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  • Honeywell to control and secure refinery in Russia

    Honeywell will supply an Experion Process Knowledge System and plant security to Alliance Oil Company for its Khabarovsk Refinery in far east Russia.
    03 December, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell to monitor gas pipeline in Japan

    Experion SCADA will be used to integrate and manage data coming from than 160 monitoring and control stations along a 1,400 km gas distribution network.
    28 November, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • European market for Controls in Oil and Gas growing

    The demand for oil and gas is expected to boost investments in upstream and mid-stream oil and gas segments which, in turn, will result in greater demand for controls.
    21 November, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Industrial spending in the Americas to exceed $1 trillion by 2015

    The industry to see the most capital expenditure in the Americas will continue to be oil and gas, representing over one third of the region’s total.
    16 November, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Synergy uses AVEVA Laser Modeller on offshore platform project

    A true as-built model of the facility was not available, so laser scanning was used to generate an intelligent PDMS model.
    05 November, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Modernization Program with Broader Analysis of Existing Systems

    Automation.com, November 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Invensys Foxboro describes their Modernization Program as taking a holistic approach based on business requirements with four major goals - Reduce risk of failures, operational improvements, new & existing systems integration, and securing automation systems from cyber-attack.
    02 November, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • IFS to supply ERP to Maersk Drilling

    The contract includes licenses and services worth $11.5 million.
    01 November, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Endress+Hauser Introduces Operations App

    The free app provides mobile access to information about Endress+Hauser instruments, such as operating instructions and technical details, from a smart phone and other mobile devices.
    28 October, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • Moore Industries provides communications for Offshore Oil Platform

    ENI Petroleum used the NCS NET Concentrator System as a real-time communications link between its Devil's Tower oil platform off the coast of Louisiana and drill ships operating more than 100 km away.
    25 October, 2012 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By Moore Industries-International, Inc.
  • Multiphase Flowmeter Market growing fast

    Multiphase flowmeters are the fastest growing flowmeter type, outpacing ultrasonic and other new-technology flowmeters, according to Flow Research.
    22 October, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • LNG Production Facilities for Vehicle Fuel Website

    Site has a list of all the LNG facilities around the country that have the capability to offload LNG into trailers for truck delivery to user sites.
    17 October, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • Invensys Acquires Spiral Software

    Spiral Software in the UK provides integrated solutions ranging from crude assay management to refinery supply chain optimization.
    15 October, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • Research Reveals Lack of Confidence in Gas Monitoring

    The research says only 32% of managers are very confident that the gas detectors in their workplace actually work.
    08 October, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Metso to supply 320 valves for biogas plant in Sweden

    Metso will supply control and on-off valves together with intelligent and safety valve controllers for the Gasification and Methanation parts of the GoBiGas project in Sweden.
    08 October, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Automation profession outperforms economy

    InTech, October 2012 By Rick Zabel While job satisfaction remains high (79.9%), this year’s survey indicates salaries are on the rise—up a respectable 4.4% over last year. This rise is indicative of the noticeable increase in the demand for qualified automation professionals.
    07 October, 2012 | 9 minutes
  • Metso to supply valves for rehabilitation of Algiers Refinery

    Metso will supply 145 automated on-off valves and actuators ranging in size from 3/4” to 24” to the Algiers Refinery, 10 km South of Algiers, in Algeria.
    25 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Flow-Cal automates ExxonMobil liquid ticketing

    The FLOWCAL Enterprise Liquids system has redefined ExxonMobil's organizational processes, automating all measurement data collection and product ticket validation throughout North America.
    20 September, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • Yaskawa acquires Wermac Electric, Ltd

    The new division will be known as Yaskawa Wermac and will be located at the former Wermac Electric facility in Calgary, AB.
    20 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Cemtrex to sell Modcon Systems NIR and NMR Analyzers

    Cemtrex is now marketing NIR and NMR Analyzer systems with a unique value proposition to monitor and control oil refinery process to maximize profits for the facility owners.
    19 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Coastal Flow introduces iMeasurement services

    With a focus on advanced flow measurement and testing, the service improves the accuracy and accountability of determining compositional values and custody transfer quantities.
    19 September, 2012 | 1 minutes
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