNG’S PROJECT Cameron LNG recently installed new fiscal metering for gas chromatographs (GCs), which are analytical instruments that measure the content of various components in a sample of liquified natural gas (LNG). These metered instruments, used in the LNG separation and analysis phase, were added to an existing information management system (AML 4, provided by Hint) for monitoring purposes. The original scope of the project, delivered in 2019, entailed a basic AML implementation on three liquefaction trains to obtain LNG process measurements. The new metering equipment was purchased to comply with Cameron’s latest ship loading requirements. After a brainstorming session between Hint and Cameron, it was decided to build more...