Yokogawa wins Shell, LNG contracts

Shell downstream manufacturing has selected Yokogawa Electric Corporation to be a strategic supplier of distributed control systems and other process control equipment.

Yokogawa's relationship with Shell dates back to 1986, when the two companies entered into a global procurement agreement. The latest agreement covers all Yokogawa process control solutions including the Centum CS 3000 integrated production control system, the ProSafe safety instrumented system, field mounted instruments and engineering/site services.

Teruyoshi Minaki, director and executive vice president of the International Business Headquarters, said, "Yokogawa has provided Shell more than 200 process control systems since 1985. Shell has rated Yokogawa's competence in such areas as product reliability, technology, main automation contractor (MAC) project execution and global support systems and this has been a key factor in Shell's choice of Yokogawa as a strategic supplier."

Lee Newick, general manager of Contracting & Procurement for Shell's downstream manufacturing organisation, said, "Yokogawa has provided Shell highly reliable process control systems for the past twenty years and is helping us with our value improvement programs."

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has also been awarded a turnkey contract to provide the main instrumentation and controls for the new South Hook LNG Receiving Terminal that is to be built near Milford Haven, Wales, UK.

The South Hook LNG Terminal will be the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in Europe. This new state-of-the-art facility will provide a significant new source of natural gas to the UK's national transmission network.

Working in conjunction with the main engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV, Yokogawa will be responsible for delivering its integrated control, safety and management information system (MIS). It will utilise Yokogawa's Centum CS3000 R3 distributed control system (DCS), the ProSafe range of emergency shutdown (ESD), high integrity pressure protection (HIPPS) and fire and gas detection safety systems and the Exaquantum MIS.