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ISO 15926 Deploymentusing XMpLant technology

Adrian Laud Noumenon Consulting Ltd – PCA Oct 2008

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ISO 15926 in use today• 80 major commercial projects are using

ISO 15926 successfully today

• Operations use of Engineering information

• Exchange of designs between systems

• Proving the model for commercial projects

• XMpLant technology is a Deployment tool

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XMpLant usage

• Tens of thousands of P&IDs

• Tens of thousands of ISOs

• Tens of thousands of 3D models

Access to intelligent Engineering information in Operations

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XMpLant usage

• Over 20 successful conversion projects

• Many thousands of Catalogue components

• Hundreds of Specifications

Exchange of intelligent Engineering information between systems

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Evolution of ISO 15926

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XMpLant• XMpLant is technology for ISO 15926 deployment

• Schema defines the classes from ISO 15926-4

• Rule based mapping subsystem

• XMpDE – core development environment (Flexible)

• Enables new applications to be developed using the model of ISO 15926

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Scope• The full engineering information model

• Intelligent 2D drawings (P&ID’s etc)

• Intelligent 3D models - all disciplines

• Catalogues and Specifications

• Engineering reports - BOM, Line Lists, Datasheets

• Model merge and split

• Concurrent access to multiple models

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XMpLant Projects• 1999 – First deployed by Noumenon for PDS to CADDS5• 2001 – Noumenon puts Schema in public domain• 2003 - First AVEVA VNET deployment• 2004 – Catalogue and Specification conversion

• Today– Schema aligned with ISO 15926-4– 10 vendors using XMpLant technology / Schema

• Including AVEVA, Bentley and Intergraph– 240 + subscribing to the Schema– 20 successful conversion projects and several pilots- ~60 installations of VNET and many pilots

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•20 read interfaces - Import to XMpLant•12 write interfaces – Export from XMpLant

•New ones in development for native systems

•ISO 15926 XML exchange files (yellow)•ISO 15926 sharing – in development (red)

•Prototype read interface for IFC’s (buildings)•Interfaces for other standards - planned

XMpLant interfaces

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•Core tool for the data driven environment•Rule based with powerful facilities

Mapping sub-system

•Name and Value mapping•Substring processing, evaluations•Format conversion, splitting, concatenation•Nested Mapping, Associations•Pattern matching, Class changing

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Projects

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VNET providing access to:•3D Models•590 P&IDs•2,200 GAs•700 Layouts•71,000 tags•520,000 technical attributes•1,000,000 documents

Interfaces:•PDMS, PDS 3D, Phasset, Plumtree

$USD3.3bn FPSO constructed to serve a 5000 square km oil feed 160km offshore Angola.

BP Angola – Greater Plutonia

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VNET providing access to:3D Models2,600 P&IDsOver 62,000 isometricsOver 3 million electronic documents

Interfaces:PDS 3D, SP P&ID, WINPCS, Phasset, SAP, INtools & Documentum

USD4.3bn petrochemical facility engineered by BSF, a PMC consortium -8 EPC contractors

Shell Nanhai - China

Business Decision:Reliable and secure data handover from the consortium of contractors.

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VNET providing access to:3D models1850 P&ID’s60,000 Isometrics2,200 GA’s250,000 tags 750,000 documents

Interfaces:AutoCAD, Microstation, PDMS, VPE P&ID, PDS 3D, PDS 2D, VPE, SAP, Intools & DRIMS

Engineering Data Management using a standard engineering portal for all Woodside operated facilities.

Woodside Energy Limited

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PDS to PDMS• A service delivered by AVEVA

• 20 large projects to date and others underway

• Converted model usable in production– ISO’s– Pipework MTO– Line Lists

• Catalogues and Specifications converted– An industry first

– PDS to ISO 15926 XML then XML to PDMS

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PDS to PDMS projects

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ISO from a converted model

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Octaga – Shell Ormen Lange•Shell is using Octaga Enterprise as 3D viewing system for

• Maintenance• Operations• Training• Simulation

•PDMS database is 34 Gigabytes• 1.6 millon plant items

• XMpLant extracts these as ISO 15926 XML files

•Octaga Enterprise uses XMpDE to operate on them

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•XMpDE enables applications to be developed

that are independent of the design systems

XMpLant Applications

•Dumb to intelligent drawings

•Dumb to intelligent Datasheets

•Neutral Cats and Specs

•Generic Comparator

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•April 2008 Vendor workshop in Houston

• Attended by

•16 software vendors

•14 EPC / OO’s

•17 projects identified – 3 now active

•P&ID exchange

•3D model exchange

•P&ID – 3D model interoperability

IDS-ADI Workshops

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•Follow up meeting in London August 2008

•Projects are looking at

•Business cases / requirements

•Documenting the models

•Feedback to core team for Templates

•Encouraging implementation

•Forum for testing and demonstration

IDS-ADI Workshops

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Conclusions 1•Deployment of ISO 15926 using XMpLant

• In use today - proven on large projects• Operational between major PP systems• Readily extensible• Proving the ISO 15926 models

• 2D drawings, intelligent P&ID’s• Intelligent 3D

• Feedback to RDS/WIP for new classes

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Conclusions 2•XMpLant technology today

• Interfaces for many systems• Powerful mapping facilities• Dumb to intelligent processing • Exchange XML files for ISO 15926• Archive models as ISO 15926 files

•XMpLant technology in development• Part 7 Template based sharing

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ISO 15926 Deploymentusing XMpLant technology

Operational today