Production & SCM
Five strategies to effectively manage and execute automation projects
Automation projects come with many challenges that seem daunting because of their complexity. Learn about six common automation project management challenges and learn about five tips to overcome them including planning ahead and leveraging available technology on the plant floor.
Integrated virtual control system announced for processing, oil and gas applications
Honeywell unveiled Experion PKS Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE), which is designed to help engineers maintain industrial control systems (ICSs) for chemical, processing, and oil and gas applications and simplify the overall process.
Process manufacturer reports strong 2018 growth
Endress+Hauser reported strong growth in 2018 and positive projected growth for 2019 thanks to process automation sector sales in the U.S.
What is rate-predictive control?
Advanced control: A new non-PID control algorithm, rate-predictive control (RPC), is adaptive to changes in process gain, which is helpful given the industry’s difficult history of loop tuning, auto-tuning, and model maintenance. RPC also can serve as a model-less feedback multivariable control algorithm.
Largest modular cryogenic gas processing plant introduced
Honeywell announced its UOP Russell business has introduced a high-recovery cryogenic gas processing plant that is 50% larger than other pre-engineered plants currently available and is designed to recover more than 99% of high-value ethane from natural gas.
Record revenues expected from Russia’s upstream oil and gas sector
Russia is set to reap record ruble revenues from the upstream oil and gas sector over the next six years thanks to tax changes and production growth.
North America to lead global crude oil pipeline additions
GlobalData reports that North America is forecast to add the highest trunk pipeline length to the global crude oil pipelines industry with 44% of global planned additions by 2022.
Crude oil prices expected to decrease from recent highs
The EIA reports that oil prices are expected to drop from recent highs by the end of 2018 due to higher production from OPEC and Russia.
Report profiles U.S. fuel and petrochemical supply chain
Infrastructure is a must-have when an industry switches from import to export.
SCADA standardization drives third-party connectivity
Ever more data leads to alternative means for capturing it as oil and gas refineries upgrade or migrate legacy control systems.