Case Study: a leading energy exploration and production company achieves optimal offshore platform startup with Hexagon PPM

Leading Energy Exploration and Production Company Owners reduces alarms by 88% with Hexagon PPM

The leading energy exploration and production company owners faced significant challenges with alarm system performance during the startup of a new offshore platform, a recurring issue that had previously led to costly shutdowns and operator fatigue. To avoid the expensive post-startup rework, they engaged Hexagon PPM to implement a greenfield alarm and boundary optimization project using the PAS PlantState Integrity and PAS InBound solutions.

Hexagon PPM experts conducted a comprehensive alarm rationalization, reducing the number of necessary alarms from 110,000 to 13,000, an 88% reduction. They also deployed InBound to manage over 900 operating boundaries, which automatically identified and reported improper configuration changes during commissioning. This solution enabled a faster, safer startup without unnecessary shutdowns. According to the project's lead engineer, the software paid for the entire rationalization effort by catching boundary violations alone, and the platform's alarm system achieved acceptable performance more quickly than ever before.