November 11, 2009 - PAS provides an automation disaster recovery solution comprised of Integrity Software and expert services to facilitate timely restoration of power and processing plants to commission in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Automation systems are crucial to plant operations and delays in restarting these systems after a disaster are costly. For example, based upon typical operating margins, a 250,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery may lose as much as $67,000 per hour of lost operation. Similar lost production costs apply to other industries as well. Recognizing this threat, PAS has developed a comprehensive set of services, which in combination with Integrity Software enable the fastest and most robust automation recovery possible.
The Integrity Disaster Recovery solution includes a complete survey of all automation assets within the plant, the creation of a site-specific recovery plan that includes the details of the backup and restoration processes, a comprehensive restoration procedure for all of a plant’s automation systems, a disaster recovery change management process, and recurrent validations of the procedure to ensure successful execution on demand. These services are complemented by the inherent capabilities of Integrity Software, including automatic archiving, periodic health check of the archive, and onsite and offsite storage of the archive to provide the fastest possible recovery from a natural or man-made disaster.