NEW TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Use of Bentley
Technologies on Russian
Oil and Gas Fields
Giprotyumenneftegaz
• Power transmission lines and power
facilities
• Process automation systems
• Communication systems
• Social and accommodation facilities
The Giprotyumenneftegaz Institute was the
first in Russia to use Bentley technology in
the design of oil and gas facilities in West
Siberia. Two hundred networked licenses,
including MicroStation, TriForma, PlantSpace
P&ID, HVAC, Structural, Descartes, and
GeoGraphics provide management and con-
tinuous operations of 350 designers.
Simultaneously, different discipline engineers
manage hundreds of projects.
At the end of 2004, the institute’s databases
included more than 120,000 pipe, pipeline
parts, and valves. More than 6,500 items of
complex process equipment such as pumps,
facilities, vessels, and tanks were created.
Approximately 2,000 TriForma civil elements
were created.
of executed works increased, the time for
project development was reduced, and the
number of faults decreased. The scope of
annual work performed during the last four
years increased seven times and efficiency
increased five times in comparison with
2000, with the same number of personnel. ;
The change to Bentley solutions allowed the
institute to be more competitive, the quality
Facilities under design in West Siberia, East
Ural, and Sakhalin Island include:
• Oil and gas treatment process sites
• Pump and compressor stations
• Oil, gas, and water field pipelines
• Motor roads
NEW TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Process Equipment Skid
documents, and upon approval, all manufacturing drawings and material estimates.
Tech4you AS
Tech4you designs small- to medium-size
process packages. These skids contain a main
structural frame, support structures for piping
and valves, pumps, pressure vessels, filters, heat
exchangers, and sometimes access platforms
and ladders. Typically, they are part of a larger
process plant for onshore or offshore
production facilities.
With this in mind, Tech4you decided to use
the PlantSpace Design Series, TriForma, and
MicroStation V8 2004 Edition. These provided
easy configuration and setup of the system, a
well-known ISOGEN interface for extraction
of the piping isometrics, effective and automated
design checks that verify the design prior to
extraction of piping isometrics, 3D modeling,
and the ability to create structures and sup-
ports quickly and effectively via parameter-
ized structural shapes. ;
The challenge of engineering and designing
these skids is the demand for interface information that’s already in the quotation phase,
along with the short delivery time required.
The level of documentation required is
typically the same as that required for a major
process plant.
Therefore, the goal is to optimize the use of
available time through the use of tools that
can efficiently design the process skid,
produce the required design verification
