Author: Chip Bremer At Tuesday's Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Technical Session "Digitalization Deployed: Case Studies," Emerson Automation Solutions' Chief Technology Officer Peter Zornio provided insight on how digital transformation can "close the loop" in...
Offshore Technology Conference
Driving Capital Project Success
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is in full swing this week over in Houston. While onshore oil & gas production has been getting all the attention with the Permian Basin here in Texas, offshore production is making big strides around the globe. A Forbes...
Is There Still A Missing Link in Intelligent Completions?
The growth in intelligent completions has surpassed all expectations over the last few years, with industry analysts such as Technavio predicting continued growth of as much as 5% year on year between now and 2023. High profile examples around the world include the...
New Pressure Sensor Technology for Offshore Oil and Gas Applications
Author: Chip Bremer At the May 6-9 Offshore Technology Conference, Emerson's David Andrew will discuss a new pressure sensor technology that could have a significant impact in a variety of offshore and downhole oil and gas applications. The single crystal integrated...
Improving Pressure Relief Valve Fugitive Emissions
In an earlier post, Creating Pressure Relief Valve Fugitive Emissions Testing, we described the advancement of this effect to create standards in this area. I joined Emerson's Dr. Amr Gado and Calvin Deng as they presented this work in an Offshore Technology...
Filling Gaps in Global Safety Standards
A safety instrumented function (SIF)'s purpose is to reduce the risk of a specific hazard. For example, an upset condition in an oil and gas production separator may cause a series of SIFs within a safety instrumented system (SIS) to shut in the wells feeding the...
Taking on Digital Transformation in Steps
Emerson's Jose Jimenez pinch hit for Jonas Berge who was unable to make it to the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) to present, Digital Transformation and IIoT for Oil and Gas Production. Jose opened highlight the need for oil & gas operating companies to...
Driving Operational Improvements in Oil and Gas Production
Emerson's Jose Jimenez presented at the 2018 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) about how leverage field intelligence to advance an Operational Certainty strategy. He explored the role of automated procedures in improving operational performance. Jose opened sharing...
Connecting Experts from Afar for Oil and Gas Producers
Here at the 50th annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, Emerson chief technology officer Peter Zornio joined a technical session on Digitalization in offshore and onshore oil & gas production. Peter talked about how traditional control room has...
Valves for Frequent Cycling, High Pressures and Temperatures
David Leavitt described an application of high-cycling valves in a dehydration process at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas. I recapped his presentation last week in a post, Triple Offset Valves and Molecular Sieve Adsorption Applications. He...
Triple Offset Valves and Molecular Sieve Adsorption Applications
Adsorption, different from absorption, is the process of the: …adhesion of atoms, ions or molecules from a gas, liquid or dissolved solid to a surface.[1] In process manufacturing operations, adsorption is sometimes used in dehydration or purification processes. In...
Growing Offshore Oil and Gas Reservoir Recovery Rates
While oil prices continue to recover after a long industry slump, the challenge has now shifted to finding experienced people to plan and execute projects after so many have left the oil & gas industry. One way to address this skills and experience shortage is to...
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