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Information Systems

HP Viewpoint: Must devices be certified for use in safety instrumented systems?

Rockwell Automation: Gruhn, P.

For decades, process industries have used different forms of safety control based on what was available in the market. The simple answer to the question of whether SIS devices need to be certified is, "No," but operators and the industry as a whole continue to ask for certification anyway. Why is this?

HP Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

Endress+Hauser’s Loading Metering Skid (LMS) is a solution for the custody transfer of light hydrocarbons—including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and marine gas—to and from tanker trucks, railcars and ships.

Use advanced automation and project management to simplify refinery construction

Yokogawa Corp. of America: Spiropoulos, E.

Process automation in oil refineries is undergoing major changes, driven by customers frustrated by what they consider to be slow and incremental advances from the main automation OEMs in the industry.

HP Automation Strategies: Safety lifecycle management challenges in hydrocarbon processing plants

ARC Advisory Group: Scalia, J.

Many automation and SIS vendors to the downstream HPI do not provide safety lifecycle management software that extends beyond initial commissioning work. In many cases, only the bare minimum SIF proof testing has been performed for the most critical protective and mitigative functions.

HP News

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Recent news events in the global HPI.

HP Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

What's new in HPI innovations

HP Free Literature

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Paper, publication, video and mobile library app support the spread of HPI information and technology.

HP New Developments

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

New product developments in the hydrocarbon processing industry.

YASREF selects Intergraph’s SmartPlant solutions to run Saudi refinery

The implantation team not only gathered large amounts of accurate data but has also validated and audited the data prior to final handovers by EPCs, the company said.

Intergraph, eVision to align on safety solutions

The integration between Intergraph's asset life cycle information solutions and eVision solutions supports improved effectiveness for safety critical operations work processes.