ABB India Ltd, an integrated power equipment manufacturer, on Monday said it has upgraded the automation and monitoring systems for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) Vadinar-Bina Pipeline (VBPL).
This 935 km cross-country oil pipeline supplies 7.80 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) to the Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh.
The project scope included a complete ABB Ability SCADAvantage system modernisation for the pipeline, the replacement of 35 Remote Terminal Units (RTU) across pumping, pigging and sectionalising valve stations, the installation of new SCADA servers at Vadinar and Bina and strengthening security and cyber resilience through network protection, system hardening and centralized monitoring.
“The project strengthened our cyber security and system resilience, greatly enhancing the reliability of the entire pipeline infrastructure,” said Rajshekhar S, Head (Pipelines), Vadinar Bina Pipeline, BPCL.
“With failover capability and disaster recovery servers implemented at both Vadinar and Bina, we now have robust support to maintain uninterrupted operations even in challenging conditions,” Rajshekhar added.
ABB has collaborated with BPCL on several critical projects, including providing automation solutions across approximately 66 per cent of its pipeline infrastructure.
“ABB executed the modernisation of the pipeline without any operational disruption, ensuring continuous flow and uninterrupted refinery operations throughout the project,” said G Balaji, SVP at ABB India’s Energy Industries division.
