[Insights from Other Places] Maoming Petrochemical’s Intelligent Operations Center system has been put into use, significantly improving the company’s operational efficiency

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Recently, the intelligent operation center system of Maoming Petrochemical was officially put into use. After the system was put into use, it significantly improved the operational efficiency of the enterprise; the visualization rate of key business metrics reached 98%, and managers were able to reduce the response time to abnormal events to just a few minutes thanks to the intelligent application modules. It is understood that this system strictly adheres to the group company’s top-level design framework of “data + platform + application,” and by integrating new technologies, it achieves comprehensive integration and real-time monitoring of all elements involved in production. Through the electronic large screen in the central control room, over 420 key indicators from 18 business systems related to safety, production, equipment, etc., are displayed in real time. It provides an intuitive view of the entire process flow, from the reception of crude oil at sea and its blending in storage tanks to the operation of refining units. Additionally, it shows the core data from seven key business areas related to operation and management, including production, safety, environmental protection, process control, quality, and on-site operations. This creates a new type of operation and management approach that enables comprehensive oversight through a single screen and dynamic monitoring in multiple dimensions. Driven by technology engines such as low-code platforms, PetroChina Smart Cloud, AI algorithms, and intelligent voice interaction, this system fosters business innovation. To date, 12 core business application scenarios, including production optimization and energy consumption analysis, have been deployed, enabling voice-based data queries that provide instant responses, with the results presented in the form of reasoning, charts, and text. Maoming Petrochemical will also carry out further upgrades to the system in order to improve the accuracy of fault diagnosis, reduce operational costs, and encourage business departments to develop lightweight micro-applications on their own. This will ultimately create a two-pronged approach based on \"platform empowerment\" and \"scenario innovation,\" thereby continuously developing industrial intelligences that are capable of thinking and evolving, and injecting new momentum into the high-quality development of the company.