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Process Control

Lube oil blending plant revamps with fieldbus

Deutsche Shell AG: Jacobs, P.

The technology provided 3% capital savings, as well as ongoing engineering and maintenance benefits

PROFIBUS International – a strong community

PROFIBUS International: Volz, M.

This fieldbus organization provides many services and benefits

HP Control: Consider other control system benefits

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.

In spite of remarkable advances in control systems, multivariable control algorithms, intelligent field devices, process modeling techniques, information system integration and user experience,1 quant..

HPInternet: Primarily Petroliana

Competitive Analysis Technologies: Crowley, B.

Primarily Petroliana (http://www.oldgas.com/) is a site you won't normally stumble across. It is a site to visit that brings back memories of the oil industry's golden days. You can buy memorabilia li..

Fieldbus improves petrochemical plant operation - Fig 2

Smar Equipmentos Industriais: Castilho, L.
Deten Chemicals S. A.: Cruz, O.
Smar International Co.: Evans, D.

Fig. 2. System management is carried out over a network with ..

HP Control: Moving control into the field

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.

I recently turned into our Production Dept. the articles for our May supplement, Fieldbus Technology. It will be mailed to readers of Gulf Publishing Co.'s three magazines – Hydrocarbon Processin..

HPInternet: OilMonitor

Competitive Analysis Technologies: Crowley, B.

The folks at PricewaterhouseCoopers have created a Web site that is useful to the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI), especially those running crude units and buying crude. The product is called Oi..

Unique approach to real-time optimization - Fig. 3

BP Amoco Kwinana refinery: Bester, P.
BP Amoco Coryton refinery: Jerrit, B.  |  Verne, T.

Fig. 3. The operator display provides online cost ..

Unique approach to real-time optimization

BP Amoco Kwinana refinery: Bester, P.
BP Amoco Coryton refinery: Jerrit, B.  |  Verne, T.

This method requires less software work than alternatives

HP Control: Cooperation needed between FF and OPC

Texas Consultants: Bosler, W. H.

Editor's note: The following is in response to my March '98 column, "Controversy in control," which requested input from our readers on controversial issues. Recently, representatives from OLE fo..