2. An Evolutionary Journey with MQTT Streamline Control Solutions
Midstream Middleware
An Evolutionary Journey with MQTT
Peter Boyle
Chief Operating Officer
Streamline Control Solutions

3. Streamline Control Solutions
Formed June, 2011
Calgary, Alberta
Denver, Colorado
12 Employees
15+ Consultants
Middleware
IIOT / SCADA
Control Room Management
Alarm Management
Documentation
Controller Progression
Compliance

4. Plains Midstream Canada
5,000+ Miles / 8,000+ Km
20 Pipelines
24 Storage Facilities
1,400+ Employees
Indirect Subsidiary of
Plains All American
Crude Oil, Condensate, NGL
350+ Remote Units
300+ Edge Devices
Satellite & Cell

5. Plains Midstream Canada
Operational Control Centre (OCC)
Alternate Control Centre (ACC)
6 Consoles
1 Supervisor Console
1 Spare Console
3 Test Environments
OQA / OTD / ICC
Aveva OASyS 7.5 Columbia
- SCADA Master
Schneider SimSuite 6.6
- RTTM
Ignition! 7.8
- Comms Infrastructure Monitoring

6. Streamline Control Solutions
Glasgow University
Calgary
Inductive Automation
FactoryPMI Course
Streamline Formed
20+ SCADA Systems
All Similar Architectures
Middleware

7. Typical Poll/Response Protocol Architecture
IT / Enterprise
Data Needs
AI & Big Data OT
Data
Data Extract App
ERP
SCADA
Host
Mobile Apps
Data Extract App
Other
Data
Asset Management
Data Extract App
EFM
Future Apps

8. Middleware Architecture
SCADA
Host
SCADA
Host
SCADA
Host
SCADA
Host
Remote Devices
Future Apps & Integration
Historian
Cloud Analytics &
BIG DATA
MQTT Enabled
Message
Oriented
Middleware
Electronic Flow Measurement
DMZ
ERP
Mobile Apps
Asset Management & Optimization

9. Middleware Architecture
OPC Client
Legacy
SCADA OT
Data
Azure
IoT Hub
Cellular
VSAT
Ethernet
OASyS SCADA
Kinesis
ACL
TLS
MQTT Server
Infrastructure
DMZ
DynamoDB
AI & Big Data
ERP
Mobile Apps
Asset Management
EFM
Future Apps
Other
Data

10. Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Goals
Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Reduce latency of critical control and measurement data
All remote sites’ data updated in under 15 seconds
Improve leak detection performance
Reduce the number of false alarms
Tighten leak detection alarm bands
Ease migration and testing of systems upgrades
Systems can be tested in a “read-only” mode before going to production
During the current SCADA upgrade, one third of the time is spent on getting the systems to communicate properly due to the various protocols and configurations
Provide an architectural framework wherein complete Test & Development/QA/Training and ICC environments can view the same real time data as the production SCADA application
Facilitate the addition of new acquisitions
MQTT can be added to new systems
Incorporating new acquisitions can be developed and tested during transition of services phase
Provide the ability to play back any level of field information into real time playback, leak detection and training applications
Training could be done on any historical scenario
Requires capturing of all messages through system

11. Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Goals
Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Communication systems will automatically fail-over and back as required
Provide secure remote access to field devices over the PMC communications infrastructure
Less windshield “face-time”
Providing better, faster, and more accurate information to PMC lines of business that was previously not available from existing field devices
Omni
Motors
Electrical Consumption
Enable/Integrate automatic cathodic protection rectifier measurement data
Leveraging the new PMC Measurement Upgrade Project
Since information can be gathered and Measurement can get information directly, the number of “BatMtrs” in OASyS can be reduced
Be in a position to adopt and implement a level of security as recommended by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Comply with Audit and Security requirements

12. Proof of Concept - Cloud
POC Phase 1 – Test Infrastructure in the Cloud

13. Proof of Concept - Cloud
POC Phase 1 – Test Infrastructure in the Cloud

14. Proof of Concept Phase 2 – On Premise

15. Phase 3 – Production – First Pipeline

16. Middleware Architecture Phase 3 – First Production Pipeline
ICC
ACC
OCC
Cellular
VSAT
OASySSCADA
OASySSCADA
OASyS SCADA
ACL
TLS
MQTT Server
Infrastructure
DMZ
ACC
18 Edge Devices

17. Middleware Architecture
Phase 4 – All Pipelines
VSAT
Cellular
OTD
ICC
ACC
OCC
OASySSCADA
OASySSCADA
OASySSCADA
OASyS SCADA
ACL
TLS
MQTT Server
Infrastructure
DMZ
ACC
OCC
300+ Edge Devices

18. Infrastructure Monitoring

19. Edge Device Status

20. OASyS SCADA Connection Status

21. Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Goals
Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Reduce latency of critical control and measurement data
All remote sites’ data updated in under 15 seconds Statuses every 5 seconds / Analogs every 8 seconds
2. Improve leak detection performance
Reduce the number of false alarms
Tighten leak detection alarm bands Alarm bands tightened by 50%

22. Leak Detection – Alarm Limits Tightened
Goals
Leak Detection – Alarm Limits Tightened
Before MQTT
After MQTT

23. Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Goals
Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Reduce latency of critical control and measurement data
All remote sites’ data updated in under 15 seconds - Statuses every 5 seconds / Analogs every 8 seconds
2. Improve leak detection performance
Reduce the number of false alarms
Tighten leak detection alarm bands Alarm bands tightened by 50%
3. Ease migration and testing of system upgrades
Systems can be tested in a “read-only” mode before going to production
During the current SCADA upgrade, one third of the time is spent on getting the systems to communicate properly due to various protocols and configurations Both cost and schedule reduced by minimum 30%
Provide an architectural framework wherein complete Test&Development / QA / Training and ICC environments
can view the same real time data as the Production SCADA application - Achieved
5. Facilitate the addition of new acquisitions
MQTT can be added to new systems With edge devices or intelligent transmitters
Incorporating new acquisitions can be developed and tested during transition of services phase – Hot Cutover
Provide the ability to play back any level of field information into real time playback, leak detection and training
applications
Training could be done on any historical scenario Not done yet, lower priority

24. Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
Goals
Enhancing value for Operational and Business Aspects of Company
7. Communication systems will automatically failover and back as required % availability to controllers
8. Provide secure remote access to field devices over PMC communications infrastructure
Less windshield “face-time” - Being tested
Providing better, faster and more accurate information to PMC lines of business that was previously not available
from existing field devices
Omni Pilot projects being conducted - Sparkplug
Motors
Electrical Consumption
10. Enable / Integrate automatic cathodic protection rectifier measurement data Pilot - Sparkplug
11. Leveraging the new PMC Measurement Upgrade Project
Since information can be gathered and Measurement can get information directly, the number of “BatMtrs” in OASyS can be reduced - Pilot - Sparkplug
Be in a position to adopt and implement a level of security as recommended by the US National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
Comply with Audit and Security requirements - Added encryption, single port in firewall, ACLs

25. Middleware Architecture Next Phase – Leveraging the Infrastructure
VSAT
OTD
ICC
Cellular
ACC
OCC
Leak Detection
OASyS SCADA
OASyS SCADA
OASyS SCADA
OASyS SCADA
ACC
OCC
ACL
TLS
MQTT Server
Infrastructure
DMZ
Cathodic Protection
EFM
Leak Detection
300+ Edge Devices
AI & Big Data
Azure
IoT Hub

26. SCADA Support with MQTT
Edge Device Status
SCADA Support with MQTT

27. SCADA Support without MQTT
Edge Device Status
SCADA Support without MQTT