CEMS reporting is mandatory and enforced by local authorities, with fines or penalties when reporting is interrupted. Plants must balance upfront and lifetime cost against regulations that vary by region, emitter type, and gas list. Reliability and serviceability carry as much weight as raw measurement accuracy, because any unplanned downtime is a compliance risk.
The challenge for many refiners is whether the installation risk, outage dependency, and ongoing maintenance burden can be justified. When those barriers remain in place, uncertainty forces conservative decisions. Non-intrusive measurement directly targets those constraints by allowing new measurement points to be added without cutting into piping, breaking containment, or waiting for outages.
Most major refinery incidents do not start with dramatic failures. They start with small, unremarkable changes that go unnoticed until it is too late.
In a Fluid Handling Pro article, “Achieving Precision Measurement with the Roxar Watercut Meter from Emerson” Kelda Dinsdale shares the story of a Chinese refinery that needed to monitor and analyze the crude oil and water going into the desalter unit.
Here is a transformative solution implemented by a leading gas plant provider that delivered remarkable results for a Taiwanese multinational company. This company supplies industrial gases to various sectors, including medical, chemical, and electronic fabrication, and operates in over eighty countries.
Over the last century and more, a few industries have developed large-scale integrated production and distribution systems, covering the span from source to final consumer. Oil and gas are the most obvious, covering all aspects of industrial, commercial, and consumer...
At the Emerson Exchange 2025 Conference, Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo and Doug Cooper joined Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine podcast host Lee Nichols to discuss advanced digital technologies to combat corrosion.
In this quick 2-minute YouTube video, What Is the Measuring Range of the Roxar™ Watercut Meter?, Emerson’s Fiona Butters highlights the enhanced versatility of the Roxar Watercut Meter with the TopCut feature, expanding its range from 0-50% to an impressive 0-100% water cut, perfect for applications requiring a broader range.
I work with a lot of engineers and other mechanically minded people, but I don’t know many that work on their own cars. Maybe an oil change here or there, but the sophistication of today’s engines and internal networks makes DIY work so impractical that it really must...
The global push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly within the aviation sector, is driving a rapid expansion of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. SAF or biojet is a renewable fuel approved for commercial airlines and can be blended up to 50%...
In an article published in both Hydrocarbon Processing and Gas Processing & LNG, Emerson’s Seth Harris examines the technologies necessary to create a revenue stream from carbon capture.
The Rosemount470XA Gas Chromatograph is a compact, economical, and reliable solution that simplifies natural gas analysis in fiscal and custody transfer applications.
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