Process Control
Fieldbus Foundation welcomes latest EDDL enhancements
The Fieldbus Foundation today announced it welcomes the latest enhancements to electronic device description language (EDDL), which are incorporated in the second edition of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61804-3 standard.
Hyperion to supply simulator for ethylene plant in India
Hyperion Systems Engineering will supply the operator training simulator for an ethylene cracker and associated units, which form part of a polymer complex to be built in Dahej, India, that will manufacture 1.1 million tpy of ethylene, 400,000 tpy of propylene, 150,000 tpy of benzene and 115,000 tpy of butadiene.
Field device application designed to simplify instrumentation management
Honeywell has introduced Field Device Configurator (FDC), a software application for the MCToolkit hand-held configurator device.
New silicon detection analyzer
XOS (USA) has rolled out a new product, the Signal analyzer. It can detect silicon down to 0.5 ppm.
Emerson providing metering systems for oil terminal in Iraq
Iraq’s South Oil Company has awarded Emerson Process Management a contract to provide crude oil metering systems and related technologies for the new Al-Basra oil terminal now under construction in the Persian Gulf.
Dresser renews supply agreement with big EPC customer
Dresser has renewed a strategic supply agreement to serve as a global alliance supplier for a major engineering, construction, procurement, maintenance and project management (EPC) customer.
AVEVA unveils new product at SPAR Europe 2010
AVEVA announced the launch of AVEVA IntelliLaser at SPAR Europe 2010 in Amsterdam.
Siemens adds new process control system
Siemens Water Technologies announced a new addition to its technology portfolio with the purchase of the Clearlogx Process chemical feed system.
Emerson selected as main automation contractor for Petrobras' Comperj project
Petrobras has selected Emerson Process Management to provide process automation technologies and services for the petrochemical complex of Rio de Janeiro (Comperj) in Brazil.
ITT picks up OI and enhances its global analytical instrumentation business
ITT Corp. has completed its previously announced acquisition of OI Corp. for approximately $29 million. OI is a provider of innovative instrumentation for laboratory and environmental testing in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, power and industrial markets.
- BASF starts up the world’s first production plant for 3D-printed catalysts in Ludwigshafen 3/19
- Haffner Energy receives rapid bookings for CORE100 clean-fuel production units 3/19
- ABB launches EmissionVision to automate advanced gas leak detection 3/19
- Ebara Elliott Energy partners with NuScale Power for use of advanced nuclear technology to power petrochemical plants 3/19
- bp agrees to sell 12-MMtpy Gelsenkirchen refinery to Klesch Group 3/19
- Sumitomo Corporation, “K” LINE and NYK Line conclude MoU for new build ammonia bunkering vessel operation in Singapore 3/19
