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Invensys signs long-term technology deal with Thai Oil

Invensys Operations Management has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract to deliver a comprehensive refinery-wide optimization solution for Bangkok-based Thai Oil Public Co. Ltd.

AVEVA responds to customer demand for migration-ready instrumentation solution

This capability enables process plant businesses to more easily upgrade entire instrumentation and control design systems from smart plant instrumentation (SPI/INtools) to AVEVA instrumentation technology.

HP Control: APC application ownership

Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.

Advancec process control (APC) requires skilled control engineers, and where such engineers are not available, even well-implemented APC applications quickly become ineffective. That much is known and..

Second edition of Alarm Management Handbook now available

PAS recently published the second edition of The Alarm Management Handbook. It is the most comprehensive best-practices book available for designing and maintaining an effective alarm management system.

Lightning expertise helps protect pipeline instrumentation

Abriox has upgraded the lightning protection on its remote corrosion monitoring solutions for pipelines, with the help of the lightning test consultancy services of Cobham Technical Services.

New portable control valve diagnostic tool

Dresser Masoneilan has launched the next generation ValScope-PRO, a diagnostic tool for control valves with both conventional and digital positioners. The ValScope-PRO helps customers identify problems by providing a scientific evaluation of valves in operation.

Fieldbus releases updated technical specs

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced that an updated version of its FOUNDATION fieldbus technical specification is now available.

Valve design reduces costs and increases safety for US refineries

Flowserve Flow Control Division: Johnson, R. D.  |  Lee, B.

The goals were achieved by using alloys with superior corrosion resistance

HP Automation Safety: Cyber security certification for automation products and suppliers

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy
exida LLC: Cusimano, J.

The United Steelworkers Union (USW) issued a press release chastising the oil industry for the series of fires and explosions that keep happening at US refineries. USW pointed out that there has been ..

HP Control: Process control practice renewal 2010—purpose

Clifftent Inc.: Latour, P. R.

In April 2010, I followed Allan Kern’s automation reassessment editorial1 with a call to renew the practice of process control and IT in the HPI. Now I follow his thoughtful July 2010 editorial2 ..