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Digital Exclusive: The implementation and automation of an alarm management system in a complex control environment at KNPC’s Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery

Kuwait National Petroleum Co.: Maqbool, A.  |  Al-Mansour, S.  |  Joshi, M. K.

With the recent advancements in technology and availability of control support applications, the role of an alarm management system (ALMS) has taken a center stage to fulfill the requirements of safe and enhanced operations. This article details how refinery personnel implemented an ALMS at KNPC's Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery in Kuwait, especially with the facility's complex control rooms and multiple distributed control systems.

Digital Feature (sponsored): Three questions oil and gas companies should ask to improve their operations risk management

The article will discuss the five broad categories that most of this industry’s risk falls under and address the three—equally important—areas that can have a major impact on the quality of an oil and gas company’s overall operations risk management (ORM) strategy.

IT dependencies complicate OT security

Cyber-securing oil and gas automation to ensure safe, reliable and efficient physical operations is becoming more challenging. This article explores the modern yet evolving threat environment, how expectations for cybersecurity are changing, how information technology/operational technology (IT/OT) dependencies have emerged as an important issue in most cybersecurity programs, and how owners and operators are addressing this new issue.

Strategies to resolve process variability via regulatory process control

OQ Specialty Chemicals: McBul, S.

This article discusses strategies to address process instability for effective process control. 

Yokogawa enhances IT/OT integration with new release of OpreX Collaborative Information Server

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the release of the latest version of OpreX™ Collaborative Information Server (CI Server), with enhancements that streamline application assembly and improve external connectivity.

Emerson to acquire remaining outstanding shares of AspenTech

Emerson will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of AspenTech not already owned by Emerson for $265/share pursuant to an all-cash tender offer. The transaction values the minority stake being acquired at $7.2 B, and values the total company at a fully diluted market capitalization of $17 B with an enterprise value of $16.8 B.

Pertamina partners with ABL to enhance asset management at its Cilacap refinery (Indonesia)

Pt. Kilang Pertamina Internasional has appointed ABL’s asset integrity management unit to further enhance asset management at the Indonesian national energy company’s Cilacap Refinery Unit IV, located in Central Java, Indonesia.

Schneider Electric, MaxGrip partner to improve asset performance for customers

Leveraging MaxGrip’s Asset Improvement Program, Schneider Electric will further support customers in their digital transformation journey by providing a comprehensive asset lifecycle management program.

Radix, Celanese, Cognite partner to develop JO.AI, a groundbreaking generative AI-powered solution

Radix and Celanese will collaborate with Cognite on the development of JO.AI, a groundbreaking generative AI-powered solution designed to revolutionize operations in asset-intensive industries.

Yokogawa, UptimeAI partner to enhance asset performance management in industrial plants

Yokogawa Electric Corporation and UptimeAI Inc. announced a strategic agreement aimed at dramatically enhancing asset performance management in industrial plants. The agreement is underscored by a capital investment in UptimeAI by Yokogawa.

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