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Managing Urban Utilities – Technical Aspects

Capitalizing Asset Management through GIS- from Hong Kong to China

Albert C K LeungEngineering System Manager

The Hong Kong and China Gas Company LimitedThe Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited

Arrival of Natural Gas EraArrival of Natural Gas Era

CO2 26% SOx 40%NOx 42%

City Piped Gas Joint VentureWater Business

11 Provinces39 Cities

Mainland China BusinessMainland China Business

Provinces with Panva Projects

Provinces with Towngas Projects

Beijing

Shaanxi

Hubei

Shandong

Anhui

Jiangsu

Guangdong

Zhejiang

Jilin

Sichuan

Liaoning

HeilongjiangProvinces with Towngas / Panva Projects

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Mainland China BusinessMainland China Business ICT Advancement ICT Advancement ––Backbone for Asset ManagementBackbone for Asset Management

Our Grid Control Centre manages the operation of Hong Kong town gas network through SCADA and GIS

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DEC PDP11/441982

20 Distribution governors + Gas holders

1987+ Towngas production plants + 2 SNG plants

1st Generation 1981 - 1993

• VAX-VMS Server• Remote pressure control• Remote valve control

2nd Generation 1993 - 2003

SCADA Competency: SCADA Competency: 3 Generations in A Quarter Century3 Generations in A Quarter Century

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3rd Generation since 2003

Exporting HK SCADA competency toExporting HK SCADA competency to18 Cities in the mainland18 Cities in the mainland

Suzhou

Zhangjiagang

Changzhou

Nanjing

Maanshan

Yixing Shunde

Qingdao

Wujiang

Taian

Zhongshan

Beijing Jilin

Nanjing

Tongling

Longkou

Jinan

Pangyu

Weifang

Before 1993

1st Generation

UNIX Window(1994-2004)

2nd Generation

Window + RDBMS(2004 - )

HK Gov’t Paper Landbase

HK Gov’t Digital Landbase

Geographical Information System (GIS)Geographical Information System (GIS) GIS Building for Asset ManagementGIS Building for Asset Management

Pilot System –Completed 1994

Phases 2 & 3 –Completed 1996

Today

Capitalizing GIS in HK Capitalizing GIS in HK Asset & Work Management Asset & Work Management

Work Management

System

Link to customer information

Capitalizing GIS in HK Capitalizing GIS in HK Customers & Building InformationCustomers & Building Information

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2002

EMPC (Electronic Mark Plant Circulation) System was formed by 8 Utilities / Government Departments to

exchange underground facility information

Information Sharing amongst Utilities Information Sharing amongst Utilities -- from Dream to Realityfrom Dream to Reality

1994An Ambition

Today

Handle 70%, around 25,000 transactions per year amongst asset owners

Capitalizing GIS in HK Capitalizing GIS in HK Sharing Information amongst Utilities Sharing Information amongst Utilities

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GIS Data Sharing to GIS Data Sharing to Surveyors & ContractorsSurveyors & Contractors How far weHow far we’’re from 100% EDI?re from 100% EDI?

Others(by Paper)

16%

CEM Users(by Paper)

8%

CEM Users(by Electronic)

2%

EMPC Members(by Electronic)

69%

EMPC Members(by Paper)

5%

Other involves :• 9 Government Departments = 4%• Other Surveyors / Contractors = 12%

…… and Extending GIS to China JVsand Extending GIS to China JVs

Yixing

Nanjing Maanshan

Zhongshan

Shunde

Experience Transfers from HK to PRC

Should GIS be Should GIS be standardizedstandardized in a city?in a city?

Should GIS be Should GIS be centralizedcentralized in a city?in a city?

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The Next Frontiers for The Next Frontiers for TowngasTowngas’’ GISGIS

Strengthening Asset Management

100% EDI PRC Industrywarefor Gas & Water

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