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Instrumentation

Why a closed-loop sampling system can help reduce fugitive emissions

Swagelok: Dixon, M.

The accidental release of emissions can happen at numerous locations throughout refineries and chemical plants.

Drive efficiency and sustainability through process optimization

Seeq: Harp, C.

Business philosophies often stress the importance of continuous improvement to gain sustainable competitive advantages.

Photography in the oil and gas industry: Its significance and best practices

Antonoil Service: Abid, J.  |  Sarwat, A

Producing photographs of and within process plants requires special attention and discipline.

Optimize energy consumption with modern instrumentation

Endress+Hauser: Flannery, M.  |  Marcon, C.

The global pressures posed by climate change and other environmental challenges have elevated sustainability to a worldwide corporate priority.

Customized valves and safety instrumentation for underground LPG storage in India

Hindustan Petroleum’s LPG mined rock cavern project reaches a new milestone as equipment from Svanehøj Tank Control Systems has been shipped to Mangalore. Here, a new range of special ESVs will be used for the first time in an underground storage facility.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Compact, rugged PC built to connect the industrial floor to the cloud

Baker Hughes launches collection of H2 measurement sensor technologies

Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has launched three gas, flow and moisture measurement sensor technologies designed to improve safety performance and drive productivity in hydrogen (H2) and other applications across the energy and industrial sectors.

Reduce the minimum design temperature beyond the code limit for carbon-steel pipes

Fluor Daniel: Gajapathy, P. R.  |  Sankaran, R.
Fluor Corp.: Ibarra, A.

In the current market scenario, all projects are schedule-driven and highly dependent on total installed cost. To help meet crucial deadlines, industry professionals utilize various technologies and high-end software, and industry must continuously innovate and seek new ideas to find alternative solutions to challenges.

Accelerating the DCS of the future: Open process automation technology

PETRONAS: Rashid, S.  |  Mohamed, R.  |  Aziz, Z. A.

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, PETRONAS operates all oil and gas resources in the country and is responsible for developing and adding value to them.

Valmet announces upgrade to D3 distributed control system

Using Valmet’s D3 distributed control system (DCS) automation platform, industrial processors can now integrate numerous reliability and performance enhancements in the first significant update following its acquisition from NovaTech Automation last year.