The Fundamentals of SCADA Systems for the Oil & Gas Industry course will explore the history and evolution of SCADA systems, including the differences in the SCADA types and how they have evolved. The course will examine SCADA hardware components and how they work together. Attendees of this course will gain a comprehensive understanding of how SCADA systems work for the oil & gas industry, how and why they were developed, how they are structured, the database and data collection techniques, and uses of the dynamic data by the end user. 

There will be an explanation of the data flow from field, through RTU, to frontend processor, and to the control room. We will examine how different telemetry points are processed; learn about analogs, status points, accumulators, and the different ways that they can be collected in field RTU for data exchange; scan rates; and protocols. The course will discuss how data can be processed for the end user, alarm processing, supervisory controls, processing logic in database, and putting it into the dynamic graphic user interface for end to end control and monitoring. We will explore the best data maintenance practices, such as maintaining the data standards, templates, creating the point list and checkout lists, performing point-to-point testing, and maintaining the quality assurance systems independent from productions where jobs are run first. 

Learning Outcomes  

• Review the history and evolution of SCADA systems for oil & gas
• Illustrate the basic hardware and software components of SCADA systems
• Discuss protocols that are used to transmit, collect, store, and manage data
• Discuss the increased need for cyber security for ICS
• Describe different instrumentation measurement technologies
• Review SCADA system architecture
• Discuss the data flow from field to control room
• Identify alarm processing and supervisory control

Who Should Attend

• Oil and Gas Industry Leadership
• Managers
• Marketers
• Engineers
• Accountants
• Technicians
• Volume Processing Analysts
• Legal Professionals 

Credits

EUCI has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).  In obtaining this accreditation, EUCI has demonstrated that it  complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice. As a result of their Authorized Provider status, EUCI is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 1.0 CEUs for this course and 0.4 CEUs for the workshop.

 

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program 

Participants must log in each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

PowerPoint presentations, interactive group exercise, and group discussion will be used during this course. 

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 – Central Time

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. :: Log In

9:00 a.m. – 430 p.m. :: Course Timing 

12:30 – 1:15 p.m. :: Lunch Break

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SCADA History and Evolution 

• By technological evolution
• Telemetry based SCADA
• Microprocessors – PLC

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SCADA Types 

• By market evolution
• Distributed
• Networked

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SCADA Systems Components 

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Common SCADA Abbreviations 

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Typical Hardware SCADA Architecture 

• Master administrator – data repository
• Communicator – data acquisition
• Front end processor – RTU
• Historian – data archiving
• Human Machine Interface – individual users

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Typical System Division 

• Primary system
• Backup system
• Training system

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RTUs 

• RTU protocols types
• RTU scans rates and options
• Field devices
  • Upstream vs. midstream vs. downstream

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Communications

• Topologies
• Communication media
• Data acquisition strategies

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Network

• PCN
• Cloud
• Phones
• IT/OT
• Security
  • Cyber
  • Physical

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SCADA Data Collection – Point Types and Uses 

• Analog points (measurements)
  • Limits
  • Setpoints
• Digital points
• Accumulators (periodic collection)
  • Meter collections
  • Counter values
• Status points (indication and controls)
  • Alarm processing
  • Supervisory controls

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Data Collection and Q&A Session 

Course Adjourns for Day 

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Thursday, February 25, 2021 – Central Time

8:45 – 9:00 a.m. :: Log In

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. :: Course Timing

 

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Review of Day 1 

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Data Management 

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Maintaining the Data and Designing a SCADA System

• Assets
• Field equipment
• Network
• Communications
• SCADA platform
• Data standards
  • Engineering points list
  • Naming convention
• Historian
• Reporting
• Regulations
• Best practices
  • HMI
  • Alarm rationalization
  • Point to point
  • Procedures
• Monitoring
  • Control room
  • Field notification

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AI and Machine Learning

Course Concludes 

SCADA Oil & Gas Leak Detection

Thursday, February 25, 2021 – Central Time

Overview 

During this afternoon workshop—paired to run after Fundamentals of SCADA Systems for the Oil & Gas Industry—the goal is to understand the various moving parts when it comes specifically to leak detection in SCADA systems. Attendees will learn the types of leak detection, as well as the regulations, implementations, integrations, and more. Those in class will understand the problems and solutions regarding leak detection, and there will be discussion on assets versus evaluations along with a deep dive on requirements for the differences between assets and levels of operation.

Although this workshop is a continuation of the SCADA Fundamentals course, those not registering for the prior course are more than welcome to attend.

Learning Outcomes  

• Review the process of receiving a leak detection alert and how to handle the situation from beginning to end
• Evaluate how to recognize an alert versus an alarm, assess the problem, and find the solution
• Discuss how everything regarding SCADA and leak detection integrates, along with any implementations and future training, service, or maintenance

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program 

Participants must sign in/out and be in attendance for the entirety of the workshop to be eligible for continuing education credit. 

Instructional Methods

PowerPoint presentations, interactive group exercise, and group discussion will be used during this course.  

Agenda

12:45 – 1:00 p.m. :: Log In

1:00 – 4:30 p.m. :: Workshop Timing

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Regulations

• API 1135/API 1175
  • Alert vs. alarm
  • Leak detection requirements for different assets and level of operation
    • Pipeline
      • Transmission, gathering, pipeline, upstream, water transfer, HDPE, steel, and downstream
    • Storage tank and vessel
      • Upstream vs. midstream vs. downstream
    • Compressor station
    • Terminal
    • Refinery
  • Future regulatory requirements and planning
    • Rollover periods and timing of implementation
  • Show drill down from SCADA

Types of Leak Detection (LDS)

• Types of assets
• Problems
  • Corrosion
    • Susceptible areas on pipeline elbows
  • Third party impact
    • Mexico article/Pemex
• Solutions
  • Continuous
    • CPM
      • Classified vs. certified (alert vs. alarm)
      • Mass balance/wave
    • Fiber optics
      • Discrete vs. distributed
      • Temperature, position, strain, and acoustic
    • Hydrocarbon detection
  • Snapshot in time
    • Lidar/visual/drone
    • Dogs

Asset vs. LDS evaluation

1. • Evaluate by today’s standards and today’s technology; retrofit vs. install on new asset
     • Today’s technology is ever-changing

Integration/ Implementation/ Training/ Service/ Maintenance

Making LDS plan with your asset

Instructor

Carin Meyer, Regulation Compliance Program Specialist, Atmos International Inc

Carin Meyer has been working with Pipeline SCADA for 15 years.  Ms. Meyer started with BP Pipelines in Tulsa Oklahoma as a SCADA Engineer and advanced to SCADA Team Lead. Carin has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Regis University, an MBA from Colorado Technical University, and a Masters of Management IT – Project Management from Colorado Technical University. Ms. Meyer sits on several industry steering committees for SCADA Regulation, Leak Detection, and SCADA Cybersecurity. In addition to her current role, Carin speaks at industry conferences, is a technical SCADA instructor for continuing education, and consults for clients who benefit from her SCADA expertise.

Carin Meyer, Regulation Compliance Program Specialist, Atmos International Inc

Carin Meyer has been working with Pipeline SCADA for 15 years.  Ms. Meyer started with BP Pipelines in Tulsa Oklahoma as a SCADA Engineer and advanced to SCADA Team Lead. Carin has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Regis University, an MBA from Colorado Technical University, and a Masters of Management IT – Project Management from Colorado Technical University. Ms. Meyer sits on several industry steering committees for SCADA Regulation, Leak Detection, and SCADA Cybersecurity. In addition to her current role, Carin speaks at industry conferences, is a technical SCADA instructor for continuing education, and consults for clients who benefit from her SCADA expertise.

“Competent and credible speaker. Would be happy to attend a speaking engagement of hers again. EUCI has impressed me with their adaptability during these unique times. They have put on a professional and informative course.” – Noreas Environmental Services, LLC

“Excellent job – took a complex subject and broke it down well.” – Spire Energy

“Carin was informative and well versed in the topic. Event was presented well, and information provided was relevant to my needs.” – ONEOK, Inc.

“The speaker spoke clearly and was very informative with the course material. She went above and beyond to look further into questions brought up during the course and added course materials to address them since we had the extra time.” – Enbridge

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