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PD-04-185 Locating the Cause of Poor Control Performance, and Obtaining Operational Excellence at One of the World’s Largest Refiners

Warren Mitchell Director of Advanced Applications Matrikon Inc. Edmonton, AB Canada Rohit Patwardhan Matrikon Inc. Edmonton, AB Canada Hong-Cheol Ko LG-Caltex Oil Co., Ltd. Yosu, Republic of Korea Anand Vishnubhotla Matrikon, Inc. Edmonton, AB Canada Yong

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The LG Caltex refinery located in Yeosu, South Korea is one of the largest refining and petrochemical complexes in the world. LG Caltex has implemented site-wide control loop performance monitoring solution to improve and sustain their process control performance in critical areas. Over 800 controllers from selected process units are being continuously monitored and maintained using a solution from Matrikon Inc. This paper discusses the challenges associated with maintaining a large asset base of process controls along with new technologies developed to address control performance issues in the refining and petrochemical industries. Findings and results from the Yeosu site are discussed and presented.

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Product ID: PD-04-185
Publication Year: 2004