Soil Enhances Refinery Efficiency with Dataparc Upgrade

Imagine your enterprise facing this dilemma: as business expands, historical data accumulates like a snowball, overwhelming what was once an efficient data system. Critical decision-making reports become delayed, directly impacting production efficiency and profitability. S-Oil, Korea's third-largest oil refiner, found itself in precisely this predicament—until it discovered an innovative solution.

Headquartered in Seoul and wholly owned by Saudi Aramco, S-Oil operates globally in petroleum, petrochemicals, and lubricants. Its Onsan refinery in Ulsan processes over 650,000 barrels daily. Since 1997, the company relied on OSIsoft's PI System for process data management. However, two decades of accumulated data strained the system, slowing performance and hampering access to critical historical records. As data-driven decision-making demands grew, the PI System's limitations became increasingly apparent, foreshadowing escalating upgrade and maintenance costs.

In evaluating alternatives, S-Oil identified dataPARC as a comprehensive replacement offering:

• Unlimited user licensing: Eliminating access restrictions to foster cross-departmental collaboration
• Enhanced system performance: Delivering near-instantaneous queries despite massive historical datasets
• Advanced analytics: Providing superior trend analysis and data exploration tools
• Reduced TCO: Optimizing architecture to minimize long-term operational expenses

The transition presented significant technical hurdles, requiring transfer of:

• 20+ years of historical records
• 150,000 data tags
• 100+ PI DataLink reports
• 1,200+ combined display interfaces (PI ActiveView and ProcessBook)

Additionally, dataPARC needed to reintegrate with critical ancillary systems including LIMS and ERP platforms. Leveraging extensive experience in large-scale PI System replacements, dataPARC completed this complex migration within 3.5 months.

The upgraded infrastructure immediately delivered measurable benefits:

• Performance gains: Multi-minute queries reduced to seconds through dataPARC's optimized engine
• Cost efficiencies: Unlimited licensing and reduced maintenance lowered operational expenditures

S-Oil's experience demonstrates dataPARC's core competencies for refinery operations:

• Massive dataset processing capacity
• Seamless enterprise system integration
• Customizable functionality for specialized workflows
• Intuitive user interface requiring minimal training

The system's capabilities extend across critical operational areas including real-time process monitoring, predictive maintenance, energy optimization, and quality control. Its mobile accessibility enables decision-makers to access insights remotely.

Beyond S-Oil, dataPARC has demonstrated quantifiable results across the petroleum sector:

• 15% production efficiency improvements at major refineries
• 20% reductions in equipment downtime through predictive maintenance
• 5% quality metric enhancements via automated monitoring

As digital transformation becomes imperative for energy sector competitiveness, dataPARC continues evolving its platform with artificial intelligence integration, cloud deployment options, and IoT connectivity to address emerging industry challenges.