Process Controls
Digital Feature: Unlocking untapped value: The pathway to a midstream pipeline virtual control room via human-centric industrial autonomy
Analysis indicates a compelling opportunity for vertically integrated midstream operators. By transitioning to advanced automation in pipeline control rooms, one can unlock significant value and drive margin expansion. This represents a substantial, often untapped, lever for profitability enhancement within the vertically integrated energy value chain.
Argent LNG to assess Honeywell's digital technology at Louisiana LNG terminal (U.S.)
Honeywell and Argent LNG have signed an agreement to assess the use of Honeywell’s innovative pretreatment solutions at a new LNG export terminal to be constructed in Port Fourchon, Louisiana (U.S.)
Optimizing gas analysis in carbon capture, utilization and storage
The CCUS market encompasses wide-ranging applications, with different challenges when it comes to gas analysis. No two CCUS applications are the same, and each therefore requires a tailored approach to best meet gas analysis requirements. The selection of a gas analyzer depends on more than the gases that it can detect, as it must also consider the number of gases that can be measured by a single system, precision and accuracy of the measurement, complexity of the installation, ongoing maintenance requirements, lifecycle costs, and other factors.
Innovations
These are some of the latest innovations in the gas processing and LNG sector.
Yokogawa launches OpreX Plant Stewardship
Yokogawa Electric Corp. has launched its OpreX™ Plant Stewardship, the most comprehensive lifecycle service program in the company’s OpreX Sustainable Maintenance family, to support customers in achieving and sustaining operational excellence.
Yokogawa enhances IT/OT integration with new release of OpreX Collaborative Information Server
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the release of the latest version of OpreX™ Collaborative Information Server (CI Server), with enhancements that streamline application assembly and improve external connectivity.
Schneider Electric announces new OT cybersecurity for SCADAPack™ used in critical infrastructure
Schneider Electric announced new (operational technology) OT cybersecurity functionality for SCADAPack™ 470i and 474i. Critical infrastructure customers can now securely manage RTU access in harsh environments as easily as they can manage their employees’ email access.
Emerson to acquire remaining outstanding shares of AspenTech
Emerson will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of AspenTech not already owned by Emerson for $265/share pursuant to an all-cash tender offer. The transaction values the minority stake being acquired at $7.2 B, and values the total company at a fully diluted market capitalization of $17 B with an enterprise value of $16.8 B.
Yokogawa and UptimeAI partner to deliver operational excellence through AI-powered APM
Yokogawa Electric Corp., a global leader in industrial automation and control, and UptimeAI Inc., a provider of a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI)-based operational excellence platform designed to mimic experts in identifying and solving operational issues, have announced a strategic agreement aimed at dramatically enhancing asset performance management (APM) in industrial plants.
Enhance the performance of panel operators using a visualization tool in an LPG plant
The effective operation of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant relies heavily on the competence and efficiency of panel operators during their shifts. However, traditional methods of operation often lack real-time visibility and comprehensive data analysis, leading to inefficiencies and potential safety hazards. This article proposes the integration of visualization tools into LPG plant operations to enhance the performance of panel operators.
ADNOC, AIQ developing first-of-a-kind agentic AI solution for global energy transformation
ENERGYai will combine large language model technology with cutting-edge ‘agentic’ AI – AI ‘agents’ that are trained in specific tasks across ADNOC’s value chain. These specialized AI agents bring a new level of autonomy and precision to critical tasks, from seismic analysis to energy efficiency and real-time process monitoring.
Flare system design: Liquid pockets in flare headers
Flare and relief systems are the last line of defense against plant emergency overpressure and loss of containment. Therefore, the efficient design, management and maintenance of these systems are vital for safe operations throughout the lifecycle and operation of a plant.
The Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards 2024 winners honored at live Houston gala
The 2024 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards was held on Wednesday evening at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas (U.S.). The black-tie gala recognized the energy industry’s leading innovations and thought leaders.
ABB signs agreement to support major LNG export project in the US
ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Argent LNG to collaborate on automation and electrical solutions for a liquefaction facility at Port Fourchon in Louisiana (U.S.).
ADNOC deploys pioneering AI-enabled process optimization technology
Following successful initial operations, ADNOC announced the deployment of an industry leading artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled process optimization technology--Neuron 5--across all ADNOC facilities across thousands of critical pieces of equipment essential for production, including compressors, valves and generators.
Best practices for proper alarm management
Process alarms are critical safeguards put into place on operating units to enable operators to avoid incidents that impact a company’s safety, reliability and bottom line. It is absolutely essential to any safe facility operation that alarms are properly managed and utilized to address real and consequential operational issues before they become incidents.
ABB to upgrade gas turbine control system to boost reliability, efficiency at Singapore power plant
ABB has been commissioned to upgrade one of the turbine control systems at the 1,300-MW Keppel Merlimau Cogen (KMC) combined-cycle gas turbine on Jurong Island in Singapore, to improve efficiency and reliability.
Innovations
KECO has introduced the OxyHound, a highly-efficient process gas analyzer that conducts real-time and continuous oxygen analysis of natural gas, biogas and other gas streams.
Palentir Technologies, Tree Energy Solutions partner to utilize AI for energy transition
Palantir Technologies Inc. and Tree Energy Solutions announced a multi-year partnership to leverage Palantir’s cutting-edge AI software in TES’s mission to drive the green energy transition and accelerate global decarbonization.
Protecting LNG processes
The LNG process chain includes several complex and diverse processes, from extraction, liquefaction and transport to consumption. To ensure the safety of these processes, pressure relief devices such as safety valves and rupture discs are required throughout various aspects of the LNG process chain to prevent serious accidents caused by overpressure.
Siemens accelerates hydrogen ramp-up with generative artificial intelligence
To accelerate the hydrogen ramp-up, the technology company Siemens will be supporting companies in the hydrogen industry with software tools based on generative artificial intelligence.
Seeq selected by Equinor for enterprise-wide analytics
Seeq, a leader in industrial analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and monitoring, and Equinor, an international energy company, have announced a multi-year commercial agreement for the Seeq Industrial Analytics and AI platform to be leveraged across Equinor’s global assets to further accelerate digital transformation outcomes.
Hexagon and Dragos unveil technical partnership to strengthen industrial cybersecurity
Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division announced a strategic partnership with Dragos, a global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology.
Nozomi Networks extends partnership with Yokogawa to deliver OT and IoT security services worldwide
Nozomi Networks Inc. announced it has extended its partnership with Yokogawa Electric Corporation, to address global demand for managed security services and solutions designed to holistically satisfy the unique OT and IoT cybersecurity requirements of process manufacturers.
Yokogawa launches OpreX Robot Management Core
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the development and release of OpreX Robot Management Core, a software application in the OpreX Asset Management and Integrity family and will go on sale on March 22, 2024.
How tech is laying the foundation for future LNG success and compliance
This work details some of the ways LNG operators are embracing and deploying technology to close the gaps that exist in their ESG compliance infrastructures and emerging operational needs.
Navigating the complex LNG value chain
Capturing efficiency and visibility across the LNG value chain is possible with modern technologies. This article examines how boundless automation is managing data seamlessly from the field to the edge and into the cloud. This includes a move toward holistic, seamlessly integrated energy logistics software solutions that help operators visualize and manage the LNG value chain from end-to-end.
Optimized high-pressure injection system design
This article details an optimization opportunity that was taken in a high-pressure injection system after a thorough evaluation during the Hawiyah Unayzah Gas Reservoir Storage (HUGRS) project in Saudi Arabia.
How boil-off gas APC exceeded expectations at an Australian LNG plant
The use of advanced process control (APC) technology on LNG liquefaction trains is well accepted with some of the earliest implementations developed in the late 1990s.
Shell target asset management efficiencies across new projects
Shell has contracted ABL's specialist master data build and optimization software - Effio, to support a number of its large-scale newbuild projects including LNG Canada, Crux and Jackdaw.
- Three killed, two injured in accident at LNG construction site in Texas (U.S.)
- Update: How Germany is building up LNG import terminals
- IEEFA: Europe’s LNG imports decline 19% with gas demand at 11-yr low
- TotalEnergies and partners launch the 2nd phase of Northern Lights CCS project
- Digital Exclusive: The value of experience—Why expertise matters in compressor overhauls and revamps
