Nigeria LNG produces 22M tons of liquified natural gas a year—roughly 10% of the world’s LNG consumption. With such a massive production capacity, even minor improvements to efficiency can yield remarkable cost savings when rolled out across the enterprise. That's why Nigeria LNG deployed a suite of AVEVA solutions to create a trusted digital twin of its trains—the liquefaction units that produce LNG. The company’s new cloud-enabled digital twin empowers field operators and executives alike to make better, faster decisions increasing production output and reducing plant losses.
“If we did a post-implementation review of the investment we made on the original digital twin, I would say it’s paid for itself. And this is just the beginning. We will continue to scale and do even more.”
-Oluwafemi Lawal,
Digital Innovation Manager, Nigeria LNG
Challenges
- Needed to improve decision-making, safety, reliability and profitability
- Complexity and scale of digital transformation required a phased deployment
- Change management and creating a “digital-first” culture in the organization
Solution
- Deployed a suite of AVEVA solutions to create a digital twin using design data, 3D models and other documentation, combined with an engineering information repository
- AVEVA™ Unified Engineering; AVEVA™ Asset Information Management; AVEVA™ PI System; AVEVA™ Predictive Analytics; AVEVA™ Unified Operations Center
Results
- Improved LNG production output, efficiency and early failure warning system with real-time plant data and predictive analytics
- Remote operations visualization improved decision-making and reduced plant losses by 50%
