Product scheduling and flow reporting providing commercial situation awareness
The POEMS OPACT software module supports the reporting of production schedules across the enterprise. OPACT leverages KepServerEX Connectivity, POEMS™ platform tools, and web-centric delivery to provide reporting capabilities that connect the control room and production teams.
OPACT provides a schedule view to marketing that ties directly to the pipeline SCADA system in the control room. This way, both marketing and the control room are viewing the same information to create common situational awareness
Benefits for Control Room Managers
- Facilitates communication and collaboration between the marketing and control room functions.
- Receive fewer inquiries from marketing.
Benefits for Controllers
- Clear understanding of what is presented on the HMI display through the SCADA system.
- Allows controllers to understand the marketing commitment.
OPACT Features To Create Commercial Situation Awareness
Configurable Set-up & Scheduling
OPACT can be configured for correlating meters and tankage with customers to align flowing volumes, inventory volumes with the allocation to customers.
Clear Pipeline Flows
Define the process flow, metering, tankage and base inventory to capture how the commercial product movement so that data from SCADA can be processed to provide commercial understanding.
Measurement Data Collection
Measurement data collected is from SCADA, processed and displayed and presented as daily meter totals, month to date meter totals, daily meter average and current tank volume. Reports can be downloaded to Excel.
Configurable Nominations
Set monthly receipt nominations by meter, or monthly delivery nominations by station. Allow receipt/delivery nominations to be allocated among multiple shippers.
Perform End-of-Month Calculations
Compute projected end of month position by shipper based on MTD + nominated volume, MTD + actual average daily volume, or MTD + short-term average daily volume. Also, compute the required volume rate to meet monthly nomination requirements.
Generate Reports
OPACT to provides the ability to generate, distribute and download reports of metering and shipper position.
Schedule an Educational Demo of OPACT
Schedule an Educational Demo of OPACT
- Begins with a 10-minute introduction session
- Virtual meeting over Microsoft Teams
- Review of current environment and challenges
- Followed by a scheduled time to conduct a thorough demo