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Introduction
Meeting the
challenges of the
Oil & Gas industry
What are the highest priorities for the Oil & Gas industries?
The demands for greater productivity, resource efficiency,
reliability and safety are the key to economic success in
the production processes of plants and facilities in the
Oil & Gas industry. Those companies that successfully
manage these challenges will meet the fluctuations of
market demand for short delivery times, assured quality
and prices that are in line with market expectation.
Global energy demand is expected to rise by as much as 50% over
the next 25 years. 75% of this increased energy requirement is
expected to come from the developed world. Given the depletion of
existing Oil & Gas reserves, extensive exploration and production
by these industries will increase in the years to come.
To meet these challenges and deliver higher productivity from your
plants, you need to maximise your automation and deliver consistent
quality systems over time. Lastly, but of no less importance, you
need to provide the highest possible safety standards to meet those
demands without loss of life, equipment, property or production.
Introduction

The ESI Promise of
Performance & Delivery
As systems integrators, automation, safety and security
specialists, ESI promises to integrate, manage and deliver
a whole system as one holistic service for your plant.
Engineering for Science and Industry (Malta) Ltd. (ESI) is responsible for totally integrated automation
and safety solutions for the Oil & Gas industries. ESI enable its clients to realize the completion of
perfectly tailored solutions for the efficient automation of entire processes and system levels for new
or existing plant. This total approach is called Totally Integrated Automation Systems (TIAS).
ESI designs, procures, installs,
commissions and manages the new site
The company’s TIAS approach places the highest priority on
systems integration, systems integrity and asset management
in the key areas of Oil & Gas production (and those in between)
from automation, right through to process instrumentation. ESI’s
solutions are based on proven - not to mention, rigorous - industrial
standards. In fact, the company’s solutions are optimized to achieve
the highest possible degree of efficiency throughout the entire life
cycle of the proposed or existing plant. Yet it should be carefully noted
that ESI does not just ‘manage’ this process. It designs, procures,
installs, commissions and manages the project requirement.

ESI delivers
advanced, precision
engineered,
automation safety,
surveillance and
security solutions for
critical infrastructure
in the Oil & Gas
industries.
ESI manages and controls the plant’s assets
As an ISO-certified engineering design and manufacturing facility, the company designed
and manufactured equipment for the Oil & Gas, pharmaceutical and medical industries
worldwide. These ESI suites of products and solutions are specifically tailored to meet the
high pressure demands of a plant, however specific and whatever its size or capacity.
ESI is a master at orchestrating stand-alone
systems into clusters with a common platform
that builds increased synergies for better
safety and security of output for your project.
ESI orchestrates stand-alone systems
into one clustered platform
The company does this in two unique ways. Both aspects
clearly distinguish ESI from its competitors.
1All ESI’s systems integration
work is produced in-house.
This is because, unlike
other companies, ESI has the
expertise to carry out this
work in-house, be it on a total
systems integration basis or in
the implementation of discrete
safety and automation fields.
2But does ESI just deliver
discrete systems?
As a systems integrator,
the company is a master at
orchestrating stand-alone
systems into clusters with a
common platform that builds
increased synergies for better
safety and security of output
for the intended project.
ESI does this because it has
achieved a unique position
in the Oil & Gas industry as a
systems integrator, a systems
designer and a specialist
contractor all rolled into one.
Introduction

In fact, ESI ensures that the system is tested
and commissioned to its quality standards.
It tailor-makes the whole process too.
ESI installs its systems on-site too
Tall talk, it might be said. But ESI goes a step further. Offering a complete systems integrated package
means that the company not only supplies automation, safety and security systems to the plant but it
installs them on-site too. The company works with the client’s engineering departments at the design
stage, ensuring that the end user requirements are taken into consideration as early as possible in the
design phase. In fact, ESI not only ensures that the system is tested and commissioned to its quality
standards, the company tailor-makes this process to ensure that the client is given the level of testing and
commissioning that was required at the outset of a new project. Yet ESI goes beyond installation. It provides
training to ensure that the client makes full use of the company’s TIAS once the handover has been made.
Command & Control Intelligence for
integrated automation management
Growing pressure on production leads to the need to deliver an
integrated and cost-efficient solution. To achieve this level of
Command, Control & Intelligence (C2i), ESI incorporates two
major divisions under its system integration expertise:
Automation & Control
Safety & Security Systems
With these two areas of specialisation, ESI provides integrated
automation management for any industry, irrespective of its
specialisation, application or its location, whether on land or at sea.
The following pages outline the scope and depth with which the
company approaches these two highly specialised product
and service areas.

Meeting the highest safety standards
In line with ESI’s promise to deliver the entire plant as a package, the range of technologies with which
ESI works is surprisingly wide. Yet safety has never been - nor will it be - compromised by the spectrum
of the company’s service offering. Quite simply, ESI meets, and will continue to meet, the highest safety
requirements in upstream, midstream and downstream applications on plant. This is a core strength
of ESI and one that the company devotes more energy to than any other industry specialisation.
ESI’s proven reputation exploits
your plant’s potential.
In order to respond to the ever-increasing need for high quality,
environmentally friendly products, the Oil & Gas industries must
continue to modify their approach in order to maximise new plant and
equipment to meet future challenges and their concomitant dangers.
ESI has a proven reputation for the reliable delivery of tailor-made
solutions upstream and downstream in the Oil & Gas industries. It
performs at offshore and onshore installations, putting efficiency
into the pipeline and optimizing both processing and refining. Based
on decades of experience, ESI constantly pushes for progress in
this area by helping the client company to reach its goals in the
safest, most efficient and most profitable way possible. ESI’s
solutions are based on innovative processes, and its extensive
engineering know-how allows the company to implement these
processes fully and completely. With ESI’s integrated range of
solutions, each client will fully exploit their plant’s potential.
Introduction

ESI performs at offshore and onshore
installations, putting efficiency
into the pipeline and optimizing
both processing and refining.
ESI’s partners
ESI (Malta) Ltd. is a Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D)
Solutions Partner, a Honeywell Integrated Security silver partner,
partners with Dräger for gas detection systems and sensors,
Marioff for water mist fire protection and Durag for combustion
control and emission monitoring. ESI offers both the supply
of equipment as well as technical support in system design,
development and integration. Through these partnerships, the
company constantly seeks to work with an ever-expanding breadth
of technologies to offer a more complete spectrum of solutions.

Case Studies &
Industry Awards
“Excellence is not a spectator sport.
Everyone’s involved.”
General Electric

Case Studies & Awards

Case study 1: Zueitina Oil Terminal project , Libya
Embedding a fire
detection system into an
oil tank farm in Libya
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In October 2007, ESI was awarded its first international
project in Libya, North Africa. The client was Zueitina
Oil Company, a prestigious Oil & Gas company.
ESI teamed up with Autronica Fire Systems to offer a state-of-the-art fire detection system on
seventeen crude oil tanks at the Zueitina tank farm in Libya. The project also incorporates other
risk areas including warehouses, an administration building, kitchens and a communications
building. Fire suppression systems were also installed in a number of other important areas.
The system was based on a heat detection cable installed
around tanks that measured 90 meters in diameter. Amongst
these lies the largest oil storage tank in Africa. The new
system also included seven Oil & Gas standard fire control
panels linked over a dedicated fibre optic back bone.
With a project value of over €1 million, completion was carried out
in 18 months. Four kilometres of trench works were dug for the
detection cabling, more than 11 kilometres of heat detection cables
installed on the tank rim seals and over 400 fire devices (including
EX rated flame detectors) were installed. Also installed was a foam
deluge system for protection of the site’s chemical warehouses.

Case study 2: Enemalta, Malta
An automated emissions
monitoring system for Enemalta
and an innovation award
for ESI’s engineering
In October 2007, ESI was awarded its first environmental
project with a project value worth over €1.6 million
by Enemalta Corporation, the Maltese national utility
company. The company had to implement an automated
measuring system and data acquisition recording
system for the continuous measurement of gaseous
and particulate emissions at the two power stations in
Malta including the following pollutants to EN regulation
standards: SO 2, CO, CO 2 and Dust.
ESI collaborated with its main partners, Siemens SPA A&D- (Sensors
and communications) and Durag GmBg to provide Enemalta with a
turnkey solution that included the following key stages to completion:
engineering, supply of material, local installation and site management,
Start up and commissioning, QAL2 certifications by accredited bodies,
annual surveillance tests (ASTs), client training and after-sales
maintenance agreements. The project was completed in December 2008.
In that same year, ESI was awarded the Malta Engineering Excellence Award (MEAA) for
innovation. This award, given by the Chamber of professionals engineers, has been created to
provide national recognition for individuals and organizations that have achieved outstanding
engineering accomplishments and had a significant impact on engineering in Maltese society.

Case study 3: Gasco, Malta
Fitting a new SCADA and
a Fire & Gas detection
system at the Gasco
LPG bottling plant
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In December 2010, ESI Malta was contracted to supply,
install, program, test and commission a SCADA control
system and a Fire & Gas detection system for the new
LPG bottling facility of Gasco Ltd. The project was valued
at more than €500,000.
The SCADA system is based on a Siemens S7-300 PLC with a
WinCC SCADA system to designed to monitor and control various
parts of the plant including the LPG tanks, plant equipment,
electrical switchgear, administration facilities, fire fighting
systems and weigh bridges. The system includes over 500
input/output points and integrates over a MODBUS high level
communication link with a Dräger Fire & Gas detection system.
This Fire & Gas detection system is based on a Dräger
REGARD panel and has over 50 field devices that are
connected including UV/IR flame detectors, LPG gas detectors,
manual call points, sounders and beacons. Most of the
installations were carried out in explosion-proof areas.

Case study 4: Zueitina Oil Company, Libya
Case Studies & Awards
A Water Mist installation
and a Fire & Gas detection
system installed within
six turbine enclosures
For this prestigious project in Libya, ESI had to build
another new application, create new partnerships
and generate innovative new solutions. The company
teamed up with Marioff OY and Dräger Safety to
provide a state-of-the-art, high pressure, water mist
system as well as a Fire & Gas detection system at the
Zueitina Oil Company’s 103D gas plant site.
New high pressure water mist systems now protect the
following turbine engine enclosures replacing the three
existing CARDOX CO2 suppression systems:
❚ Natural gas and liquid processing facilities, K-2 Compressor - Engine
❚ Natural gas injection compressor trains Numbers 1, 2 & 3
❚ Each train includes two turbine enclosure with common exhaust duct.
❚ Natural gas injection train No. 4 includes two
separate enclosures for LP & HP compressors.
The proposed system is based on a HiFog water mist system
by Marioff with two Gas Pump Units (GPU) on a duty standby
configuration delivering high pressure (150bar) water through
stainless steel pipes and high velocity nozzles. The detection scope
includes Hydrocarbon gas detectors and UV/IR flame detectors
by Dräger Safety connected to a REGARD F&G detection panel.
Image courtesy of Marioff

Case study 5: Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
Case Studies & Awards
Putting in place a bespoke
automation control system
for a €14m SCADA project
ESI’s in-house developers and engineers delivered
this bespoke system to provide a robust, efficient and
powerful, building automation system that was completed
in July 2007. It delivered this building automation system
based on the Siemens S7 hardware and Siemens WinCC
software for this hospital application, thanks to the
company’s expertise in building automation as well as
SCADA/PLC-based automation systems.
ESI was one of the few Maltese-owned companies on the project
directly subcontracted to Skanska. Skanska is one of the world’s
leading construction groups with expertise in construction,
project development of commercial and residential projects.
Other subcontractors included Swiss electrical engineering
leaders, ABB and Italian company, Aster Grossi & Speier.

The automation installation on this project carried more than 13,000
hard-wired Input/Output points and was implemented using Siemens
S7 PLCs. The Building Management System (BMS) was used,
predominantly, to control and monitor the Heating Ventilation and Air
Conditioning (HVAC) plants which, in turn, controlled and monitored
fire dampers and staircase pressurization fans and executed electrical
load shedding during power outages. The BMS was also used to
monitor various alarms from systems such as Medical Gas, Lifts,
Tanks, Aircraft Warning Lights and the Laundry Chute system.
This BMS is at the heart of all life saving equipment such as the control of fire smoke dampers
(according to complex cause and effect matrices), smoke evacuation fan control and pressurization
of stairwells, shut down of air plant in case of fire to avoid smoke dispersion, and the control of HVAC
equipment during power failures to avoid overloading the generator sets. Besides robust, reliable and
fast CPUs to achieve these tasks, the system was supported by qualified and trained technicians and
software programmers who were part of the ESI technical support team. This was the same team
that designed, implemented, purchased, installed, programmed, tested, commissioned and handed
over the project. The knowledge ESI’s staff generated for this building, its systems, procedures
and installation proved to be invaluable in building a better quality and more efficient plant.

Case Studies & Awards
Siemens S7-300 range of PLCs fitted with appropriate input and output cards control a total of 71 motor
control panels. The supervisory software is a Siemens WINCC SCADA Package. This is used to monitor
these panels and on local panel mounted Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) and the Supervisory PC. The
BMS system also interfaces with the fire system via a dedicated Siemens PLC through a Modbus interface.
Each panel is fed from the essential electrical supply that is backed up by the hospital generators. Within
each panel is an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) that provides continuous data logging and system
monitoring during a power failure and while the panel awaits power to be restored via the generators.
Each main panel has a local panel-mounted UPS-backed Human Machine Interface (HMI). Their purpose
is to monitor measured values, start/stop of equipment, monitor and adjust set points and time settings.
All motors in the cubicles are controlled by Siemens Simocode 3UF50
DP Intelligent Overload devices. These devices are configurable and
reside on the respective panel Profibus DP network. They have four
digital inputs and four digital outputs that can provide monitoring data
on the status of the motor that it controls. All variable speed drives
are Seimens Micromaster 440 type and are mounted externally from
the panels with a fitted Profibus DP interface card. These cards
are supplied with a separate UPS backed 24V DC supply from the
control cubicle where they receive their motor power. This ensures
that the drive can be monitored at all times including power failure.

INTEGRATED SECURITY
Siemens A&D Solutions Partner
Solution Partners for first-class solutions in industrial settings. As a Siemens Solution Partner
in Automation, ESI is qualified to a uniform standard around the world as solution providers of
Siemens products and services in automation and drive technology (Simatic and WinCC products).
As certified system integrators, ESI stands for future-safe, customized solutions of the highest
quality; solutions that will always provide the company’s clients with a lasting competitive edge.
ESI is a Honeywell Silver Certified Integrator
ESI knows that the best systems require the highest quality of installation and support. As Silver
Integrators, ESI engineers have been trained in the HIS product range, proving themselves to be more
than capable of installing, programming and maintaining Honeywell’s Integrated Security products.
The Honeywell Integrated Security Integrator Service Certification (ISC) programme sets a
high standard in the security industry. This programme assures a consistently high level of
integrator support and service to ESI’s clients. This certification programme also recognises
the company’s investment in servicing and supporting Honeywell security systems.
Every process and procedure within ESI is quality certified
to ISO 9001-2008 and ANAB (UKAS equivalent 4000:1)
The company’s quality procedures are based on identified processes to ensure
traceability and control through the project lifecycle and its supporting activities.
ESI has maintained a firm commitment to quality assurance under the guidance of a fundamental
company policy that places the highest priority on quality. The company’s Quality Manual &
Procedures are reviewed annually both internally and externally to ensure continued suitability
and adherence. All external audits are completed by the Anglo-Japanese auditors, AJA.
The detailed quality procedures for the Mater Dei project, for example, include guide manuals,
check lists and work flow diagrams for both preventative and reactive maintenance. A progress
meeting is held once a month to follow up and monitor in detail what is happening on the
maintenance contract and how issues may be resolved and operation made more efficient. All these
meetings are ‘minuted’ and documented to ensure traceability and accountability of tasks.

Automation &
Control Systems
“ We live in a time when automation is
ushering in a second industrial revolution”
Adlai E. Stevenson

Systems, Solutions and Products
Automation
& Control Systems
Automation & Control Systems
Besides offering stand-alone Automation & Control
Systems through SCADA and PLC (Programme Logic
Controller) systems, these Automation & Control
Systems are the ‘glue’ that integrates all the Fire & Gas
detection systems, facility security systems, fire fighting
as well as combustion control at the plant back to one
central command.
So this section acts as a differentiator that brings all the plant’s
safety and security systems into one Central Command Control and
Information system, or what is termed as a C3i. In effect, the PLCs
provide the hardware that creates this glue and the SCADA provides
the software. A graphical interface or ‘head end’ (a PC-driven wall
screen) represents the whole plant, allowing users to monitor and
control all plant and equipment from a centrally controlled area.

Image courtesy of Siemens
Process Automation
Automation & Control Systems
ESI’s systems are applicable to the largest of projects in the Oil & Gas industry such as refineries
and offshore plants. Safety and fault-tolerant systems are fully integrated on to both SCADA and
DCS systems. So, too, is the engineering language. This language is the same for standard and
safety applications. So there is no need to learn and understand a new engineering tool.
The results of this approach are cost and time reduction as well
as less maintenance and service work. The high performance
alarm system and the integrated features for alarm management
ensure the safe operation of the entire process.
Plant availability comes first with safety for human, plant
and equipment (HSE) and the lowest cost for maintenance
and service making up the second and third priorities. The
PLC-based system is completely integrated in our TIAS and
fully meets these requirements. The system (both hardware
and software) is scalable for more than 100,000 I/Os. It also
contains a high performance archive for its process values.
The engineering language for standard
and safety applications is the same. So
there is no need to learn and understand
a new engineering tool, reducing cost
and time, maintenance and service.

Solutions for first
stage separation,
metering of various
streams and most
advanced level interface
measurement at lower
energy consumption
are just some examples
of ESI’s unmatched
innovation measurement
technologies.
Telemetry and Instrumentation
Accurate and efficient measurement and separation is key to many processes in the Oil & Gas industry.
ESI’s suppliers are continually investing in programmes to research and develop innovative solutions for the
complex measurement tasks in the changing environment of the Oil & Gas industries. Solutions for first stage
separation, metering of various streams and most advanced level interface measurement at lower energy
consumption are just some examples of the company’s unmatched innovation measurement technologies.
Remote operations, adverse environmental conditions, extreme
climates and limited space are but a few of the demanding challenges
that typify Oil & Gas exploration and production (E&P) around the
globe. They demand product requirements that include extreme
ruggedness, maximum availability and compact, modular designs –
all key features of Siemens’ upstream solutions. Our telemetry and
instrumentation systems include measurement application of:
❚ Level
❚ Flow
❚ Pressure
❚ Temperatures
❚ Weighing
❚ Process protection
❚ Gas analytics
❚ Valve positioning
❚ Continuous Gas Analytics (CGA)
❚ Gas Chromatography

Fire & Gas Detection
“Fear is the foundation of safety”
Tertullian, AD 160

Image courtesy of Dräger
Image courtesy of Dräger
Fire & Gas Detection
History tells us that when accidents happen, they can be
catastrophic. Wherever toxic or inflammable chemicals
are being manufactured, processed, stored or shipped,
an accident or a substance release is a potential risk.
Even small releases of substances can cause harm to
people, damage the environment or property. Hence,
the use of the canary in providing potential warning for
miners and its equivalents in today’s technological age.
Industrial plants are not designed to leak toxic or flammable gases. However, each piece of equipment
used in a process line does have a potential to leak, especially if service routines are not maintained.
In each industrial plant there are thousands of devices and pieces of equipment used such as gauges,
valves, pumps, compressors and storage vessels. Each joint or connection point is a potential source
of release. The goal is to detect an accidental release before it develops into a major hazard.
Toxic gas detection technologies
Toxic gases and vapours can build up, reaching hazardous concentrations.
Alternatively, there may be a lack of oxygen in the air that can be just as
harmful to human life, plant and equipment. A plant owner needs to entrust the
safety and protection of his personnel, equipment and property to a perfectly
working sensor since human sensory organs are often unable to detect
airborne hazards and, even when they do, are not able to do so early enough.
Hazards must be identified in good time and reliably where false alarms that lead
to production downtime are to be avoided at all costs. So the sensor is the most
important component inside a gas detection system. It converts the measured
variable (i.e. a gas concentration) into an electrical signal. Depending on the
sensor type, this is achieved by either chemical or physical processes. To a large
extent, the reliability with which harmful airborne substances can be detected
depends on the sensors that are used to detect them. For this reason, it is
essential for the gas detector and sensor to be adapted perfectly to each other.

Instead of avoiding
their ignition by
explosion protection
measures, it is
preferable to
detect flammable
gases before they
become ignitable.
Flammable gas detection technologies
Most explosion hazards arise from flammable gases and vapours. Instead of avoiding their
ignition by explosion protection measures, it is preferable to detect them before they become
ignitable. The transmitter is a gas detector that continuously monitors flammable gases and
vapours in the ambient air. The gas concentration that is detected in a range lower than the
Lower Explosive Limit (100% LEL) is converted to an industry standard 4 to 20 mA signal. Central
controllers and control panels are used to evaluate the signal and activate automatic counter
measures and alarm devices according to the pre-programmed cause and effect matrices.
Flame and heat detection
Image courtesy of Dräger
There is no such thing as a perfect flame detector. All have their own strengths
and limitations. The correct application of detection technology is key to
effective detection. There are four detector options available with ESI:
❚ Infra Red Flame Detectors (IR)
❚ Ultra Violet Flame
Detector (UV)
❚ Combined UV & IR Detector
❚ Visual flame detection
Visual flame detection was
developed out of a need to
create a detector that was
spatially aware, allowing for the
ability to discriminate between
a large number of small sources
Fire & Gas Detection
within its field of view and
one relatively large, bright
event. The application behind
this requirement was FPSOs.
The areas that are adjacent
to the process relief flare
need protection. Flaring has
caused numerous shutdowns
by conventional radiation
flame detectors because they
are unable to discriminate
between the two events.

Image courtesy of Dräger
Tank protection
ESI can supply Linear Heat Detection and flame detection systems as an intrinsically safe
version to monitor for fire on fixed or floating roof petrochemical product storage tanks. With
fixed tanks, these systems can be used to monitor vents, gauging points and manholes for fire.
On floating roof tanks, the rim seal can be monitored and the systems can be easily arranged to
accommodate the movement of a floating roof. For each ‘zone’, the detection system is connected
to a Fire Zone Monitor. This is housed in a Safe Area on an area control panel where the status of
a number of zones may be displayed using either an annunciator matrix or a graphic display.
Emergency Shutdown systems
ESI’s innovative solutions help customers
to meet industry challenges
The challenges to increase productivity and reduce operating costs can compromise
safety and environmental concerns. The company’s new and innovative solutions
help its customers to meet those challenges in the Oil & Gas industries.
Reacting to unforeseen events with
ESI’s integrated architectures
With ESI, maximising safety is based on failsafe PLCs and safety systems as well as maintaining secure
operating conditions at critical sites at the plant. Only safety PLCs can be relied upon to effectively
monitor and supervise the status of a process and properly react to unforeseen events. Although
they remain in a dormant state during normal operations, safety PLCs are embedded with powerful
diagnostics and perform regular auto-tests to ensure that they are always operational in an emergency.
The company has developed integrating architectures to cover various applications such as Emergency
Shutdown systems (ESD) and Fire & Gas systems (F&G) to meet the needs of these critical sites.

In case of Fire &
Gas hazards, ESI
masters the entire
process to ensure
the integrity of
the project.
ESI has developed integrated architectures to cover
various safety applications such as Emergency
Shutdown systems (ESD) and Fire & Gas systems
(F&G) to meet the needs of these critical sites.
Hot/Standby architecture increases system dependability
The Safety PLC ensures a high level of both safety and availability. Its Hot/Standby architecture
increases system dependability and its powerful diagnostics contribute to an extended Mean Time
Between Failures (MTBF). Overall, the unique design of the Safety PLC makes it inherently secure by
avoiding common mode failures using microprocessor diversity and Hot/Standby features. It makes
the migration from control system to safety loops very cost-effective with user-friendly tools that are
designed to mix safety modules with non-interfering control modules, even in the same holding racks.
ESI’s Safety PLC
In case of Fire & Gas hazards within the facility, ESI’s Safety PLC
system consists of three elements: an integrated and embedded
ESD process, Fire & Gas (F&G) systems and thirdly, fire systems
for buildings to monitor and automatically initiate the appropriate
action. Any such incident or unexpected event is stored in a
sequence-of-events file, reported to the security and control room
and dynamically displayed on an HMI (Human Machine Interface).
ESI manage large and complex
turnkey projects
Fire & Gas Detection
Based on Safety PLCs, these safety solutions underpin the ability
of the company to meet its Oil & Gas customers’ requirements. ESI
manages complex turnkey projects with wide-ranging expertise in
PLCs and safety. In fact, ESI masters the entire process to ensure
the integrity of the project. It begins with studies on hazards and
operability (Hazop) by the company’s Projects and Engineering
department. The design and engineering of complex solutions
then follows. Finally, the company initiates the commissioning and
maintenance of architectures for safety integrated systems.

Image courtesy of Dräger
Whatever
your industry
requirements,
all monitoring
equipment carries
the axiom that safety
is the measure
of all things.
Portable gas detection and personal
monitoring equipment
Portable gas monitoring equipment
Hazardous substances like toxic gases, oxygen deficiency, combustible gases and vapours cannot always
be detected by the human senses. Professional detection of unknown or known gases rely on personal
monitoring, area monitoring, confined space entry into shafts, channels and tanks. In monitoring hazardous
scenarios like these, the right instrumentation is key to safety and analysis. ESI’s partner, Dräger, provides
reliable portable and stationary gas detection technology that gets the job done. The company’s range
of single-gas detection instruments enables plant staff to carry out their own safety strategy as part of
the daily safety and maintenance checks. Over 30 different Dräger sensors detect a variety of gases and
vapours in different concentrations. Whatever the industry, Dräger has tailor-made solutions for different
industry requirements. All their solutions carry the axiom that safety is the measure of all things.
Tailor-made protective
clothing from ESI
As stressful and as hazardous as the Oil & Gas industries are, ESI
can make the right equipment available whenever it is needed.
Refineries, drilling platforms and industrial plants all require the
handling of hazardous substances. The challenges that staff face,
for example, are pre-entry measurements, transferring liquids or
responding to emergencies. ESI offers a wide range of chemical
protective suits, tailor-made for many different applications.
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Facilities Technology
“At the end of the day, the goals are
simple: safety and security.”
Jodi Rell

Image courtesy of Honeywell Security
Facilities Technology
ESI provides
total security
integration for
harsh and extreme
environments
The threats of terrorist attacks on chemical plants and
oil refineries and the growing awareness of general
security and processing safety issues mean that plant
must be invested with the relevant precautions. These
plants call for video surveillance, perimeter and intrusion
and voice alarm solutions that will secure risk within
the plant or facility.
In such specialised circumstances, the need for the right equipment is a prerequisite. Chemical
or food processing plants often handle potentially explosive dusts or powders that mean most
security system equipment cannot be used due to the risk of causing an explosion. Even when
suitable equipment is used, users are often faced with added costs or certification issues when
they need additional functionality like integral receivers, sun shields or wipers, for example.
ESI’s total security solution
ESI provides the solution to these issues and problems by offering total
security integration. Integrated and centralized monitoring security
software suites are used to remotely monitor network infrastructure
that combine the following security systems: access control; video
surveillance; intrusion access control; perimeter intrusion detection;
badge tracking and multi-tag identification; mustering emergencies and
the recording of all security events in the refinery and/or petrochemical
plant. The SCADA head end may also integrate to other safety systems
such as real time Fire & Gas detection systems; fire extinguishing
and suppression systems and Voice Alarm systems. Full control room
integration, by high level software integration, includes extending
the security and safety head end to include other process and plant
signals such as emergency and back up power real time monitoring and
alarming; process control; flare and process monitoring, hazardous
area coverage for worker safety, mustering in emergencies and the
recording of all events in the refinery and petrochemical plant.

Access Control with Biometrics
ESI’s access control system
This access control system offers global monitoring and control from the client’s regional
headquarters to local monitoring and control from each plant and facility. When the connection
between the local plant is down, the local server still provides the right to local access and
information with full client monitoring and control. The database information is then synchronised
with the client’s company headquarters while the connection is being re-established.
ESI’s state-of-the-art Visitor Management system
Facilities Technology
The company recognises that security requirements are wide-ranging. They may incorporate a number
of distinct systems - from CCTV surveillance to Access Control, Alarm and Incident Management.
Because the software allows information to be passed between these different systems, ESI’s modules
can be installed in any combination. In fact, ESI’s access control system is run by a state-of-the-art
software suite that integrates a fully comprehensive Visitor Management system. It keeps track
of visitors, employees, assets and deliveries as they enter and exit the plant’s facilities. It also fully
integrates with DVR. DVR automatically performs recording when there is an alarm. One of the typical
examples that DVR provides is the automatic recording of an intruder when a door is forced open.

Granting permission
to access a secure
area means being
enrolled in a
biometric database
using biometric
technologies.
Biometrics - single, combination or
multi-factor controlled access
There are many types of biometric technologies. These include hand geometry, iris recognition,
vascular pattern recognition, voice recognition, and the most common - fingerprint recognition.
As each of these biometric factors is considered unique to a single individual, biometric
solutions can be used independently for single-factor authentication or in combination
with an access control card and/or password for multi-factor authentication.
When a person is granted access permission to a secure area and enrolled in a biometric database, this
is accomplished using whichever biometric authentication technology is to be employed. During this
initial enrolment, a template is created based on specific unique identification factors that have been
collected. This template is encrypted and stored on an access card. As the enrolled person accesses
doors requiring biometric authentication, an access card reader establishes the identity of the individual
attempting access. The biometric element of the access reader then compares the presented biometric
(hand, eye, finger etc.) with the stores template and if a match can be made, access at that door is granted.
Biometrics stored on the access card
Today, in the physical security space, the majority of biometric
installations use smart cards with templates stored on the access
card. These are integrated with the access control system. Biometric
readers in these installations use the verification technique. In an
integrated system, once the reader detects a match, it sends the
access card numbers to the access controller. The access control
system looks up an access list to search for the card number
presented. If the card has access to the door, the access control
system unlocks the door. Otherwise, the door will remain locked.

The limitation of
staff numbers is also
becoming the norm
on platforms, drilling
rigs and refineries.
Such security is now
of major concern
because it ensures
the safety both of
staff and the project.
Crystal clear detail is essential in high-risk
environments. Sound engineering practice
combined with advanced video technology ensure
that our camera stations are tough and durable.
Video based detection
ESI delivers advanced, precision engineered safety, surveillance and security solutions for
critical infrastructure in the Oil & Gas industries. This includes monitoring and protecting people,
processes, production and equipment in hazardous environments under extreme conditions.
The capability of CCTV images and stable, crystal clear detail is essential in high-risk environments.
But demanding applications require precise engineering. Extensive development, attention to detail
and sound engineering practice combined with advanced video technology ensure that our camera
stations are designed for toughness and durability. This toughness and durability makes them
suitable for low maintenance and service in the most adverse conditions anywhere in the world
with a range of practical, integral features and options designed for versatility and ease-of-use.
Remote surveillance
Facilities Technology
ESI’s camera stations and systems provide Oil & Gas companies
with the freedom to find, develop and manage assets, and to deliver
supplies without interference. As exploration and drilling activities
move into increasingly remote and hostile locations, so does the need
for remote surveillance and continuous security. The limitation of
staff numbers is also becoming the norm on platforms, drilling rigs
and refineries. Such security is now of major concern because it
ensures the safety of staff and the project. The ability to view these
applications remotely is becoming a standard requirement and ESI’s
experience in designing systems incorporating IP networks, microwave
links and fibre optic cabling is known throughout the industry.
ESI’s CCTV system solutions can be installed in all types of onshore
locations in the most intense environments from deserts where
temperatures can exceed +40˚C to extreme conditions where
temperatures drop to -55˚C on a range of installations such as pipeline
and block station monitoring, refineries and processing plants, tank
farms, terminal, process areas and perimeter fence monitoring.

With ESI, you
can migrate to
a fully digital
network security
and surveillance
system without
discarding your
existing security
infrastructure.
ESI integrates third party systems
Efficient recording, viewing and storage of video and images are the cornerstone of any modern
integrated surveillance system. In today’s intricate world of analogue, digital, hybrid and
multi-manufacturers’ networked solutions, ESI’s systems have the capability and flexibility
to integrate third party access control, fire, safety, intruder and other control systems – all
designed to protect clients’ most sensitive areas as well as being a secure investment.
Easy-to-use CCTV systems under the harshest conditions
All the company’s control systems are designed and selected for their outstanding versatility and
ease-of-use under the harshest conditions from powerful standalone switchers and simple desktop
keyboards with joystick control to fully integrated, rack-mounted controllers capable of handling the
largest and most demanding video matrix requirements via analogue, hybrid or digital networks. Featurerich,
Graphical User Interfaces now mean easy control of cameras and monitors with key operator
tasks that use a simple touch. All traditional CCTV controls are still available to the end user as well as
a whole new set of tools that include network video recording, Time Lapse video analysis, remote alarm
monitoring, smoke detection behavioural and threat analysis, and watermarked digital downloads.
Migrate to a fully digital network security
and surveillance system
Security threats and safety risks can run high on Oil & Gas chemical processing facilities. But an
effective security system can help dramatically to reduce such risks. ESI appreciates that security
and CCTV surveillance requirements are exacting in an offshore environment. The company can
supply a turnkey cooperation with an exemplary support structure that is specifically designed to
cope with the wide variety of environmental conditions encountered on offshore rigs and platforms,
and the ships that supply them. ESI’s full range of integrated security systems are certified for use
in hazardous areas. Clients are offered the opportunity to migrate to a fully digital network security
and surveillance system without discarding their existing security infrastructure. Incorporating
existing legacy systems is straightforward for ESI, saving time, money and minimising disruption.

Our security
management
system integrates
with most
intrusion alarm
panels via serial
interfaces for
effortless control.
Image courtesy of Honeywell Security
ESI’s explosion-proof PTZ cameras and housings
The company’s Security range of surveillance systems, industrial cameras, explosion-proof PTZ cameras and
housings are typically used in petrochemical, industrial, aerospace and offshore industries and, generally,
on sites where there is a risk of very high temperature and explosion because of the presence of volatile
gases, vapours, mists or dusts. ESI’s range of surveillance systems is recognised and chosen by customers
internationally because they require the finest engineered solutions for security in hazardous conditions.
Multiple site control by ESI
A key feature of the company’s CCTV Surveillance System is the capability to monitor and control multiple
sites remotely. Several platforms can be incorporated and monitored from a single, manned installation
with monitoring from a shore-based Control Centre. A hierarchical control structure ensures that in
the event of an incident, control passes seamlessly from one location to another as events dictate.
Intrusion detection
The ESI security management system integrates effortlessly with most intrusion alarm panels via serial
interfaces. The integration allows on-site staff to monitor intrusion alarms, arm and disarm security
zones, create reports and graphically view security incidents at workstations. Intrusion events can be
configured to trigger automatic responses. For example, a glass-break alarm or motion detector can
cause a camera to pan, tilt and zoom to a present alarm zone while the live and recorded video feeds
pop up on the remote workstation. Through this integration, an access control card reader can be used
to simultaneously unlock entry doors and disarm the alarm when a valid credential is presented.
Examples of intrusion detection components are:
❚ Motion detection
❚ Equipment tamper
❚ Glass break detection
❚ Duress
Facilities Technology
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Fence and Perimeter protection
Security for a facility begins beyond the perimeter. From radar and electronic detection systems to fences and
barriers, ESI can deliver the appropriate solution to keep operating staff informed about potential intruders.
The following systems and equipment are available in perimeter fencing:
❚ Fences
❚ Gates
❚ Vehicle barrier systems
❚ Buried cable
Voice Alarm and Public Address
❚ RF and Fibre Optic Perimeter systems
❚ Infra-red Photo-electric Beam
❚ Outdoor Motion Detection
❚ Extended Perimeter
Perimeter Alarm System
The Sensor Line vibration fence sensor cable is a reliable, advanced
sensor, cable perimeter, security system. Its unique capability provides
super sensitivity and accurate response to vibration caused by any
intruder through 360 degrees on three axes. The system is ready to
mount into any new or existing type of perimeter fence, be it wire,
chain link, welded mesh, razor-type coil, larded wire, wall or roof.
A digitally controlled Public Address and Voice Alarm System (PA/VA) is designed for life critical
installations in the Oil & Gas market. It is also suitable for many industrial communications
requirements. The equipment is specifically and fundamentally designed as a failsafe with
extensive system and fault status monitoring for maximum availability at all times.
In addition to General Paging and Emergency Broadcasts, alarms can be automatically
initiated from, for example, Fire & Gas Alarm and Emergency Shut Down Systems.
Alarm tones or pre-recorded digital voice alarm messages can be broadcasted too.
These systems provide the essential control and monitoring system for the high integrity of a PA/VA
system. Public Address & Alarm Systems are commonly used on Oil & Gas platforms, FPSOs, power
stations and oil refineries, chemical plants and industrial complexes worldwide or wherever the safety of
personnel is of vital importance. For the evolving fire alarm industry, there is a viable option to consider: to
offer the added advantages of sound clarity if it means that people in a crowd can move closer to safety.

Alarms can now be
automatically initiated
from, for example,
Fire & Gas Alarm
and Emergency Shut
Down Systems, all
in accordance with
international alarm
safety standards.
Connecting fire detection with people safety warnings
Integrating a fire detection network with audio processors and speakers enables speedy
response to alerts as well as effective management of the networks from a single control
station. The upside of such a set-up is that a safety mechanism for life-saving purposes
no longer has to rely solely on sonic alarms or pre-recorded voice messages.
Non-fire alarm signal
In large facilities with a varying occupancy of visitors, unexpected
emergency conditions often call for quick thinking and on-thespot
decisions. In such situations, the limitations of pre-recorded
voice messages can be overcome by assigning higher priority to a
non-fire, alarm-related, systems signal over a fire alarm signal.
All in accordance with fire
alarm safety standards
The NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code makes provisions for
recognising the priority of live voice instructions over any
other signal during fire conditions or other emergencies. For
voice messages, international standards specify that mass
notification systems should have a speech transmission index
(STI) of 0.5 for sufficient intelligibility in reverberant spaces.
Industrial networking technology with Ethernet
Facilities Technology
The Oil & Gas industries rely on industrial Ethernet networking and technology to power networks that
centrally oversee the complicated extraction and production process including offshore oil drilling, onshore
production, pump station and pipeline transportation, tanker storage and oil refining. ESI empowers
highly successful Oil & Gas networking systems with Ethernet switches that feature high bandwidth
transmission capability, industrial ratings (e.g. ATEX directive and maritime certifications), increased media
redundancy, wide operating temperature range, long life expectancy and heavy-duty networking features.

Gigabit Fiber Optic Cable
Fiber Optic Cable
Twisted Pair Cable
Serial
I/O Signal
CCTV
PTZ
Camera
PLC
Intrusion
Detector
Industrial Networking
Certified for use in hazardous
industrial environments
IP Phone
PLC
IP
Camera
Whether onshore or offshore, Oil & Gas facilities are hazardous
environments where flammable gases, vapours, liquids or
combustible dust are all present. To operate in this setting, network
equipment needs to obtain industrial ratings and approvals such
as Class 1, Division 2/ATEX One 2, and DNV/GL certifications.
Wide operating temperature range
Extreme temperatures are common in Oil & Gas facilities, and to ensure
reliability in extreme operating environments, network equipment
should be able to operate reliably in a wide temperature range.
Safe and reliable industrial
communications networks
Reliable, redundant ring networks are needed to connect
all remote equipment with the control SCADA system or
entire DCS system, enabling real-time monitoring.
Gigabit
Ethernet Switch
Redundant
Ring
Control Centre
Redundant Gigabit
Backbone
8-port Ethernet
Switch
Flame Detector
Accurate data transmission
over long distances
ESI's
Command
& Control
SCADA/ Intelligence C2i
CCTV
Gas Leak
Sensor
Rackmount
Ethernet
Switch
Fibre optic cabling is required for secure and remote transmissions
as well as long-haul transmissions throughout oil facilities
due to its EMI/noise immunity and high availability.
Bandwidth management to conserve
network use by IP video applications.
This device with IGMP snooping support can filter the
amount of multicast traffic. This is ideal for creating
efficient IPO video surveillance solutions.
Scalable bandwidth and QoS
functions for real-time efficiency
Gigabit bandwidth networks with QoS support ensure real-time
monitoring and determinism. This empowers engineers to be
informed immediately and to take rapid action in emergencies.

Power Distribution
& Motor Control
“A power system can’t have different
demand and supply. If one thing deviates,
there will be a power failure.”
Agner Krarup Erlang

Power Distribution
& Motor Control
Power Distribution & Motor Control
To complement ESI’s total product offering that ranges
from design to delivery, the company’s electrical panels,
MCCs and panel enclosures are built by the firm’s panel
build team in-house. The company designs, procures,
assembles and factory-tests these panels at its facilities
in Malta. This location affords the company excellent
logistics by allowing the company to connect more
efficiently with both clients and suppliers in Europe and
North Africa.
All equipment is manufactured to customer’s specification in
accordance with stringent quality procedures that ensure reliable,
cost-effective, solutions. That said, ESI’s expertise in switchgear
and control systems lie at the very edge of technology. What’s more,
before leaving the workshops, all control panels must be thoroughly
checked and tested to ensure that they comply not only with BS EN
60439-1 standards but CE requirements and machinery directives as
well. In fact, accreditation to ISO 9001:2000 demands strict control
and audit of the procedures used throughout every aspect of ESI’s
operations. The control panels are then transported to site.

All equipment is
manufactured to the
customer’s specification in
accordance with stringent
quality procedures
that ensure reliable,
cost-effective, solutions.
Entire plant rooms that contain the combinations of HV substations, LV switchgear, standby
generators and UPSs are built and tested off-site by ESI using special, low-maintenance,
weatherproof housing. This assembly work is undertaken in parallel with site preparation, saving
time and protecting the sensitive electrical equipment from the rigours of the construction site.
ESI’s portfolio includes flexible and economic solutions to suit
all switchgear and control applications. They include:
❚ HV equipment & package sub-stations
❚ Main LV distribution switchgear
❚ Sub LV distribution switchgear
❚ Power Distribution Units (PDUs)
❚ Control panels & systems
❚ Containerised equipment
The company supplies control solutions to a number of industries.
They include food and drink processing, Oil & Gas, and conveying
and pumping systems. To meet the needs of these different
industries, ESI’s control panels are custom-built for each individual
project. From small push button/ indicator stations to multicubicle
motor control centres, the company provides the optimum
TIAS control solution, whatever the industrial environment.

Fire fighting &
Extinguishing
“One is not exposed to danger who, even
when in safety, is always on their guard.”
Publilius Syrus

Fire fighting & Extinguishing
The protection of life is not a matter for compromise.
Fire protection systems are only as strong as their
weakest link. Compromise may result in avoidable loss
of life or property.
Fire fighting pumps and equipment standards
This is why fire pumps from ESI are designed specifically for the particular needs of fire
protection and are approved by most of the major fire protection bodies around the world.
These fire pump approvals are essential for the peace of mind of those that build, operate or use buildings.
This is because it demonstrates that an independent assessment has been made of the Fire Pump
Manufacturer’s packages and processes and that these fire pumps conform to industrial standards.
All ESI’s pumping systems are certified for fire protection by the Loss Prevention Certification Board
(LPCB) Factory Mutual Approval (FM) and Underwriter Laboratories Inc. (UL). All of which are fully
compliant to NFPA 20. Other approvals held by ESI’s pumps include APSAD, CNBOP, ZUS and PSB.
ESI’s End-Suction fire pumps can be found in most installations around the world
including office building, hospitals, airports, manufacturing facilities, power
stations, pharmaceutical facilities, schools/colleges and warehouses.
End-Suction Fire Pump typical applications include:
❚ Sprinkler systems
❚ Hydrant systems
❚ Deluge systems
❚ Monitor systems
❚ Water curtain

Fire monitors
It is essential that fire monitors are
robust and have a long service life, even
under the most adverse conditions.
Monitors spend most of their lives static and lifeless. But when a fire is detected, they can often be
the only practical way of applying foam and/or water to the fire. While simple in principle, fire monitors
are sophisticated pieces of engineering made to deliver a specific performance after long periods of
inactivity. The installation of fixed monitors,or the provision of mobile or portable monitors is usually
the outcome of a careful analysis of the fire risk as well as the realisation that, without planning in
advance, fighting any subsequent fire will present major difficulties. It is essential, therefore, that
monitors are robust and have a long service life, even under the most adverse conditions.
Fixed monitors are found wherever there are substantial
Class B fire risks. While mobile or portable monitors are often
used to protect multiple risks by moving the monitors around the
site. Nearly all industrial fire hazards are candidates for monitor
protection, but some of the more common applications are:
❚ Refineries
❚ Fuel distribution depots
❚ Chemical plants
❚ Warehouses
❚ Helicopter landing pads
❚ Aircraft hangars
❚ Loading jetties
❚ Process plants
❚ Industrial process plants
❚ Shipping
❚ Vehicle-mounted
Fire Fighting & Extinguishing

Conventional
sprinkler /
water spray
Low-pressure
water mist
While many monitors are permanently fixed to pipework and designed to protect specific
installations, it is sometimes convenient to mount monitors on trailers that can be moved
from hazard to hazard. In addition, small monitors can be designed to be moved by hand
and placed on the ground to provide a rapid response in the event of a fire. However, mobile
monitors require a water supply usually provided by hoses or from portable pumps.
High Pressure Water Mist
Typical drop
size range (mm)
Number of droplets
per litre of water
In suppressing 1…5 a 15 fire, thousand traditional to 2 low-pressure million sprinkler 1…6 and deluge systems often cause significant
water damage that can be greater than the damage caused by the fire itself. Such systems can also
be difficult to install, especially in retrofit projects. Traditional gas-based systems are unsuitable
0.2…1 2 million to 250 million 6…30
for many high-risk areas because of the difficulty involved in guaranteeing enclosure integrity,
high recharge costs and personnel and environmental safety issues. Traditional foam-based
systems 0.025…0.2 cause collateral 250 million damage to 150 billion and present 30…250 the problem of toxic run-off to sewage systems.
Superior cooling and
local inerting
In many applications it is necessary to operate a monitor remotely.
Motors are fitted to achieve this by moving the monitor body in the
horizontal and vertical planes. In addition, if the monitor is fitted
with an adjustable nozzle, this will also need to be moved with a
motor or actuator. Remote control monitors often need to meet the
standards for operation in an area subject to explosive gases such
as ATEX in Europe or NEC in North America. Some applications
require a master panel/slave panel arrangement while others require
feedback to show the operator where the monitor is pointing so
that it can be operated even when smoke obscures the view.
Surface
area (m2 )
Superior blocking
of radiant heat

In suppressing
a fire, traditional
low-pressure sprinkler
and deluge systems
often cause significant
water damage that
can be greater than
the damage caused
by the fire itself.
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Better fire suppression
Water Mist systems offer equivalent or better fire suppression than traditional systems with minimal
water discharge, reducing damage to property and reducing the time and cost of clean-up. The water
mist tubes are small in diameter, making installation fast and easy, especially in retrofits. Finally, the
system uses pure and potable water that is totally safe for people, property and the environment.
Water Mist systems:
❚ suppress fire efficiently
❚ uses very little water
❚ are easy to install
❚ and safe for people, property and the environment
Fire Fighting & Extinguishing
Portable extinguishing equipment
ESI’s high performance petrol and diesel engines (12 to 60
hp) are designed to provide flow rates of 400 to 2,275 litres/
minute at 7 bar pressure. All models are manufactured to ISO
9001:2000 from tough corrosion-resistant materials for long
operating life with minimal maintenance. They meet European
and IS CARB and EPA exhaust emission standards and comply
with the European noise emission Regulation EN 12100-2.
Self-contained portable fire fighting pumps are an essential tool for
modern fire fighters. Advances in air-cooled engines, materials and
pump technology have transformed the modern pump into a reliable
and practical tool for a professionally equipped fire and rescue service.
Fire pumps must not only deliver pressure and flow while being
portable and easy to use, they must also meet worldwide regulations
governing exhaust emissions and sound levels. Mobile Powder and Gas
extinguishers for professional use in harsh environments. Models are
available in AFFF Foam, Monnex and ABC powder; and Carbon Dioxide.
Image courtesy of Marioff

Pipes and hoses
The fire hose is perhaps the most important piece of equipment carried on a fire
appliance. It is the fire fighters’ lifeline. If it fails, their lives could be in danger.
That is why it is so important to use the best equipment available.
ESI’s comprehensive range of fire fighting fittings include instantaneous delivery hose couplings;
branch pipes and nozzles, blank caps and plugs, adaptors, collecting heads and manifolds,
standpipes and hydrant keys, suction hose couplings and wrenches, and suction strainers.
Foam Systems
Increasingly, fixed foam systems are being used at high fire risk
facilities because they take the guesswork out of fire fighting. There
is no better way of fighting a fire than having a properly designed
foam fire fighting system in place before fire breaks out. Fire fighting
monitors are used to apply water, foam or dual agents wherever there
are large quantities of flammable or combustible liquids in the vicinity.
Storage and process areas in the oil and petrochemical sectors are the
most common applications. In the world of transport they are found
on shipping and loading jetties, airport crash tenders, aircraft hangars
and helicopter landing areas. Industrial applications are available in a
huge choice of designs, sizes, materials and nozzle configurations.

Combustion & Emissions
Technologies
“It is only when they go wrong that machines
remind you how powerful they are.”
Clive James

Combustion & Emissions
Technologies
Smart solutions for combustion and
the environment.
Combustion Technologies
Combustion & Emissions Technologies
ESI’s products and systems support all types of industrial
combustion processes throughout the world. These include, for
example, fossil fuel power stations, chemistry industry plants,
refineries, cement plants, waste incinerators, steam generators,
thermal power plants and gas turbines. The company can also
provide solutions for applications in special environments such as
extreme climatic zones or potentially explosive atmospheres.
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Burner igniters from ESI
❚ Gas fired igniters and pilot burners for plants according to EN or NFPA
❚ Oil fired igniters and pilot burners for plants according to EN or NFPA
❚ Dual fuel igniters and pilot burners for operation with either gas or oil refineries
❚ Gas burners for industrial applications
❚ For the ignition of main burners at places where fixed pilot/ignition burners are not available
ESI can provide you with combustion
technology solutions for applications in special
environments such as extreme climatic zones
or potentially explosive atmospheres.
ESI’s flare ignition equipment
❚ Ignition systems for flares
❚ Continuous electric flare ignition systems
❚ Ignition torches
❚ Ignition of burners, flares, pilots and processes Ignition Units
❚ Pilot burners
❚ Portable ignition units
Image courtesy of Durag

Video and thermography
Video System
❚ Online visual information directly from the combustion chamber.
Thermographic system
❚ Thermal analysis of the spatial temperature
distribution out of the combustion chamber.
❚ Temperatures determination within freely definable areas and
lines (ROI - Region Of Interest and LOI - Line Of Interest)
❚ Detection of actual position of the combustion zone
Applications
❚ Coal, Fuel, Oil, Gas (luminous flames)
❚ Co-combustion of secondary fuels (i.e. waste water sludge)
❚ Tangential firing systems (corner or wall orientated)
❚ Wall-oriented firing systems
Combustion & Emissions Technologies
❚ Opposite burner orientated firing systems (“boxing” firing systems)
Image courtesy of Durag

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Emission
monitoring for
measuring ambient
air is key to power
generation and
process industries.
Emission monitoring
❚ Emission Monitoring
❚ Ambient Monitoring
❚ Environmental and Process Data
❚ Management Systems
In the field of environmental measuring technology, the systems
offered by ESI include the measuring and monitoring of:
❚ dust concentration and opacity
❚ total mercury concentrations
❚ flue gas volume flow
❚ as well as evaluation systems for the calculation of emissions
These products are used in power generation plants and the process industry such as fossil fuel power
stations, waste incineration plants, refineries, chemical processing plants, cement works, the lime
industry, the steel industry, filter and dust extraction plants as well as for monitoring ambient air.

Consulting &
Support Services
“Scientists investigate that which already is;
Engineers create that which has never been.’’
Albert Einstein

Consulting and
Support Services
ESI’s proven services and high standard engineering
Consulting & Support Services
The company’s specialist services to both the Oil & Gas industries cover every aspect of the project
lifecycle - from project management to specialist high-value engineering. These specialist services have
built a solid reputation for the company in terms of origination, innovation and adaptation. ESI’s in-house
expertise and systematic approach provides a complete service offering that covers that lifecycle - from
overall concept design to detailed design, from procurement and engineering to on-site implementation
and project management, from testing and commissioning to maintenance and operation of ESI’s installed
systems. This way, the company controls everything it does to ensure full and lasting functionality.
ESI’s innovative engineering advantage
The company integrates bespoke safety and automation systems for
both the Oil & Gas industries. This approach to engineering means a
common user experience for its customers. Yet ESI can deploy the
best mix of its resources and capabilities through a well-integrated
work share and technical performance management system to
deliver any configuration of automated systems for a plant.
Not surprisingly, to deliver that configuration, ESI’s engineering
expertise extends right through its professional consulting
services to its specialist engineering services. These services
offer expertise in many engineering disciplines including fire
safety engineering, safety and security risk assessments, PLC and
SCADA design and software development, specialised system
engineering, system integration and control room system design.
In tandem with these services, ESI’s technical teams
carry a comprehensive range of specialists. They include
CAD designers, safety specialists, fire engineers,
software developers, PLC and automation engineers, HMI
developers and mechanical and electrical specialists.

ESI’s engineering solution services for the
Oil & Gas industries are the following:
❚ Life safety analysis
❚ Evacuation strategies
❚ Early warning and detection
❚ Cause and effect simulation
❚ PLC and logic software development
❚ HMI development
❚ SCADA and DCS engineering
❚ System integration
❚ Head end and database design
ESI’s project management
ESI can deploy the best mix of its resources and
capabilities through a well-integrated work share and
technical performance management system to deliver
any configuration of automated systems for a plant.
❚ Asset/property protection strategies
❚ Protection of process risks
❚ Performance based fire suppression systems
❚ Passive protection and fire separation
❚ Dangerous goods assessment
❚ Risk assessment
❚ Fire engineering alternative solutions
❚ Sustainable design
❚ Emergency response plans
As an ESI core service, Project Management helps to deliver its consulting, engineering excellence
and construction services to its customers. Project management defines a common approach to
executing projects within ESI. The very nature of project management combines an assurance
framework for project delivery with a comprehensive reference point for client guidance. Together, these
processes give the client company a blueprint for a standard approach to the successful completion
and delivery of all its projects, each and every time. As part of its services to the Oil & Gas sector, ESI
continues to provide construction management advice and support, health, safety, sustainability,
environmental and quality (HSSEQ) direction and support, as well as the commissioning and start-up.
ESI’s operations and
maintenance programmes
Consulting & Support Services
ESI’s operations and maintenance engineering is designed to extend
asset life through enhanced production and recovery, and reduced
operating costs. The company operates and maintains the plant’s
infrastructure with the client to develop the type of organisation and
support required to meet the high demands of his business. ESI also
programme-manages and plans all activities associated with operating,
maintaining and managing the integrity and development of projects
and those upgrades associated with these infrastructural assets.

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