Terminals

Automation solutions for oil and gas terminals

Improve efficiency and throughput with cybersecurity-focused automation designed to enhance terminal operations.

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Improve efficiency and throughput with cybersecurity-focused automation designed to enhance terminal operations.

Oil and Gas Terminal Operations and Automation

Your terminal's performance impacts your bottom line. Honeywell's Terminal Manager software integrates with the Experion® Process Knowledge System providing enterprise-level insights that support operational efficiency. Respond to changing market conditions with automation that adapts to your operations.
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Terminal Remote Monitoring and Control

Digital terminals: remote access, operational support and enterprise visibility

Our terminal automation platform connects field operations to the control room and business level, offering enhanced visibility to support supply chains, storage capacity and efficiency. Terminal Manager automates workflows for all transport modes—surface, rail, marine and pipeline—helping to improve productivity. The system integrates with batch controllers, access control units and SAP/ERP systems, allowing you to process planned and unplanned orders efficiently.

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Integrated Automation and Workflow Management

Terminal automation and integrated operations

You need a solution that unites inventory, instrumentation, metering, safety and security into one integrated management system. Honeywell's terminal automation provides a comprehensive solution for storing and distributing products. 

 

Terminal Manager's interface enables efficient configuration of master data including products, bays, meters, tanks, vehicles, vessels and pipelines. The software leverages Experion's alarms, events, notifications and trending features to provide operational visibility that helps your teams to address potential problems through timely alerts. Events and alarms stored in Experion help personnel stay informed.

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Tank gauging and inventory management solutions

Accurate measurement and inventory control are essential for oil and liquified natural gas terminal profitability. Honeywell Enraf tank gauging systems combine advanced technology with proven measurement concepts to help you achieve safe and accurate product receipt, storage, movement and custody transfer. 

  • The Enraf Servo 954 provides accurate tank level measurement.
  • The Flexline Radar 990 offers radar-based gauging for challenging applications. 
  • The Entis Tank Inventory System provides comprehensive inventory management with enhanced integration and security features.  

Better monitoring enables inventory reduction while helping to reduce incidents, which can contribute to cost savings. Tight control through automated measurement helps you optimize inventory levels. Our solutions support folio reconciliation and product transfer agreements.

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Safety, compliance and environmental performance

You need solutions designed to support personnel, operations and environmental compliance. Honeywell's terminal safety systems provide monitoring and control capabilities designed to help minimize risks. Enhanced monitoring may help reduce the frequency of spill incidents, while automatic permissive inputs are designed to help stop loading before incidents occur. 

 

Our HERMetic range of gas-tight portable gauging equipment is designed to enable safe measurements of hydrocarbons and renewable fuels in Zone 0 classified tanks. The Lidec liquid level switch provides overfill protection, while alarm and event management through Experion helps teams respond quickly. 

 

As the energy landscape adapts to net zero targets, our solutions are designed to support customer’s transition goals, including handling of low carbon and alternative fuels.

  • Comprehensive integration

    Terminal Manager can automate operations at a bulk liquid terminal, including key monitoring and controlling functions such as product receipt, gate access control and loading

  • All transport modes

    With support for different modes of transport, including surface, rail, marine and pipeline, Terminal Manager completely supports fuel receipt and distribution requirements

  • Proven measurement

    Honeywell Enraf tank gauging systems combine advanced technology with proven measurement concepts for a comprehensive solution to help oil and liquid natural gas terminals across the world help create safer, more reliable and more efficient operations

Frequently Asked Questions about Terminal Automation

Honeywell provides comprehensive measurement solutions designed to help achieve the precision you need. 

  • Our Small Volume Provers (SVP) and controllers are designed to support accuracy requirements for custody transfer applications. 
  • The Enraf tank gauging systems provide accurate level measurement using both servo and radar technologies, providing data to support transfer calculations. 
  • Terminal Manager software automates custody transfer workflows, integrating measurement data from multiple sources to help reduce manual errors and improve throughput.  

The system processes data from flow meters, tank gauges, temperature sensors and other field instruments to calculate transfer quantities with a high degree of accuracy. With automatic data logging and reporting, you can maintain detailed records to support audit requirements.

Terminal safety depends on multiple layers of protection throughout loading and unloading operations. Honeywell's terminal automation solutions provide monitoring and control capabilities designed to help reduce risks. Increased monitoring through our tank gauging and level measurement systems may help reduce spill incident frequency by providing operators with near real-time data to support monitoring decisions. 

 

Automatic permissive inputs are designed to help stop the loading process before an incident occurs, verifying that all safety conditions are met before transfer begins. The Lidec liquid level switch is designed to provide high-level detection and overfill protection, while the HERMetic range is designed to enable safe measurements in Zone 0 classified environments. Terminal Manager integrates safety systems throughout your operation. Alarm and event management through Experion helps teams respond quickly to developing situations.

Enhance your Terminal Operations

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