Information Systems

Project Management: Global trends in energy savings: Are emerging technologies the solution?

Despite low energy prices, energy conservation continues to be an important component of business strategy in the oil refining and chemical industries.

Emerson to acquire UK-based Permasense Ltd.

Emerson has agreed to acquire UK-based Permasense Ltd., a provider of non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technologies for heavy industries, including refining, chemical, and pipelines.

Automation Strategies: Identify challenges in alarm management

ARC Advisory Group recently conducted a survey on practices and trends in alarm management in the process industries.

German petroleum industry discusses future of electronic data exchange

Representatives of the major players in the German petroleum industry convened at Implico’s headquarters in Hamburg for the twelfth meeting of the IFLEXX Community.

Oil and gas industry joins forces in fight against cybercrime

Cyber security is a growing issue in the oil and gas sector since critical network segments in production sites, which used to be kept isolated, are now connected to networks.

HTRI acquires SmartPM fouling management software and services

HTRI, a provider of research, software and services to the thermal process industries, has acquired SmartPM from IHS Markit, a business information provider.

Honeywell UOP introduces IIoT software to improve plant performance

Honeywell UOP is introducing a new software-based service designed to allow refiners and petrochemical and gas processing plants to improve performance.

GE Digital acquires Meridium to enhance asset performance management software

Integration of Meridium’s offerings into GE’s Predix platform gives customers greater access to APM capabilities and enables more rapid realization of Industrial Internet value.

New intelligent, cyber-secure standalone power supply from Bedrock Automation

Schneider Electric releases Unit Performance Suite for the oil and gas industry

Schneider Electric has released software for the oil and gas industry that packages closed-loop, real-time optimization with monitoring and workflow in a single solution for refineries.