Why a Conference about IIoT and Digital Solutions for Oil & Gas? IoT, Big Data, Cloud: Every new digitalization technology aims to redefine the Oil & Gas industry and generate new business value. How are Oil & Gas companies navigating…
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History of Modular Procedural Automation A procedural operation consists of a set of operator tasks that are conducted in a set way time-after-time to achieve a certain goal such as starting or shutting down a unit or making a product.…
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Can you enjoy a delicious barbecue and be sustainable? There are lots of bank holidays in June. Do you already have plans for the extended weekend? The warm summer weather in June is perfect for a BBQ with family and…
Abstract There have been several well publicized incidents over the past few years in refinery and petrochemical facilities. Incident reports from amongst others, the Chemical Safety Board and papers from ARC and Marsh McLennan Insurance Company show that many of…
Controlling processes with hazardous chemicals Industrial accidents can cause thousands of workplace injuries. For instance, an explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China has killed at least 47 people and injured over 600, the latest in a series of…
Have you ever heard of “the lean and mean trap”? Last month I visited a company that manufactures specialty chemicals. We initially discussed the market conditions and the current economic situation of the company. I was not surprised to hear…
Traditionally, oil has been considered one of the most valuable physical assets, but is this important commodity being replaced by data? Introduction In the early twentieth century, oil transformed the world, driving cars, powering the whole chemical industry and fuelling…
Digitization, which originally meant the conversion of analog information into digital formats, has now been almost completely implemented. As standard, data and media are available in digital form. More and more companies are paperless, archives are becoming a reminiscence of…
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Over the past few years, I have written papers and given several presentations on procedure management and decision support at the Society for Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Intelligent Energy Europe conference and have seen a dramatic change with respect to digital…
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