MOSCOW (MRC) -- ABB has won a project to install its renowned extended automation system at a greenfield pilot plant for SABIC in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, supporting SABIC’s broader vision to digitalize its operations, as per Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Leveraging ABB Ability System 800xA, SABIC will apply ABB’s integrated automation, control and safety solutions to the company's Utilities Park and Pilot project. The park is part of the SABIC Technology Centre (STC), which marks the company’s biggest global investment in innovation, and the largest of its 21 technology centers worldwide.
Combining the functionality of a distributed control system (DCS), electrical control system and safety instrumented system (SIS), ABB’s 800xA platform will provide big data, delivered in real-time, alongside predictive analytics that support SABIC making accurate and timely decisions to enhance the productivity and performance of the pilot plant.
This is in addition to SABIC’s efforts to enable Saudi Vision 2030[i], with the collaboration showing local content impact through ABB’s participation in SABIC’s Home of Innovation™ Program.
Collaboration between ABB and Wison Engineering, the largest non-state-owned engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) service provider in China, was integral to the selection of ABB’s system. Wison Engineering secured a US$150 million EPC order from SABIC for the project last year.
Work on the pilot is due to commence in early 2020.
ABB is a market leader in delivering distributed control systems (DCS) to industry, with an installed base of over 70 million connected devices and 70,000 control systems, and an annual investment of USD1.5 billion in research and development. Since its introduction in 2004, ABB Ability System 800xA has been sold to more than 10,000 systems, including over 45,000 controllers, and 40,000 + operator stations in over 100 countries.
SABIC is a market leader in products such as ethylene, methanol, MTBE, engineering plastics and its derivatives, and is the third largest diversified chemical company in the world.
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