AMEC Paragon's electrical and instrumentation group has more than 20 years of design experience on a wide variety of projects that include onshore and offshore oil and gas production facilities, small to medium-size cogeneration plants, pipeline pump stations and gas compression facilities.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
AMEC Paragon's electrical engineers have designed power generation and distribution systems using local and international codes and standards.

Feasibility Studies
Our hundreds of feasibility studies for onshore and offshore oil and gas production projects and power generation projects have involved generation of detailed load lists, sizing of major electrical equipment, capital and operating cost estimates, and estimates of utility charges.

Power Generation Design
AMEC Paragon has designed power generation systems with capacities ranging from 15 kilowatts to several megawatts, low and medium voltage, for onshore and offshore applications. Generator sets have included gas or dual-fueled engine or turbine drivers and diesel engine drivers.

Electrical Protection
AMEC Paragon has designed protection schemes, selected protective devices and prepared protection studies for low and medium voltage power generation and distribution systems. These studies are performed using "SKM Power Tools" software.

Electrical Hazops
We have participated in numerous HAZOP audits of electrical designs and existing electrical installations. A typical audit includes verification of code compliance, proper protections, grounding adequacy, operator safety, installation practices, and operability.

INSTRUMENT ENGINEERING
AMEC Paragon's instrument engineering group develops control philosophies and designs of control systems that meet clients' needs and industry specifications on a wide variety of offshore and onshore projects.

Pneumatic Control Systems
We design control systems in close consultation with clients' in order to meet their exact needs. We don't automatically opt for electronic control when a simpler pneumatic system will meet our clients' needs cost-effectively.

DCS and PLC-Based Control Systems
We routinely develop control systems using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) for onshore and offshore applications.

Telecommunications and SCADA Systems
AMEC Paragon works with clients' communications specialists to design supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and telecommunications systems for production facilities.

This experience, combined with our considerable work with international standards and our personnel's operating company experience, uniquely qualifies us to design safety and process shutdown systems for a wide variety of applications.