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  • Chainflex cables now Germanischer Lloyd certified

    igus and Germanischer Lloyd developed a new test standard for cables used in motion control applications aboard ships and in offshore applications.
    10 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Crude Oil Is Getting Sour

    There is more hydrogen sulfide in our crude oil input than ever before. The H2S concentration in crude oil is of great concern to anyone transporting oil in their pipelines, buying oil, or receiving oil as feed to a refinery.
    10 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Ventyx to resell InStep Software’s Predictive Monitoring Technology

    InStep’s PRiSM software uses advance pattern recognition to provide a quantitative comparison between current and historical asset operational behavior for the early identification of equipment health and performance problems.
    06 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Ultrasonic Flowmeter Market Exceeds $600 Million

    Growth in this market is driven by the use of ultrasonic flowmeters for custody transfer applications and the resulting product development of multipath meters. Inline ultrasonic meters account for two-thirds of revenues, with the remainder divided between clamp-on and insertion meters.
    06 June, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • ABB publishes product brochure for oil and gas well operations

    The brochure lists ABB measurement products that may be applied to the various components, such as well heads, separators, fracking fluids, pump jacks, tank levels, storage, and gas transmission.
    04 June, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Threats to Oil and Gas Infrastructure Boost Need for Security Solutions

    Plant owners are particularly interested in security products, services, and solutions that can detect and delay threats and are able to employ cutting-edge innovation and technology.
    03 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Oil & Gas Boom Requires Automation

    By Bill Lydon, Editor There has been significant automation in petrochemical processing plants. However, it is surprising how little automation has been adopted in other parts of the oil & gas industry. This has changed over the last four years because the cost of operations is growing faster than profit margins.
    01 June, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Bestobell to supply valves for Russian LNGC vessel

    Bestobell Marine will supply globe and check valves in sizes DN25 up to DN350, for the cargo containment system onboard the vessel, as well as supplying a FLIV (float level isolation valve) for the secondary float measurement system.
    27 May, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • AVEVA to supply design software to AMEC

    AVEVA will supply its Enterprise Resource Management suite and Everything3D design software to AMEC’s worldwide offices. AMEC employs around 27,000 people in more than 40 countries worldwide.
    27 May, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Challenging Automation Suppliers & Improving Automation Practices

    By Bill Lydon, Editor Exxon is improving the execution of automation projects. They are challenging automation suppliers to develop products that make installation, operations, and maintenance more efficient. Here's a summary of Exxon's initiative.
    23 May, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Rotork to supply 700 valve actuators to Pengerang Terminal in Malaysia

    700 IQ3 non-intrusive intelligent electric valve actuators with Pakscan P3 two-wire digital control systems will be installed at the Pengerang oil and gas Terminal on the south east coast of Malaysia.
    22 May, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell UOP to supply gas processing plant to PennTex Midstream

    The northern Louisiana plant, which will process 200 MMSCFD of natural gas, will be in production in the first quarter of 2015.
    20 May, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • ACM Facility Safety Announces Summer Process Safety Courses

    Training courses and workshops teach control systems designers, engineers and operators various aspects of process safety and how to meet worldwide safety requirements.
    07 May, 2014 | 4 minutes
  • Honeywell to automate Asia-to-China natural gas pipeline

    Honeywell will supply an Experion Process Knowledge System and Safety Manager to manage operations and to help prevent safety problems in a third pipeline to be built as part of the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline (CACGP) project.
    06 May, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Expanding Oil Production to boost flowmeter sales

    The fast-growing worldwide market for flowmeters used for measurement of petroleum liquids totaled $956 million in 2011, and is projected to increase to almost $1.4 billion in 2016.
    05 May, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Energy Demands Drive Coriolis Flowmeter Market

    Worldwide sales for Coriolis flowmeters in 2011 were $1.1 billion. With a projected growth rate of 10.6%, sales will exceed $1.8 billion in 2016.
    01 May, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Fire shelters enhance safety for offshore gas project

    Fire shelters protect the control electronics of automatic emergency shutdown and fire suppression systems on offshore gas production platforms in the Arabian Gulf .
    01 May, 2014 | 4 minutes
  • eLynx Opens Office in Midland, Texas

    eLynx provides real-time data collection, production reporting, trending, well monitoring and control via the Internet for the oil and gas industry.
    29 April, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Metso to supply globe valves to Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery

    The valves will be installed in a carbon black and delayed coker plant currently under construction in Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery Company’s chemical refining complex in in the United Arab Emirates.
    28 April, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • ISA and MAVERICK Present Control System Migration Webinar

    On May 29, 2014, experts will discuss the challenges, problems and common mistakes involved in a process control system migration, and show how using front-end loading (FEL) practices help smooth the migration process.
    25 April, 2014 | 2 minutes
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