The ENTIS Tank Inventory System from Honeywell, Houston, offers new capabilities that improve integration and security, and enable compliant, reliable and accurate tank inventory operations for oil-storage terminal operations. Built on the company’s Experion advanced automation platform, the ENTIS system is said incorporate the latest tank- management and custody-transfer technologies to reduce inventory uncertainty, increase efficiency, and mitigate risks. Designed for intuitive and easy-to-use operations, ENTIS helps operators manage against product losses and focus on safety.
New Capabilities Include:
- real-time visualization of tank inventory calculations in compliance with the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- legal metrology certification for custody transfer, accounting and reporting
- intuitive alarms and event management to protect personnel and assets
- high availability leveraging redundant Communication Interface Units (CIU) and ENTIS redundancy
- real-time and historical trend data enabling operators to check tank usage quickly and easily
- customization of reporting formats, including inventory, tank detail and audit trails
- automation of routine tasks, such as scheduling gauge commands and reports.
Among other things, users also gain a variety of safety and productivity benefits from the Experion platform on which ENTIS resides. Those benefits include the integration of Honeywell video surveillance and fire and gas systems for tank farms and terminals; a powerful, intuitive operator interface that supports ASM Consortium guidelines; and the capability to build custom displays using Honeywell’s state-of-the-art HMIWeb display builder.
ENTIS also offers secure remote monitoring capabilities with a subscription-based business model that allows authorized users to access tank-gauging information, anytime, everywhere.
