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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abdelghani Daraiseh, Dhahran, SA;
Patrick S. Flanders, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
An integrated monitoring, control and equipment maintenance and tracking system and method is provided for managing a plurality of field devices. The integrated and coordinated system includes the monitoring and control system that uses safety subsystem field device data and process control subsystem field device data. When a compromised field device is determined, e.g., by the safety system and/or the process control system, information about testing, maintenance, repair or replacement is conveyed to the monitoring and control system. This information is used to modify the work orders created by the equipment maintenance and tracking system processor such that the compromised field device, or a field device at a location of the compromised field device, is not subject to unnecessary or excessively redundant testing.