The oil and gas industry is no stranger to the power of Industry 4.0 solutions that aggregate sensor and planning/forecasting data into a single shared view, as well as deliver valuable analytics and real-time alerting capabilities.
As the technology surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones (FIG. 1), continues to advance, so too do the ways they are used.
The sheer volume of equipment in a refinery—from vessels, columns, huge structures and mazes of pipes to pumps, valves, controllers and instruments—is staggering.
Jenny Hebert and George Yaluris of Albemarle accept the HP Award for Best Catalyst Technology.
A gas processing plant in Malaysia eliminated a source of expensive failures in its acid gas removal unit (AGRU).
Should the chemical industry be satisfied with its existing safety programs, or is change needed to create a new paradigm?
If a fire, smoke or gas leak is detected in a hydrocarbon processing facility, prescriptive actions must be taken by the fire and gas (F&G) safety system, as well as by the process control system (PCS), to mitigate and control the hazard.
Major incidents continue to strike the oil and gas industry at regular intervals.
In April, ExxonMobil launched its 2018 Basestocks Industry Pulse Report.