Challenge:

A leading oil and gas company acquired a neighboring tank farm to expand their refinery operations. The acquired asset did not have adequate fence line monitoring and needed to be brought into compliance. The time and cost to install traditional wired point detectors to do so, were not acceptable.

This poses a challenge as operators must comply with regulations like EPA 325, which require them to safeguard assets, employees, and the surrounding community by identifying and addressing hazardous air pollutant risks from gas leaks.

Vanguard WirelessHART Fixed Point Gas Detector

Solution:

United Electric’s revolutionary and first of its kind Vanguard WirelessHART® Gas Detector allowed the
company to meet the inspection deadline for compliance, but also capitalize on $400,000.00 of savings, since the cost of the devices and labor for install was 1/5 that of the initial wired gas detection proposal.

Taking advantage of its existing WirelessHART network, the company quickly and economically expanded their coverage of toxic and flammable assets.

The ultimate payoff however, is protecting the health of the community living in close proximity.