A Multi-agent System Used in Gas-oil Separation Plant

The separation process is a fundamental part of all hydrocarbon production. The main objectives for operators is to produce oil free from gas and water, remove all liquids from gas, and discharge produced water without disturbing the environment. The processes involved are in a state of considerable change, under pressures of all kinds: technological, environmental and economic. As a result modern methods and technologies are applied to minimize the cost and increase the profit. Recently, intelligent agents are more and more present in industrial fields. It is reasonable to use multi-agent systems (MAS) within industrial applications, as agents lend themselves to modular, decentralized, unstructured and complex applications, a new target field being, in this respect, that of the oil industry.In the current paper the author proposed a MAS applied in the framework of a separation plant in order to prove the importance of such advanced intelligence technique. Key-words: agent; multi-agent system; gas oil separation