OTM - Oiltanking Malta Ltd.

Renewal of the SPC-technology to PCS7 for an oil storage facility in the south of Malta

The company Oiltanking Malta Ltd. was founded in 1992 in the south of the island adjacent to the container port and the free port (operated by CMA) in Kalafrana. Since then, the capacities have been increased, in various stages of expansion, to 485,000 m3 with the most recent extension of a fourth location for tanking in 2006. On 4 quays, tankers of different sizes with various crude oil products are being loaded and unloaded.

Project description

The automation technology in the whole facility has been adapted to the most recent Siemens process control system PCS7 by changing the Siemens S5-controls and the addition a DOS-based visualization. Apart from the operation of more than eight 19 inch monitors for the visualization (OS), the facility can still be controlled by eight illuminated push-buttons from the control room, or via on-site operation. This challenging task was planned and programmed by us and, at the customer’s request, realized without shutting down the facility.

Oil storage facility Malta (Airial 2005)

Why HIT?

HIT completed this project successfully. A clearly laid out user interface was designed and a good facility and software structure was created. The facility has proved its reliability from the very beginning. These features increase the system stability and the productivity of the facility.

Visualization Oil storage facility