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Safety is the primary point in training. As training is an thus lowering CAPEX and OPEX.
ongoing process, the new OTS would provide support • Highly scalable. The power of the cloud enables
and sustain a deeper understanding of the various a vast number of concurrent user sessions to be
conditions that operators experience in the actual fa- launched on demand in a matter of minutes
cility. The training sessions closely duplicate the actual • Accessibility. Access to the simulation solution
work conditions of field and control board operators can be done from a modern web browser.
(FIG. 3). The augmented reality (AR) option enables the
trainees to experience a virtual environment of an area What is ahead?
or a specific piece of equipment. With intense simu- Instructors and engineers at La Méde are most opti-
lation experiences, new operators gain confidence in mistic in the progress and milestones already achieved
their actions by practicing them under virtual condi- with the new project. Harnessing the power of the
tions without consequences. In the field, newly trained cloud and digitalization, they are planning to further in-
operators will respond rather than react to plant and tegrate more complex dynamic simulator models (dig-
equipment emergencies. ital twin) into the OTS program. Additionally, they plan
Being a cloud-based system, the new OTS could be to combine teaching expertise with life-size technical
integrated with TOTAL’s Learning Management Sys- platforms.
tem. Centralized training records provide the means to
review training sessions and assess knowledge reten- Sustainable training and safety goals
tion of trainees. It has been proven that better operator training and
process modeling are viable long-term strategies and
Sustainable solution provide many benefits. OTS systems are excellence
Changes in innovation, software and technology are tools. Using dynamic, high-fidelity simulation models
happening at a rapidly increasing pace. In developing can heighten training and knowledge retention for new
the cloud-based OTS program, TOTAL planned for the and experienced operators—anywhere, and at any
longer term. Working with their partners, the company time. TOTAL’s new OLEUM project demonstrates the
specified that the new system must be: possibilities in combining the cloud and high-fidelity
• Modern: Provide 10 years of guaranteed durabil- dynamic OTS systems in operator training programs.
ity
• Scalable: Open to progressive additions of mod- (*) Authors:
els, users and geographical locations S. RÉMY and L. SEYFRIED, TOTAL, Dunkirk, France;
• Flexible: Training modules include self-train, re- E. SCAPPAZZONI, TOTAL, Paris, France
mote and classic methods M. LUKMAN, AVEVA, Carlsbad, California;
• Economic: Program would balance the cost vs. J. MCMULLEN, AVEVA, Foxboro, Massachusetts
results and control capital expenditures (CAPEX)
and operations expenditures (OPEX). NOTES
1 Total worked with AVEVA and Microsoft to construct the OTS
Success story cloud-based program for the new OLEUM center in La Mède.
TOTAL’s OLEUM is a success. The new OTS program 2 The new cloud-based system uses AVEVA’s OTS DYNSIM-Dy-
can more efficiently train operators in less time. Using namic simulation and InTouch-HMI on AVEVA’s cloud platform
a cloud-based OTS, travel and logistics spending are utilizing Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure.
deeply reduced through remote training. More impor- 3 Azure is a Microsoft product.
tantly, OTS training capabilities are expanded regional- 4 DYNSIM enables creating a digital twin of the process, and In-
ly to other sites. Touch HMI builds the same control graphics for the control room
“Placing OTS in the cloud is giving training access to and simulation models.
everyone in the world,” said Eric Scappazzoni, Engi-
neer Operation Methods, TOTAL Refining and Petro- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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