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Refinery Implementation of
ProMIS "Process Mgmt. Info. Sys."
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| Client |
Mobil Corporation's European refineries |
| Location |
Princeton NJ, Germany, France and U.K. |
| Project |
Implement PROMIS system at three European
Refineries |
| Duration |
1991 - 1992 |
| Scope |
Develop PROMIS for Europe by migrating PROMIS
architecture as developed for Mobil US, Mobil Australia, Mobil Japan &
Mobil UK. |
| Role |
Systems Analyst for Mobil R&D on implications
of switching from Oracle on VAX to Unix and user interface from Windows
to OS/2. (Was chosen for this role from my
experience at N.Z. Synfuel in leading a team
for process monitoring on small IBM mainframe) |
| Tasks |
- Participated in strategic planning session
in Hamburg to identify legacy systems to be migrated onto "PROMIS".
- Identified "middle-ware" customization and
performance challenges in switching platforms.
- Secured agreement from Mobil Europe on path
to all-IBM system by running existing Windows NT desktop interface
under OS/2, and porting Oracle to AIX on IBM RS/6000
- Took advantage of AIX ability to
dynamically re-allocate disk storage without shut-down, for a true
24 * 7 system
- Set development priorities in achieving
20,000 pts/minute upload to Oracle from "PI" data system by OSI,
also doing uploads from LIMS and business data systems.
- Completed master-plan for architecture in
USA. Site-based teams then implemented at the refineries
dealing with their specific legacy data and systems issues.
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