New 49 CFR Requirements Mean New Strategies for Pipeline ...

Sponsored by5.3.1- Emergency/abnormal operating conditions.The Information Consolehelps create an environment forcommunicating emergency orabnormal operating conditions.5.3.2- Daily operation information.Use the Information Console’srich environment to list information forincoming shifts.5.3.3- Status of scheduled/unscheduled maintenanceactivities. Wonderware MobilitySolutions (IntelaTrac) and InformationConsole contain modules to meet theserequirements.5.3.4- Incident information. WonderwareMobility Solutions (IntelaTrac) andInformation Console help schedule anddescribe maintenance activities, crewavailability, and status of activities, andlist them for incoming shifts.5.3.5- Changes to physical assets, proceduresand/or responsibilities.Information Console logs changesto physical assets and lists them forincoming shifts in the InformationConsole.5.3.6- Alarm reviews. Alarm Managementprovides alarm review solutions whileArchestrA SCADA provides alarmanalysis tools.Section 7: Pipeline control MOC. Change is aregular part of pipeline control operations thatmust be managed and governed by effectiveprocesses and procedures.7.1- Pipeline control room personnel.Management is responsible for creatingthis process.7.2- Systems/processes undergoing change.API 1168 specifically notes processesthat lend themselves to automation.ArchestrA Workflow, WonderwareMobility Solutions (IntelaTrac) and theInformation Console help accomplishthese tasks and meet these requirements.7.3- Notification and training. SimSci-Esscor/ESI Training, Management Procedures,teaches operators using an instructor/operator flight simulator environment.Other applications such as theInformation Console and ArchestrAWorkflow are typically implemented by theowner’s in-house training organization.7.4- Emergency MOC. ArchestrA SCADA andLeak Detection (ESI, an Invensys partner)help make important information forsafe pipeline operation available to theoperator. ArchestrA Workflow showsoperators how to respond to variousactivities as they happen.SUMMARY49 CFR 195.446 and 49 CFR 192.631 requires pipeline operatorsimplement policies and procedures to ensure a safe andreliable system. To ensure that the procedures are put into place,operators will undergo a self-policing program that validatesthe processes have been changed and continue to be followed.Validation can be accomplished in two ways: an operator canmaintain strict and up-to-date manuals and guidelines on thenew procedures; or an operator can create the same proceduresin a written form and transfer them to an automated solutionwith applications driven directly from the SCADA system.49 CFR QUESTIONS ANSWEREDVisit the Pipeline SCADA archive to view on demand webcasts,additional articles and an education videowww.real-time-answers.com/49CFR.165.3.7- Third-party incidents. This informationcan be listed for incoming shifts in theInformation Console.New Laws Mean New Strategies forPipeline Control Room ManagementExecutive Guide to49 CFR RegulationsSponsor Profile