AVEVA (Schneider Electric) > Case Studies > AVEVA software helps a Canadian engineering firm complete projects at 16% under budget with new, faster technology.

AVEVA software helps a Canadian engineering firm complete projects at 16% under budget with new, faster technology.

Company Size

200-1,000

Region

America

Country

Canada

Product

AVEVA Integrated Engineering and Design
AVEVA NET

Tech Stack

Digital Engineering Environment
Data Validation and Comparison

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing
Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance
Process Control & Optimization

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services
System Integration

About The Customer

Vista Projects is a Canada-based engineering firm that specializes in in situ heavy oil, enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and conventional oil & gas projects. The company has engineered over 400,000 barrels per day of in situ oil production. Vista Projects has long been an enthusiastic believer in the value of integrated engineering in a digital environment. However, they were facing challenges with their traditional approach to engineering, which included manual working practices and an over-reliance on Excel spreadsheets. They also believed that each department stands alone in the development of a project.

The Challenge

Vista Projects, a Canada-based engineering firm, was facing challenges with their traditional approach to engineering. Their old conventional spreadsheet approach was unreliable and prone to errors. The company was also dealing with silos of activity and functions, which made it difficult to expedite projects. They were commissioned by a major Canadian oil & gas producer to deliver the FEED for a large-scale, greenfield, steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility. The client wanted close collaboration with Vista to ensure that a compressed engineering schedule could be met and that data accuracy, transparency and security would be best in class.

The Solution

Vista Projects turned to AVEVA Integrated Engineering & Design for a solution. The project was the oil sands industry’s largest and most comprehensive implementation of a digital engineering environment. The AVEVA platform enabled Vista to consolidate project data from multiple sources and make it available in a common location. The team was also able to validate and compare data and check business logic. The data available in AVEVA IE&D is near-live. The platform cross-references and links all related data items the moment data is uploaded, based on the project configuration. AVEVA maintains system, subsystem, and tag relationships in line with system boundary drawings.

Operational Impact

The compressed engineering schedule saves hundreds of man-hours per project, and reduces handover costs.
Collaboration between internal teams, clients, and third parties has been enhanced.
Data accuracy, transparency, accessibility, and security have been improved.

Quantitative Benefit