Yokogawa Targets booming upstream oil & gas industries -
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced the release of an enhanced version of the FCN-RTU (field control node remote terminal unit) low-power autonomous controller for the STARDOMTM network-based control system. This new version of the FCN-RTU has been developed to meet the requirements of customers in the high-growth upstream oil and gas industries.
Development background
Until recently, gas wells were drilled at multiple sites spread out over a wide area, and each individual well head had its own controller for monitoring and control. With the advent of unconventional horizontal gas drilling techniques, multiple wells can now be drilled from a single well pad, enabling a reduction in the number of controllers needed to monitor and control the well heads. For such applications, the controllers need to be able to handle more input/output (I/O) signals.
Also, as wells are often drilled in remote locations where temperatures can be extreme, these controllers must be ruggedly built to withstand those conditions. The new version of the STARDOMTM FCN-RTU has been developed to address these challenges.
