Emergency Relief for
Oil Rig
Situation
Late on a Friday afternoon,
there was an emergency phone
call to the Siemens Process
Instrumentation office in
Hauppauge, NY. A worried
voice on the other end of the
phone asked in a panic “How
fast can you get an FUS1010
FM / DC powered flow meter
with C2H high precision
transducers on a plane for
delivery to a heliport in
Louisiana?” Siemens answer
was, “We can ship a rental unit
Monday for delivery early
morning Tuesday. The response
was, “That’s great, here is my
credit card number.”
Challenge
A boom operator, somewhere
out in the Gulf of Mexico on an
oil platform, accidentally
slammed a load of drilling pipe
into the utility shed housing
SITRANS F
Answers for industry.
the flow meter monitoring the
well site. The damaged meter was
originally purchased from the
former Controlotron a few years
earlier. Therefore, the customer
was familiar with the accurate
performance of the equipment
and needed a replacement in a
hurry.
Solution
The customer, also knowing that
Siemens had a rental program,
immediate called the mainland
sales representative who relayed
the request to Siemens in
Hauppauge, NY. Because a similar
situation had occurred about 6
months prior with a different oil
drilling customer in the Gulf,
Siemens had added the dedicated
FM / DC powered unit used then
to the rental inventory.
Fortunately, the necessary
equipment was readily available.
Benefits
The customer was extremely grateful for
the fast response and they have placed a
production order for new equipment to replace the damaged unit. They have also
elected to retain the rental unit until the
new one is delivered. This is a classic example of the Rental Program in action.
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
3333 Old Milton Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30005
1-800-964-4114
With Siemens SITRANS FUH1010
flowmeters:
• Installation is quick and inexpensive since it is external to the pipe – there is no need to shut down operation or open pipe connections
• Since the sensors mount on the outside of the pipe, there is no possibility of
leakage
• Maintenance is minimized since there are
no moving parts to wear and external
transducers do not require periodic cleaning
• There is no pressure drop or energy loss
Order No.: PICS-00020-1008
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