This article was first published in the Spanish language—La actualidad del mercado de hidrocarburos ofrece importantes oportunidades en refinerías y petroquímicas in Instrumentacion y Control magazine and is translated and posted with permission from the publisher....
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers annual meeting took place this past March in San Francisco. In a Hydrocarbon Processing magazine recap of day 3 from the conference, Emerson's Ed Schodowski shared ways to improve refinery performance in an article,...
Alarms in the process are a normal part of life for plant operators. But, when improperly designed and implemented, they can be more of a nuisance, and potentially mask abnormal situations when they come flooding in. Emerson's Marcelo Carugo shared an article with me...
The AFPM [American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers] is: …a trade association representing high-tech American manufacturers of virtually the entire U.S. supply of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, other fuels and home heating oil, as well as the petrochemicals used as...
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...
Update: Thank you to CHS' Eric Wheatcroft and the Emerson Exchange Board for the OK to share this presentation with everyone. You'll find much more to the story, such as all the controlled, manipulated, constraint and disturbance variables that were included in the...
The complexity in crude oil refining has grown due to many factors including mix of crude oil feedstocks, government regulations, and increasingly global customer base for refined product. In a Hydrocarbon Processing article, Improve refinery flexibility and...
Sometimes a good discussion occurs among experts in a collaboration application within the Emerson firewall. Today's post is an example. Emerson's Jonas Berge was asking the global community of consultants and interested parties in refining about the manually operated...
For refiners challenged with increasing regulations, blending operations are a major area where automation investments can help meet these regulations and improve operational performance. Emerson's Marcelo Carugo, who leads the refining and petrochemical industry...
While process automation has concerns spanning all industries, each industry has its unique challenges due the process, regulatory environment, climate, raw materials and other considerations. I mention this since the industry forums on one of the key ways...
For refineries, inline blending of gasoline, distillates, jet fuel and kerosene can improve overall performance by: …reducing the blend time, the need for excessive storage capacities and mix tanks, maintenance manpower and costly quality giveaway. In the final...
As global refiners strive to meet ever-tightening regulations, the performance of measurement and final control devices can have a big impact in meeting this challenge. The third Refinery Blending Series webinar recording, Improving measurement and control in blending...
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