Industrial Automation & Control Systems Solutions

The Unaoil Group is actively involved in the field of automation with our Emirates-based company, PrACSI Group. Growing steadily over the years to become an International Systems Integration operation, PrACSI Group today commands a respected position in the world of Process Control Systems, SCADA Systems, and Instrumentation in the oil & gas, refining, petrochemical and utility industries. The company serves the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, while it partners with world-class end-users, manufacturers and contractors globally.

PrACSI Products Services and Partners ….. a leader in the world of Systems engineering

PrACSI offers a comprehensive systems engineering suite of products and services. The core of the PrACSI products and services includes:

Engineering Design, Procurement, Manufacturing and assembly of turnkey Process Control and Instrumentation Solutions extending to:

Distributed control systems,
Field-bus control systems.
Complete instrumentation solutions
Process safety systems for ESD (Emergency Shutdown) and F&G (Fire and Gas )
Programmable logic controllers – PLC’s
Supervisory control and data acquisition systems – SCADA
Compressor performance optimisation

Through selected long term partners, PrACSI also offers:

Tank gauging and tank farm management / terminal automation control systems.
Compressor control, compressor performance and vibration monitoring systems.
Process analysers and integrated process management.
Advanced process control and plant performance optimisation.

PrACSI engages in the preparation of bid documents and front-end design services, as well as in the monitoring of projects, auditing of existing installations and contract management. PrACSI is a client-oriented company, where client needs are discussed, understood and matched to the state of the art systems available in the industry.

We aim to provide the best-in-class local support to ensure our customers gain maximum uptime of their plants and assets. Our focus is to maintain the utmost reliability and availability of their control and safety systems. We also aim to enhance the viability of regionally engineered and installed systems through local support, technology transfer, and continuous evolution of systems and associated technologies.

Recent Projects

Provision of Rolls Royce gas generators to SOC Iraq

During 2009 Unaoil successfully supplied, installed and commissioned 3 brand new Rolls Royce Avon 1535 Gas Generators to SOC Iraq. The project was executed ahead of schedule and allowed SOC to increase its oil output.

At a time when many Western companies are starting to consider returning to Iraq, Unaoil are ahead of the field and as part of this contract had a highly skilled, fully trained ex-pat team based in Iraq. They worked closely with the Unaoil in-country Iraqi experts.

This project once again demonstrated Unaoil’s unique capability to supply innovative technical and commercial solutions in the most challenging of environments ahead of schedule and exceeding the customer’s expectations.

Provision of production chemicals in Iraq

Unaoil’s involvement with Production Chemicals began in 2004 when we started supplying the Iraqi South Oil Company with desperately needed Emulsion Breaker (Demulsifier).

By 2006 Unaoil had established ‘Unachem Ltd’ which employed a dedicated and experienced team of locals and ex-pats. Combining this with the Group’s existing resources and infrastructure, we were able to cover all the skills and resources required of an independent Production Chemical company while at the same time providing on-site support to clients in Iraq. The integration of local capability with leading technology meant that by 2008, Unachem had engineered and prequalified several products including Demulsifiers and Corrosion Inhibitors, set up a blending and logistics facility in Ajman (UAE) and secured a revolving US$10m structured facility with BNP Paribas to support its production chemical business. Between 2006 and 2008 we secured greater than 90% of the production chemical market in Southern Iraq, delivered 40,000 drums of Demulsifier to SOC and were amongst the pioneers in qualifying and winning large contracts for the supply of Corrosion Inhibitor for SOC’s water injection facilities.

Our Group had several technical partners who provided innovative chemistry, lab support and QA/QC standards. We leveraged this platform to devise and refine products that were tailored for the Southern Iraq oilfields. One of our technical partners, Weatherford International, went on to purchase Unachem in 2008 and Unaoil remains their commercial advisors for all their Production Chemicals business for several countries in the Middle East.

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