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Offshore Platform Edge Deployment
Where computing runs for an offshore oil platform: control systems and an edge data centre on the platform, a satellite and microwave link, and onshore systems.
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What this diagram shows
- Safety and process control stay on the platform
- An edge server buffers and compresses data for the limited link
- Onshore teams monitor through a replicated historian
Prompt used
Deployment for an offshore platform: on the platform, the distributed control system (DCS), safety instrumented system (SIS) and fire and gas system run independently; an edge data centre hosts the local historian, video analytics for safety and a data compression/buffer service. Data goes to shore over microwave or fibre with a satellite backup through a firewall. Onshore, the operations centre runs a replicated historian, remote monitoring and engineering applications.
Mermaid code
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subgraph Platform[Offshore Platform]
DCS[Distributed Control System]
SIS[Safety Instrumented System]
FG[Fire and Gas System]
subgraph Edge[Platform Edge Data Centre]
LHIS[(Local Historian)]
VA[Video Analytics - PPE, intrusion]
BUF[Compression and Buffer]
end
end
subgraph Link[Communications]
MW[Microwave / Fibre]
SAT[Satellite backup]
end
subgraph Onshore[Onshore Operations Centre]
FW{{Firewall}}
RHIS[(Replicated Historian)]
RMC[Remote Monitoring]
ENG[Engineering Apps]
end
DCS --> LHIS
FG --> LHIS
SIS -.status only.-> LHIS
LHIS --> BUF
VA --> BUF
BUF --> MW
BUF --> SAT
MW --> FW
SAT --> FW
FW --> RHIS
RHIS --> RMC
RHIS --> ENGRelated templates
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