Smart manufacturing is a topic that has generated considerable discussions within industry and standards organizations.
Refineries and chemical processing plants are complicated to model, control and optimize.
A common misconception in largescale process manufacturing is that minimizing downtime by increasing reliability is the key to increasing profitability.
Machine condition monitoring has been playing an increasingly important role in industrial asset healthcare for many years.
Oil and gas companies are looking for quick ways to reduce OPEX amid the pandemic and oil and gas market crises.
Inventory sharing, per se, is not a new concept; rather, it is a popular practice in the wholesale and distribution business.
Composite materials have been utilized for the repair of corroded or damaged piping in refineries, chemical plants and other highly aggressive operating and production plants around the world for decades.
Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Andrew McCloskey, Chief Technology Officer and Head of R&D at AVEVA, about how digital twins and cloud-based services are used, their benefits and challenges, security issues, etc., as related to the downstream oil and gas, refining and petrochemicals industries.
Global refining margins showed mixed results.
Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database is tracking nearly 1,400 projects around the world.