Pipelines crisscross the continents bringing energy supplies to where they are needed. Pipeline operators must ensure their integrity by monitoring for leaks, corrosion and operating states such as surge conditions. In a Pipeline Oil & Gas News article, Edge...
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Rotary Vane Valve Actuators for Critical Applications
This quick 3-minute video, Shafer RV Series Rotary Vane Valve Actuators– operating systems for critical pipeline applications illustrates the construction, features benefits and applications for these actuators.
Pipeline Leak Detection Best Practices
A recent LinkedIn post, Leak Detection Market for Oil & Gas worth 2.71 Billion USD by 2020, at a CAGR of 7.1% highlights the purpose of these leak detection systems: …to assist the pipeline operators and monitors in detecting and localizing the leakage. This leak...
Wireless Gas Chromatograph Pipeline Composition Measurement
The Emerson Exchange conference goes way back several decades to the Provox Users Group. The meeting was started by users who wanted to give direct input to the leadership team on fixes, improvements and enhancements. This user led history carries forward to today...
Pipeline Leak Detection with Best Available Technology
Authors: Marc Buttler and Rossella Mimmi On October 8, 2015, the State of California approved and filed Assembly Bill 864 (AB-864) Oil Spill Response: Environmentally and Ecologically Sensitive Coastal Areas. AB-864 enacted the new Government Code Section 51013.1,...
Integrating Leak Detection and Custody Transfer for Pipeline Monitoring
Authors: Rossella Mimmi and Marc Buttler The importance of pipeline integrity is growing in the oil and gas industry. New regions of oil and gas production and growing demand are driving the construction of new pipelines and reversals of existing pipelines. Older...
Pipeline Management throughout the Lifecycle
This article, Throughout the Lifecycle, was first published in Oil & Gas Middle East magazine and is reposted here with permission. Sachin Tere, Business Development Manager, Flow Solutions – Emerson Process Management Pipeline management often poses a challenge...
OTC 2016-Flow Assurance
Successfully and economically getting oil and gas from the reservoir to the point of sale is known as flow assurance. Wikipedia defines it as: …extremely diverse, encompassing many discrete and specialized subjects and bridging across the full gamut of engineering...
Remote Automation Solutions Roadmap
One of the key areas in Emerson Exchange conferences are the roadmap sessions to look at the technologies and services that have come along and a peek the future. Emerson's Stuart Miller led the roadmap session on remote automation solutions. He opened with an...
Establishing Effective Corrosion Monitoring
As oil and gas flow through pipes and processing facilities, so do other elements which contribute to corrosion. Effectively managing this corrosion is critical to ongoing safety, reliability, and efficient operation. In a recent Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)...
Reducing Cavitation in Piping
Emerson's team responsible for Fisher Valves & Instruments products has a great series of YouTube videos on piping cavitation and ways to mitigate the damage that it can cause. Melissa Niesen, a research engineer, uses the Marshalltown Innovation Center flow lab...
Measuring Hydrocarbon Dew Point with Gas Chromatographs
One of the challenges in measuring hydrocarbon gases is the precipitation condensation of liquids, which can impact measurement accuracy and create maintenance issues. Emerson's Shane Hale authors an article, Hydrocarbon Dew Point Measurement Using Gas Chromatographs...
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