1. A Premium Refinery: How IT can make profits 1998 PI System Users’ Conference Hildebrando Ferrreira PETROBRAS

2. PETROBRAS The Company The Company Automation Context Automation Context PI Systems PI Systems Our Differential Our Differential

3. PETROBRAS The Company Gas Pipelines

4. PETROBRAS The Company Production Areas

5. PETROBRAS The Company Refineries

6. 15th Petroleum Company in the World15th Petroleum Company in the World Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro - BrazilHeadquarters in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil US$ 26.8 Billion Yearly IncomeUS$ 26.8 Billion Yearly Income US$ 3 Billion Yearly InvestmentsUS$ 3 Billion Yearly Investments 41,000 Employees41,000 Employees PETROBRAS The Company

7. 1,020 bpd Oil Production 1,020 bpd Oil Production 1,622,248 bpd Refining Capacity 1,622,248 bpd Refining Capacity 10 Refineries, 2 Fertilizer Plants 10 Refineries, 2 Fertilizer Plants Unparalleled OffShore Technology Unparalleled OffShore Technology Largest number of ISO-9000 certificates in Brazil Largest number of ISO-9000 certificates in Brazil PETROBRAS The Company

8. PETROBRAS Automation Context Process Units Process Units Tanking Farm Tanking Farm Quality Quality Utilities Utilities

9. PETROBRAS Automation Context Process Units All the 10 refineries have DCS’s All the 10 refineries have DCS’s Advanced Control is used in the main control Advanced Control is used in the main control loops in the Distillation and Cracking Units loops in the Distillation and Cracking Units

10. PETROBRAS Automation Context Tanking Farm 2-Wire Telemetry and Supervisory System 2-Wire Telemetry and Supervisory System On-Line Blending System (Gasoline and On-Line Blending System (Gasoline and Diesel) Diesel) Line-Ups Automation Line-Ups Automation

11. PETROBRAS Automation Context Quality Procedure Automation with LIMS Procedure Automation with LIMS Chromatography Chromatography

12. PETROBRAS Automation Context Utilities SCMD SCMD

13. PETROBRAS PI Systems 11 PI Systems (10 in refineries) 9 PI 2.1.1 in OPENVms Alpha’s 9 PI 2.1.1 in OPENVms Alpha’s 1 PI 3.1 in Windows NT 4.0 1 PI 3.1 in Windows NT 4.0 1 PI 2.1.1 running in the Headquarters 1 PI 2.1.1 running in the Headquarters

14. PETROBRAS PI Systems Collect Process, Tanking Farm, Quality and Collect Process, Tanking Farm, Quality and Utilities Data Utilities Data Interface to all the DCS’s Interface to all the DCS’s Interface to the on-line blending systems Interface to the on-line blending systems Used as a supervisory system in remote Used as a supervisory system in remote control rooms control rooms

15. Are the interfaces to the Advanced Are the interfaces to the Advanced Process Control to write optimized set Process Control to write optimized set points to the DCS’s points to the DCS’s Interface with PIMS and Hysim Interface with PIMS and Hysim Exchange data with the Production Exchange data with the Production Planning and Schedulling Management Planning and Schedulling Management Send and receive data to and from Send and receive data to and from relational databases relational databases PETROBRAS PI Systems

16. PETROBRAS DCS’s RDB’s Headquarters PI PIMS and Hysim Corporate Systems Advanced Control

17. PETROBRAS Our Differential PI is used to send operational and PI is used to send operational and process data to higher management process data to higher management levels via relational databases levels via relational databases PI is the main source of information to PI is the main source of information to the Advanced Control systems the Advanced Control systems Improved Operation Management Improved Operation Management 90% Process and Production 90% Process and Production information needs are supplied by PI information needs are supplied by PI

18. PETROBRAS Our Differential Process Shortages Analysis Process Shortages Analysis Issues and problems are discussed in Issues and problems are discussed in real time real time Yield data are available to sales and Yield data are available to sales and business operations business operations US$ 0,17 per barrel benefit in the US$ 0,17 per barrel benefit in the control loops with Advanced Control control loops with Advanced Control

19. PETROBRAS Our Differential PI is integrated with: Corporate systems using RDB’s Corporate systems using RDB’s PIMS and Hysim PIMS and Hysim Advanced Process Control Advanced Process Control

20. PETROBRAS Our Differential The integration of Information Technology with Process and Production Systems can achieve high benefits. What we learned