Automation expertise to bring key natural gas pipeline online quickly
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Mexican oil and gas giant Pemex and ENGIE, a French energy company, have selected Emerson to help upgrade and expand MexicodzԹs gas pipeline infrastructure.
The project
The US$8.9 million automation project is part of MexicodzԹs energy reform initiative. Because existing natural gas availability is expected to fall short of demand from a growing population and industrialisation, the country is increasing capacity for importing low-cost natural gas from the US. Pemex estimates demand for natural gas will grow 3.6% per year from 2012 - 2028, with total imports increasing to 3 billion ft3/d.
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, will automate the southern portion of the Los Ramones Phase II pipeline. When completed, the 291 km Los Ramones II Sur pipeline will have the capacity to deliver 1.4 billion ft3/d of natural gas.
Pemex and ENGIE selected Emerson based on its automation expertsdzԹ experience with natural gas pipeline projects and ability to deliver a fully integrated solution quickly.
The US$2.3 billion Los Ramones pipeline system project demonstrates a significant investment to ensure access to lower-cost energy, a crucial component for petrochemical production and broader manufacturing growth. One of the largest infrastructure project investments in MexicodzԹs history, the pipeline will extend from the Texas border to Central Mexico, with capacity to transport up to 2.1 billion ft3/d of natural gas to Mexico, supplying a fifth of the countrydzԹs total natural gas demand.
Emerson comments
dzԹOur project specialists will help Pemex and ENGIE bring the pipeline into service quickly and safely so that MexicodzԹs homes and businesses get the energy they need,dzԹ said Leo Rodriguez, President of Emerson Process Management dzԹ Latin America. dzԹIn our past projects with Pemex, wedzԹve helped ensure safe operations, reduce measurement uncertainty, and maintain uninterrupted process flow.dzԹ
EmersondzԹs services and automation technologies for the project include design and implementation services; FisherTM valves and regulators; RosemountTM and DanielTM measurement instruments; DeltaTM distributed control systems; flow computers; and systems for emergency shutdown and for fire and gas detection.
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