Author: Scott Grunwald, Director of Shutdown, Turnaround and Outage (STO) Projects–Lifecycle Services When it comes to shutdown, turnaround and outage (STO) projects, maintenance best practices are a plant's best friend. Shutdown work scopes are becoming smaller with...
In an Forbes article, Emerson CTO Says 'Energy Industry 4.0' Opens A Plethora Of Business Opportunities, Peter Zornio shares examples of the rapid innovations occurring in the energy sector. Peter noted the changing relationship with oil & gas operators: "Emerson...
The complexity of today's capital projects for manufacturers and producers makes it more difficult to execute them on time and on budget. Projects are larger, more technical and have shorter project schedules than ever. At CERAWeek 2018, Emerson's systems &...
Real-time analyzers play an important role in many process manufacturing operations. Some examples include natural gas custody transfer, combustion efficiency monitoring, combustion emissions component analysis, flowing fluid compositional analysis and more. Not only...
As the recaps from last week's CERAWeek conference continue to be published, I wanted to share two more videos with you. You can find many of the video recordings from the conference on the CERAWeek OnDemand Video page. The first recording I'll highlight is a very...
I wanted to share two quick videos from CERAWeek 2017 on how technologies and improved work practices are improving project performance as well as ongoing safety, reliability and efficiency. Emerson Automation Solutions Group President Jim Nyquist explains how Top...
At CERAWeek 2017, Emerson executive president, Mike Train joined a panel to discuss ways for energy service sector companies to effectively navigate a path forward after several difficult years. Here is the abstract of the session: The extreme focus of IOCs and NOCs...
Manufacturing capital projects grow ever larger and more complex. At the ARC Industry Forum, ARC's Dick Hill led a panel, New Approaches to Automation Projects: Reducing Cost and Complexity. This panel included Emerson's Deston Day who is the director of Perfect...
When large capital project teams consider the importance of optimizing ongoing operations and asset management in their designs, the results can impact which quartile the manufacturer and producer operates in compared with their industry peers. In a ControlGlobal.com...
Last week's Petrochemical Engineering & Construction and Gulf Coast Shutdowns & Turnarounds conferences took place in New Orleans. Here are excepts from the full posts over on the Top Quartile Performance site. Beyond Best Practice: The Latest Thinking in...
Author: Scott TurnerThis is the final part in the five part series on how to write an effective User Requirement Specification (URS). The topic of this final post is 'Hardware'. As before, I am really interested in seeing your comments on this. I think understanding...
Executing capital projects grows increasingly difficult as their size and scope continues to expand. I caught up with Emerson's Kevin Jackson who has witnessed this growth over time. Kevin notes that today 65% of projects over a billion dollars fail. Likewise, 35% of...
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