Process Control
HP Control: ISA SP95 links plant floor to enterprise
Although enterprise and control systems have evolved down mostly separate paths, they have approached a point where they could meet and exchange data. With the proliferation of information technologies (IT) on the plant floor, today's control and enterprise systems share a common hardware and operating system base.
HPInternet: OSHA
So, you finally bought that petroleum refinery you've been wanting for years. Many folks are buying them lately, why not? Now that you have it, you will need lots of information. Some of the best info..
Linking the plant floor to the enterprise: benefits and pitfalls
Understand data needs of business and production systems for better integration
HPInternet: Latin America oil and gas industry development
This month, let's visit Latin America and see what is happening there. ARPEL, Regional Association of Oil and Natural Gas Companies (http://www.arpel.org/), is an organization devoted to the energy in..
Fieldbus introduces new concepts in process control
Devicebuses and sensorbuses complete the architecture
Fieldbus improves petrochemical plant operation
Reduced design, installation and startup costs provided significant benefits
Fieldbus automates oil production field
ARCO estimates savings of $621,000 per drill site
Foundation fieldbus helps meet regulatory and profitability challenges
The technology simplifies field-level communications and provides new functionality
Getting started with fieldbus – a primer
Use these guidelines to set up an experimental Foundation fieldbus system
Intrinsically-safe fieldbus provides chemical plant savings
Similar conventional and fieldbus installations are compared
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