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  • 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
  • Market for control valves using actuators to double by 2017

    IMS Research expects the market for electrically actuated control valves to double in size, exceeding $630 million by 2017.
    18 September, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • Bentley acquires APM provider Ivara

    With this acquisition, Bentley extends its AssetWise asset lifecycle information management software and services to comprehensively improve asset performance, providing new value-adding opportunities.
    18 September, 2012 | 6 minutes
  • University of Alberta joins ASM Consortium

    The Consortium will collaborate with the University to further build knowledge through research related to reducing and mitigating abnormal situations in process industries, particularly in the area of alarm management.
    18 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Argosy selects Emerson's Coriolis flowmeters for fuel loading/unloading

    The Micro Motion flowmeters provide Agrosy Technologies with accurate, real-time, in-line measurement data, and provide high measurement performance and maintenance free operation.
    18 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • ASM Consortium visits BP site and focuses on procedures

    The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium met in Hull, UK for a quarterly meeting to discuss their latest research and administrative business.
    17 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Emerson integrates gauging system and wireless for tank farm automation

    System installation costs can be reduced up to 50% by wirelessly connecting the tank farm to the control room, with the added benefit of reducing implementation time as much as 60%.
    17 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • ABB publishes leaflet on new CoriolisMaster mass flowmeters

    According to the leaflet, the new flowmeters provide unmatched measurement accuracies and easy installation and handling in a compact, space-saving design.
    14 September, 2012 | 1 minute
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