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The site brings value to the users of Advanced Process Control (APC) technology within the Refining and Petrochemical industry by providing up-to-date information, which is essential when installing, upgrading or maintaining the technology. We strongly believe that the application of APC technology is highly profitable and are therefore promoting its wide use through exchange of ideas and technical discussions among the users and the suppliers. We also believe that this goal can only be achieved through an independent virtual community with no affiliations to the software and engineering companies. |
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Shell Incident Under Review
May 9th, 2013 6:24am:Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner’s Office says it can’t comment on a request from Ecojustice to have the Ministry investigate a few recent incidents at Shell’s Corunna Refinery.
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AspenTech Kicks Off OPTIMIZE™ 2013 with Launch of New Software
OPTIMIZE 2013, BOSTON — May 6, 2013 —
Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, kicked off OPTIMIZE 2013 with the launch of industry innovations for process manufacturing and significant enhancements to the company’s Engineering and Manufacturing and Supply Chain products.
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AspenTech Introduces First Content Marketplace for Process Optimization with aspenONE® Exchange
OPTIMIZE 2013, BOSTON — May 6, 2013 —
Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced aspenONE Exchange, the first content marketplace for the process industries. Another industry first from AspenTech, aspenONE Exchange revolutionizes process design by providing engineers with a one-stop shop
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U.S. Refining Margins Increase
May 06, 2013:
Baker & O’Brien’s first quarter 2013 PRISM™ analysis reports generally higher U.S. refining margins, except for PADD 4, which declined due to seasonal effects
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Dresser-Rand Introduces Newest Model of its DATUM® Centrifugal Compressor
HOUSTON-May 6, 2013-Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power, and process industries, reached a milestone when it sold its 1,000th DATUM® centrifugal compressor-the new DATUM I centrifugal compressor-to Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) to supplement capacity on its existing Abkatun-D Platform located in the Tabasco Field in the Bay of Campeche
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ICONICS Announces Hyper Historian™ Version 10.8
Chicago, Illinois – WINDPOWER 2013 – May 5 - 8 – Booth 2417 – ICONICS, winner of the Microsoft® Sustainability Partner of the Year award, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of Web-enabled Plant Historian and industrial visualization software for Microsoft Windows® operating systems, announced the release of Hyper Historian™ V10.8. Hyper Historian is a high speed,
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MAVERICK Technologies, Logos Technologies and Global Velocity Partner to Safeguard U.S. SCADA Systems from Hackers
COLUMBIA, Ill. (May 2, 2013) — MAVERICK Technologies, the largest independent systems integrator in North America, announced today a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Logos Technologies and Global Velocity to develop a solution set to protect U.S. national infrastructure from potential cyber-attacks.
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AspenTech Announces CEO Transition Plan
BURLINGTON, MA — April 30, 2013 —
Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced an executive transition plan to take place over the next two quarters.
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Emerson extends alarm management and actuator capability
Houston, Texas (April 30, 2013) -- Emerson Process Management has released cost-saving new diagnostic capabilities in its FieldQ rack & pinion fully integrated valve actuator and controls. The updated capabilities greatly simplify daily work practices with the release of FieldQ Foundation fieldbus Version 3, with device diagnostic alarm management in a flexible modular package.
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SL Corporation Launches RTView Enterprise Monitor 1.2 for Application (APM) and Service-Level System Monitoring
Corte Madera, CA – April 30, 2013 – SL Corporation, a leading provider of application and service-level system monitoring solutions, announced the launch of the RTView Enterprise Monitor (EM) 1.2 platform, an end-to-end visibility and control system tailored specifically for application support teams.
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Human Reliability offers next big opportunity for improving industrial profitability and safety
Houston, Texas, USA — April 25, 2013 —PAS, a software solutions provider, today declared themselves “The Human Reliability Company” reflecting the company’s commitment to developing products to empower the human factor at the plant facility – the operator.
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Emerson certified for process systems cyber security
AUSTIN, TEXAS (April 24, 2013) – Emerson Process Management’s DeltaV™ digital automation system and its project and engineering support services have successfully passed annual best practice standards set by Wurldtech Security Technologies, a world leader in protecting mission-critical connected systems and devices.
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Success Story – Alarm Managment
April 18, 2013:
PPCL was recently implement in a Saudi refinery with a reported 85% reduction in standing alarms and a 50% reduction in alarms per minute.Here are the details. There were a total of 993 process variables that both had process variable alarm limits provided and data present in the
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Honeywell Selected By Idemitsu Kosan To Modernize Automation System At Refining And Petrochemical Complex
TOKYO, JAPAN, April 18, 2013 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced that Idemitsu Kosan has selected Honeywell’s Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) to modernize the integrated control room at its Tokuyama Refining and Petrochemical Complex to promote operational efficiency, safety and reliability.
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How Microsoft Quietly Built the City of the Future
15 April, 2013:
A small, covert team of engineers at Microsoft cast aside suggestions that the company spend US$60 million to turn its 500-acre headquarters into a smart campus to achieve energy savings and other efficiency
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