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  • IET releases technical program for its 2016 EVI-GTI and PIWG conference

    Drawing on the expertise and insights of some of the world’s leading gas turbine experts and specialists, the technical program will showcase instrumentation techniques, developments and applications within gas turbines measurement and control systems.
    05 July, 2016 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • IHS Report: Hazardous area equipment sales drop $900M in 2015

    The report predicts that it will take until 2019 for world sales revenues to recover to their 2014 level. Figure 1 shows a comparison between the three major regions of the world from 2014 to 2020.
    01 July, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Comark appoints Parag Shah as Chief Technology Officer

    As Comark's CTO, Mr. Shah is responsible for the company's technology vision and strategy as well as the development of products and solutions to support Comark's "Smarter Automation" strategy.
    01 July, 2016 | 1 minute
  • TrendMiner names Bill Muldoon to Board of Directors

    Muldoon is an oil and gas industry executive with more than 30 years of industry expertise spanning areas from engineering and design, operations and supply chain offerings, as well as management and project execution.
    27 June, 2016 | 1 minute
  • FCI announces launch of revamped website

    Designed with an intuitive user interface, the FCI website supports the instrumentation needs of busy professional engineers and plant technicians with articles and case studies to address problems and solutions in air/gas measurement.
    24 June, 2016 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By FCI - Fluid Components International
  • Digital Technology for the Oil & Gas Industry

    By Adam Chapman, Fluenta A recent survey by management consultancy Accenture offers insight into how oil and gas companies are utilising digital technologies and how these technologies will shape the industry in the near future. This article provides an in-depth analysis of that study.
    23 June, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • OleumTech names Brent McAdams VP, OEM & Strategic Initiatives

    McAdams will continue to lead the company’s OEM efforts as well as developing strategic partnerships to deliver a global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) strategy, including edge-to-enterprise IIoT solutions.
    17 June, 2016 | 1 minute
  • ams signs agreement to acquire Cambridge CMOS Sensors Ltd

    CCMOSS’ micro hotplates are MEMS structures that are used in gas sensors for volume applications in the automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer markets.
    16 June, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Siemens publishes white paper on digitalized pumping solutions for pipelines

    The white paper describes energy-efficient pumping solutions from Siemens designed to achieve a sustainable reduction of operating costs while helping to improve the reliability and safety of pumping stations.
    08 June, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Flow-Cal President Appointed Chairman of UHCL Advisory Board

    The SCE Advisory Board is comprised of professionals from science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related industries and represent companies such as Flow-Cal, United Space Alliance, MEI Technologies and Boeing.
    07 June, 2016 | 1 minute
  • HIMA synchronizes safety systems as part of Ichthys LNG project

    Scheduled for start-up in the third quarter of 2017, the Ichthys joint venture megaproject is forecasted to produce 8.9 million tons of LNG yearly.
    07 June, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Exploring Obsolescence Management: Managing Obsolete Automation Systems in Oil and Gas

    By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation With technology racing ahead, it’s unsurprising that obsolescence management in the industry is complicated. This article discusses how the oil and gas industry can manage the spiralling issue of equipment obsolescence.
    06 June, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Learn How Big Data & Analytics Deliver Practical Results with Significant ROIs - FREE Webinar

    Automation.com partners with Integration Objects to present this free webinar to help you find out how you can use your data to gain a deep understanding of your dynamic processes quickly, maximize your operations reliability and efficiency, and your asset availability.
    06 June, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Servomex announces relaunch of Americas Technical Center

    The changes are designed to strengthen Servomex’s ability for the center to expand its manufacture from the DF range of high purity analyzers to include manufacture of SERVOPRO safe area analyzers
    31 May, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Precision Path announces manufacturing industry survey

    Users of portable metrology systems are invited and encouraged to take the survey, which will address usage scenarios and issues impacting industries, such as automotive, power generation, oil and gas, and any related field that manufactures precision parts that require in-place measurement.
    23 May, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Fluenta appoints Dr. Neil Bird as Engineering Director

    Bird will initially focus on the launch of the newest product in the Fluenta flare gas meter range, the 160X. He has been managing R&D and product development groups since 1999
    23 May, 2016 | 1 minute
  • UBC research targets oil and gas pipeline safety

    This study, conducted at UBC’s Okangan campus, has resulted in an engineering model that could help the companies determine which areas of their pipeline network could be prone to corrosion and should receive priority for integrity testing.
    20 May, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • ABB and Aker Solutions to partner in developing energy solutions

    The cooperation will integrate ABB’s technologies in subsea power and automation and Aker Solutions’ pioneering subsea capabilities to bring customers more effective oil and gas production solutions.
    27 April, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Rotork to maintain VTTI Vasiliko oil terminal

    The Client Support Programme (CSP) covers 400 Rotork IQ3 actuators controlled by Rotork’s Pakscan 2-wire digital networks.
    19 April, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Wood Group Acquires Ingenious

    Ingenious is a supplier of proprietary software and consulting services to the global chemical, oil & gas, and energy industries
    08 April, 2016 | 1 minutes
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