FLOW MEASUREMENTS TODAY/FUTURE Rene Stoelinga, SABIC Instrumentation Consultant

June 10, 2015

No. 1

SABIC IN NUMBERS

1976, our beginning

39 years of growth

2nd largest global diversified chemical company*

98th largest public company in the world*

91 B$ total assets

50 B$ annual revenue

6.2 B$ net income

40,000 employees

50 countries

5 Strategic Business Units

64 world-class plants worldwide

5 key geographies with innovation hubs

150 new products each year

10,500 global patent filings

* Forbes 2014

No. 2

INNOVATIVE PLASTICS

Our portfolio of nearly 30,000

thermoplastic resins, specialty

compounds, films, sheets, foams,

fibers, additives and intermediates

provides innovative solutions for

industries including automotive,

consumer electronics, electrical and

lighting, healthcare and mass

transportation.

• LEXAN™, NORYL™, ULTEM™,

VALOX™, XENOY™, CYCOLAC™,

CYCOLOY™, EXTEM™, GELOY™,

and XYLEX™ resins

• LNP™ specialty compounds

• Specialty film and sheet

• EXATEC™ glazing technology

• SABIC® PP compounds and SABIC

STAMAX™ long glass fiber-filled PP

• Specialty Additives and Intermediates

Brands marked with ™ are trademarks of SABIC

POLYMERS

We help find the right

alternatives to replace

traditional materials – wood,

cotton or glass – used in a

vast array of consumer and

industrial products.

• Polyethylene

• Polypropylene

• Polyethylene terephthalate

• Polyvinyl chloride

• Polystyrene

FIVE STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNITS

CHEMICALS

Our largest operating unit

manufactures the essential

building blocks for a wide

range of advanced

chemicals, plastics and

materials used in every day

life around the world.

• Olefins and gases

• Oxygenates

• Aromatics and chlor-alkali

• Glycols

No. 3

FERTILIZERS

We are a global leader in the

fertilizers industry, supplying a

comprehensive portfolio of

nitrogen-based inorganic products.

We help solve the world’s food

supply challenges with a leading

position in Middle East, Far East,

Africa and

the US.

• Urea

• Ammonia

• Phosphates

METALS

As a leader in the Gulf region

for steel production and

manufacturing, we produce high-

quality metals, and have played a

vital role in the construction and

industrialization of some of the

world’s fastest growing economies.

• Long steel

• Flat steel

FIVE STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNITS

No. 4

OVERVIEW OF SITE GELEEN OPERATIONS

Olefins 3

Olefins 4 Polymer

`Plants

Europe

headquarter

No. 5

OVERVIEW OF EUROPE OPERATIONS

Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Teesside, UK

Geleen, the Netherlands

Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Teesside, UK

Geleen, the Netherlands

Chemicals & Polymers Innovative Plastics

Cartagena, Spain Bergen op Zoom, NetherlandsCartagena, Spain Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

No. 6

A CONNECTED MANUFACTURING NETWORK

ONE GLOBAL DELIVERY SYSTEM

Our supply chain program ensures products

reach global markets effectively

MIDDLE EAST (25) Saudi Arabia (22)

Bahrain (3)

AMERICAS (17)

USA (11) Canada (2)

Mexico (2)

Argentina

Brazil

EUROPE (12) Netherlands (4)

Italy (2)

UK (2)

Austria

Belgium

Germany

Spain

ASIA (10) China (4)

India

Japan

Korea

Singapore

Thailand

Malaysia

FLOW MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES

No. 8

FLOW MEASUREMENTS TODAY

deltaP

Vortex

EMF

Coriolis

Ultrasonic

Rotameter

Venturi (dP)

Positive Displacement

Integral orrifice (dP)

Turbine

Annubar (dP)

No. 9

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FLOW MEASUREMENT

No. 10

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FLOW MEASUREMENT

No. 11

FLOW MEASUREMENTS FUTURE

Will the picture of applied technologies change?

Yes,

But …….

And how fast

No. 12

FLOW MEASUREMENTS CONSIDERATIONS

Flow function

• Selection

• Installation

• Commissioning

• Maintaining

Requirements

• Application (knowledge)

• Installation requirements

• Infrastructure/communication

• Reliable operation (Availability/Accuracy)

• Maintainability ,

No. 13

APPLICATION: POTTABLE WATER MEASUREMENT

Low Flow Cutoff

Vortex meter

Issue: -12 to -50%

difference in reading

No. 14

INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS

X 50

Unobstructed straight upstream section

Line size?

Installation length?

Differential Pressure (Orifice) Vortex

No. 15

INFRASTRUCTURE/COMMUNICATION

Wireless

Fieldbus

4-20 mA

HART

Flow Instrument connection

No. 16

RELIABLE OPERATION / MAINTAINABILITY

• Application knowledge

• Failure modes

• Integrity (e.g. leakage)

• Turnaround schedule

• Testing

• Accessibility / Spare parts

• Diagnostics?

Availability (No unscheduled stops)

• Application requirement (Indication, Safety, Control, Custody transfer)

• Number of instruments

• Validation/calibration

• Diagnostics?

Accuracy (Operating within

expectation/specification)

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INSTRUMENTATION PERFORMANCE

No. 18

FLOW MEASUREMENTS FUTURE

Will the picture of applied technologies change?

Yes,

But ……. : Depends on added value / business case

And how fast : Slow, mainly new technologies are

implemented during new/major projects

(large installed base, long life time

of instruments and end user tends to

one to one replacements)

No. 19

INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS

Ultrasonic Clamp-on Multi-phase flow measurements

From diagnostics

to

‘certified’ verification

No. 20

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