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Marathon Petroleum selects Axens technologies for digital monitoring and optimization

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC; Findley, Ohio; www.marathonpetroleum.com) has contracted Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to provide its Connect'In services for realtime process monitoring and optimization of multiple Continuous ...

Mary Page Bailey | January 7 2019 9:15 am

Saudi Aramco invests in IIoT blockchain-security firm Xage

Silicon Valley-based Xage Security announced an investment from Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saev.com), a subsidiary of ...

IIOT | January 4 2019 3:55 pm

Interoperability Standards Evolve as Industrial Connectivity Advances

In the current economy, industry leaders are often determined by their ability to operate more efficiently, with higher quality, and at a lower cost ...

Chemical Engineering Staff | January 1 2019 12:00 am

The Balanced Burner

Modern combustion technologies help processors safely meet emissions standards, while optimizing the process Combustion is integral to many chemical ...

IIOT | December 21 2018 8:04 pm

Steel Plants Can Benefit From Digitalization

In today's competitive business environment, steel plants can benefit from implementing digitalization in their operations. Read More at Forbes

Mary Page Bailey | December 17 2018 5:17 pm

Saudi Aramco and Raytheon form cybersecurity joint venture

Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Ma.; www.raytheon.com), through its subsidiary Raytheon Saudi ...

Mary Page Bailey | December 12 2018 9:35 am

Saipem identifies cyber-attack on its servers

Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) provider Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) announced the identification of a ...

Advances in laser technology may lead to new chemical sensors

Most lasers emit photons of exactly the same wavelength, producing a single color. However, there are also lasers that consist of many frequencies, with equal intervals in between, as in the teeth of a comb; thus, they are referred to as "frequency combs." ...

IIOT | December 11 2018 3:20 pm

Siemens supports extending standardization activities for OPC UA

Siemens shares the vision of the OPC Foundation to extend the scope of OPC UA down to field level communication and is looking forward to ...

Mary Page Bailey | December 10 2018 11:42 am

Intelligent automation brings benefits for petroleum refining, healthcare, finance and more

Intelligent Automation Week (Dec. 3–6; Austin, Tex.; https://intelligentautomationevent.iqpc.com/) brought together representatives from many ...

Gerald Ondrey | December 5 2018 8:24 am

Lloyd’s Register unveils AllAssets to digitalize inspection and maintenance for the oil-and-gas sector

Lloyd's Register (LR; www.lr.org), a leading global provider of engineering and technology-centric professional services, today launched ...

Gerald Ondrey | December 3 2018 5:17 am

Siemens and Aker Solutions to Strengthen Digital Offerings through Strategic Collaboration

Aker Solutions (Fornebu, Norway; www.akersolutions.com) and Siemens AG (Munich and Berlin, Germany; www.siemens.com) have signed a strategic ...

Sonal Patel | December 2 2018 11:00 pm

Cyber Breaches: Is Fear Misplaced?

The power sector’s terror of a debilitating cybersecurity attack is magnified seemingly every day as new vulnerabilities or destructive threat ...

Dorothy Lozowski | December 1 2018 12:00 am

Keeping up with automation

Last month, news broadcasts announced that an artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor, said to be the world’s first ever, had gone live in ...

Engineering & Construction (E&C): Modeling Integration Enables Optimized Execution

As E&C companies strive to develop Building Information Modeling (BIM) 6D models for the owners and operators of CPI facilities, strong efficiency gains benefit all parties Truly transformational change is

Joy LePree | December 1 2018 12:00 am

Modern Simulation Tools: Expanding Applications

New user-friendly solutions help chemical processors tackle tasks beyond design and optimization Initially, steady-state simulation was used in the ...

Mary Page Bailey | November 30 2018 11:12 am

Ametek completes acquisition of condition-monitoring specialist Spectro Scientific

AMETEK, Inc. (Berwyn, Pa.; www.ametek.com) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Spectro Scientific, a leading provider of machine ...

Mary Page Bailey | November 28 2018 10:26 am

Aveva Announces Global Digitalization Partnership with KBR

AVEVA (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) announced that KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has signed a multi-phase agreement wherein AVEVA will contribute to ...

IIOT | November 26 2018 2:49 pm

Elephants' Power of Smell Inspiration Behind New Chemical Sensors

They explore, interpret, and understand their world with such sensitivity that people have enlisted canines to help solve crime and detect cancer on ...

IIOT | November 26 2018 2:13 pm

Global Smart & Intelligent Pumps Market: Forecasted to Reach $2,741.8 Million by 2023

Dublin, Nov. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Smart & Intelligent Pumps Market: Focus on Pump Type (Centrifugal Pump and Positive ...

Gerald Ondrey | November 26 2018 2:34 am

Fluor selected for lithium and boron mine project in Nevada

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www-fluor.com) says that ioneer Ltd. has selected Fluor to deliver its lithium and boron mine outside of Tonopah, Nevada. ...

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