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HP Industry Perspectives: Industry Perspectives

Key industry officials answer a poll question from HydrocarbonProcessing.com

Fiatech and PCA lead charge for unified industry interoperability activities

Fiatech and the POSC Caesar Association (PCA) have endorsed unifying all industry-wide ISO 15926 interoperability initiatives under the name iRING.

HP Innovations: Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

Invensys introduces new technology offeringsSoftware and technology provider Invensys Operations Management recently released a program to help clients modernize and improve the performance of aging c..

Why don’t we properly train control engineers?

Whitehouse Consulting: King, M. J.

While there are managers in the process industry that see training control engineers as a “no-brainer,” these are very much in the minority. They may send staff on courses covering configura..

Consider automated fault detection systems to improve facility reliability

REDUCT & Lobbe Technologies Inc.: Szladow, A. J.

Automated fault detection and diagnosis systems (AFDDSs) are well established in many consumer and industrial sectors.1 The conventional limit-value based (high/low alarms) fault detection and diagnos..

Emerson to supply automation for Vopak terminals

Under the agreement, Emerson will design, configure, and implement digital automation systems for all new automation projects at Vopak terminals, as well as provide ongoing support services for new and existing automation systems. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

HP Automation Safety: ‘Sticktion’: A dangerous failure mode

exida LLC: Goble, W.

I set a wet glass on the old wooden kitchen table at our home. It sat there all night. The next morning, when I went to grab the glass, it stuck to the table. Yes, this event has happened before. But,..

HP Impact: Compliance in emerging risk areas

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

Ernst & Young recently held a seminar on risk compliance for today’s global oil and gas companies. One session in particular during the seminar focused on emerging risk areas in the energy market..

Saudi Aramco computer network attacked by virus, operations unaffected

The disruption is suspected to be the result of a virus that had infected personal workstations without affecting the primary servers and components of Saudi Aramco's network, the company said on Thursday. Saudi Aramco produced an average of 9.1 million bpd of oil last year.

Intergraph extends engineering software alliance with Siemens Energy

The agreement was first signed in 2005. Siemens primarily uses Intergraph’s integrated software tools within the energy sector, it said, with benefits including centralized data storage, automation, enhanced data management and data integrity, and reduced project hours.