As control systems and other elements within a plant’s automation architecture moved to commercial off-the-shelf and open source technologies, the need for cybersecurity strategies and practices has grown significantly. For users with Emerson automation technologies, the September 23-27 Emerson Exchange conference in Nashville is the place to be for a wide range of educational courses, […]
One of the longstanding events for knowledge exchange among instrumentation and automation professionals and students is the Instrumentation and Automation Symposium for the Process Industries held annually at Texas A&M University. The next one, its 75th anniversary, will be held January 21-23, 2020. This symposium’s beginning dates back to 1946 as a short course on […]
Last Friday, the Emerson Permian Basin Service Center had its grand opening. It’s a: …new $4 million Permian Basin Service Center to bring enhanced oil and gas technologies and services to the fast-growing region. The technology center is the latest investment in Emerson’s efforts to guide customers on their path to digital transformation and train […]
If you follow the upstream oil & gas industry, you’ll frequently see headlines like this Forbes article, The Permian Basin Continues To Drive Record U.S. Energy Growth. I mention this because I’ll be heading out to Odessa in West Texas for the grand opening of Emerson’s Permian Basin Service Center. The center is staffed with […]
One year ago, Emerson and AspenTech announced an alliance, “to help customers tackle complex problems, optimize operations, and achieve Top Quartile performance.” At the 2019 ARC Industry Forum in Orlando I attended an AspenTech session, Digital Acceleration – Achieving New Levels of Operational Excellence. AspenTech’s Robert Golightly opened highlighting the role of technology in improving […]
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