Process Control
HP Control: 'Smart' control methods may reduce facility-monitoring expenses
Editorial Staff       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Industrial facilities have been dedicating tremendous effo..
HPInternet: Search engines losing ground on the Internet
A recent study by NEC Research Institute revealed an alarming fact about the Internet – search engines cannot keep up with its dynamic growth, in fact, they are losing ground. Search engines are ..
HP Control: ISA SP95 links plant floor to enterprise
Although enterprise and control systems have evolved down mostly separate paths, they have approached a point where they could meet and exchange data. With the proliferation of information technologies (IT) on the plant floor, today's control and enterprise systems share a common hardware and operating system base.
HPInternet: OSHA
So, you finally bought that petroleum refinery you've been wanting for years. Many folks are buying them lately, why not? Now that you have it, you will need lots of information. Some of the best info..
Linking the plant floor to the enterprise: benefits and pitfalls
Understand data needs of business and production systems for better integration
HPInternet: Latin America oil and gas industry development
This month, let's visit Latin America and see what is happening there. ARPEL, Regional Association of Oil and Natural Gas Companies (http://www.arpel.org/), is an organization devoted to the energy in..
Fieldbus introduces new concepts in process control
Devicebuses and sensorbuses complete the architecture
Fieldbus improves petrochemical plant operation
Reduced design, installation and startup costs provided significant benefits
Fieldbus automates oil production field
ARCO estimates savings of $621,000 per drill site
Foundation fieldbus helps meet regulatory and profitability challenges
The technology simplifies field-level communications and provides new functionality
- SkyNRG starts construction on its first SAF plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands 2/13
- India's Reliance wins U.S. license for Venezuelan oil 2/13
- Singapore light distillates stocks hit over 3-yr high on robust imports 2/13
- Three contractors injured at ExxonMobil facility in Beaumont, Texas (U.S.) 2/13
- China's epic renewables boom lifts it into rare clean capacity club 2/13
- TotalEnergies booked loss in France due to refining activities, CEO says 2/13
