Honeywell MES for UAE plant, pipeline project

London -- Honeywell has been awarded a $13.5-million contract to provide a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for Dolphin Energy’s Plant Automation Applications & Pipeline Automation System (PAA & PAS) project.

The project will use Honeywell’s Business FLEX applications, integrated with third-party technologies, across Dolphin Energy’s entire gas production, processing and pipeline distribution network in Qatar and the UAE.

Dolphin Energy will employ the technology to streamline data handling to reduce manual entry tasks, provide better validation and reconciliation of data, and ensure that information is received and transmitted efficiently.

The Dolphin Gas Project is part of a UAE strategic energy initiative to produce, process and supply substantial quantities of natural gas from offshore Qatar to the UAE. It covers an area extending from Dolphin’s two offshore oil platforms in Qatar’s North Gas field, to its onshore processing facilities at Ras Laffan, and also through an undersea pipeline to end-customers in Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, UAE.