Author: Jocelyn Sexton Without fail, cybersecurity continues to make headlines. News about data breaches, password protection, identify theft, hacks and viruses are so prevalent, it's easy to feel security fatigue. It can also seem overwhelming to stand vigilant for...
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Wireless Continuous Pump Monitoring
Many of the pumps in process manufacturing and production processes are essential and their failure results in reduced or lost production and increased maintenance costs. In an Upstream Pumping article, Wireless Monitoring Reduces Pump Failures & Maintenance...
Integrated Operations Continue to Deliver Benefits in Today’s Oil Market
Authors: Jeff Dymond and Mike Boudreaux The reality of lower oil and gas prices is driving energy companies to operate differently. The lower price per barrel is squeezing profitability and pushing companies to contain costs, increase reliability, and respond quickly...
From Operators to Cross-Functional iOps Teams
Control rooms where operators monitor and control the process have changed over the years as technologies have advanced. Today with advances in communications technologies, this "room" can extend globally. In a Process Engineering article, Remote Controller, Emerson's...
Monitoring Control Valves with Remote Expertise
An ARC Advisory group study highlighted that "The global process industry loses $20 billion, or five percent of annual production, due to unscheduled downtime and poor quality. ARC estimates that almost 80 percent of these losses are preventable…" Key components in...
Optimize Energy Consumption with Additional Monitoring
In a quick Emerson Exchange 365 Operate & Maintain group discussion post, Plant modernization for energy efficiency and loss control, Emerson's Barbara Hamilton alerted the community to a nice article in Control Engineering Asia magazine. The article with the same...
SureService is a Sure Bet to Improve Your Control System
Author: Jocelyn Sexton SureService is an old name with a new meaning at Emerson. SureService now refers to a new offering from Emerson's Lifecycle Services for DeltaV systems. It includes four tiers of packaged services that make it easier to fill the gaps between...
Secure Out of the Box Myth-Part 2
In Secure Out of the Box Myth-Part 1 we highlighted some of the challenges and misconceptions around effective cybersecurity efforts. Part 1 explored the myths that a system can be made secure without ongoing actions by the end user in collaboration with their...
Secure Out of the Box Myth-Part 1
Last month, a full day was devoted to the issues and practices around cybersecurity at the AFPM (American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers) 2015 Q&A and Technology Forum. Emerson's Neil Peterson was one of the presenters. His presentation, The Myth of...
Managing Pressure and Flow Loops on Acid Gas Absorber
At the request of a reader who commented on the last post, here is another of the 11 examples that Emerson's Mark Coughran shared in his Emerson Exchange Denver presentation, Solving Pressure Control Loop Problems in Hydrocarbon Processing Plants. The commenter wrote:...
Protecting Control Systems with Comprehensive Cybersecurity Programs
Author: Jocelyn Sexton At this year's Offshore Technology Conference, Asset Strategy & Management Program Manager Rick Gorskie talked to oil and gas customers about their concerns regarding cybersecurity. As you can imagine, it's a hot topic. Many of our customers...
Does Flow Loop Make Valve Positioner Unnecessary?
In the Process Control LinkedIn group, a question was asked: Positioners seem very popular now, but most lines with valves have flow meters attached. Won't a flow loop make the positioner redundant? When asked for clarification, the original poster explained: As far...
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