(SASREF) Inaugurated the New Centralized Control Room and the Phase II Completion of the Refinery Instrumentation Master Plan Projects

(SASREF) Inaugurated the New Centralized Control Room and the Phase II Completion of the Refinery Instrumentation Master Plan Projects

Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Co. (SASREF) on 14^th December inaugurated the refurbished central control room and the instrumentation master plan project. The ceremony ribbon has been cut by the chairman of SASREF Board Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Wuhaib in the presence of SASREF board of directors and management team, and from Yokogawa Middle East (YME), Mr. Akira Ogawa, President and CEO.

Al-Wuhaib said, "SASREF’s leading edge technology optimal utilization and obsolescence abatement will further boost its international competitiveness as a firmly established pacesetter refinery.”

SASREF president Mr. Abdulhakim Al-Gouhi said that "This project is the second and final phase implementation of the Instrumentation Master Plan (IMP) program.  The program is based on ensuring business continuity and reliable operations at SASREF's plants for the next decade and beyond supporting the company’s vision in aspiring achievement and maintenance of best in class performance in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region."

IMP Projects Manager, Mr. Ahmad Al-Abdrabbuh added, “During the this stage of the program (IMP Phase II) accomplishments included major automation elements such as: total replacement of refinery’s obsolete relay based Instrumented Protective System (IPS or Safeguarding system) and relevant obsolete field instruments, total replacement of refinery’s obsolete Distributed Control System (DCS) and relevant obsolete field instruments and quality measurement instruments, replacement of other obsolete standalone automation systems, applications and integration with the new (DCS) and (IPS) and integrating the upgraded systems and instruments during prior stages of the IMP Program with the new facilities.

SASREF is a 50 / 50 joint venture company between Saudi Aramco and Shell Saudi Arabia Refining Ltd, with a production capacity of 305,000 barrels per day. It is an export refinery where Arabian Light Crude is upgraded into high quality refined products, including kerosene, naphtha, benzene, fuel oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).