Information Systems
Demystify hazardous area classification and compliance assessments
As safety becomes increasingly paramount at hydrocarbon processing facilities, so too does the importance of addressing and clarifying the confusion associated with hazardous area classification (HAC) assessments and compliance auditing in Class 1 locations.
Chevron partners with Microsoft to fuel digital transformation
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Chevron Corporation announced a seven-year partnership with Microsoft Corp. establishing the company as Chevron’s primary cloud provider, accelerating the application of advanced technologies including analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) to drive performance and improve efficiencies.
DWG Selects aeShield platform to support customers in Benelux region
GREENVILLE, South Carolina, USA — aeSolutions announced that DWG, a process, process/functional safety, electrical, automation and IT company in Rotterdam, has selected the aeShield Safety Lifecycle Management platform to support their customers in the Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg Regions.
Certas Energy uses cloud solution to run Danish service station network
HAMBURG/DUBLIN — Certas Energy Retail Europe, part of the Irish group DCC, has moved its operations for another service station network to the cloud. Following the migration in France, Certas Energy is now also controlling its 210 stations in Denmark using Implico Global Operation Services (iGOS), the cloud solution for downstream services.
Schneider Electric and MaxGrip partnership strengthens APM solutions
SAN ANTONIO, Texas–Oct. 4, 2017–Schneider Electric announced a new partnership with MaxGrip that will enable a more comprehensive asset lifecycle management offering that includes assessment services and risk-based maintenance capabilities. This expanded offering will be available as part of Schneider Electric’s Enterprise Asset Performance Management (APM) solution.
Schneider Electric Innovation Summit '17: TechnipFMC optimizes modeling software with partnership
At Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit: Software Conference in San Antonio, Texas, a Day 1 session devoted to downstream oil and gas strategy featured a customer success story of engineering excellence.
Schneider Electric Innovation Summit '17: Mike Rowe promotes embracing discomfort through change at Summit
On Day 1 of Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit: Software Conference in San Antonio, Texas, keynote speaker Mike Rowe—who is known for his role as the host of the Discovery Channel show Dirty Jobs—spoke about embracing the discomfort that comes with necessary change in work processes.
Schneider Electric Innovation Summit '17: The transformative power of digitalization
SAN ANTONIO—At the Day 1 kickoff of Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit: Software Conference in San Antonio, Texas, executives from Schneider Electric, BASF and BP spoke about the transformative power of digitalization for the oil, gas and chemicals industries via Schneider Electric's innovative portfolio of software products.
Gulf Publishing Company Launches LNG Intelligence Service for Energy Industry
HOUSTON — Gulf Publishing Company, a leading media company and provider of market data for the international energy industry, launches today the Energy Web Atlas to provide the downstream energy sector with easy access to information about the LNG industry.
Business Trends: Smart refineries—Leveraging data for operational intelligence
In the highly competitive, capital- and asset-intensive oil and gas industry, demand is growing for the implementation of information technology (IT) practices covering the following functional requirements.
- MOL inaugurated its €1.3-B, 200,000-tpy polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary 5/15
- ExxonMobil completes annual maintenance at Joliet (U.S.) refinery 5/15
- China's CNCEC to build 300,000-bpd Al-Faw refinery in Iraq 5/15
- Itochu to buy green ammonia from HIVE's $5.9-B Coega facility 5/15
- Higher refinery costs could increase summer gasoline prices says US EIA 5/15
- Nextchem completes acquisition of GasConTec, adding new low-carbon hydrogen/methanol to portfolio 5/15
