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Built to Endure: The Roxar 2600 Multiphase Flow Meter Supporting Sustainability
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Built to Endure: The Roxar 2600 Multiphase Flow Meter Supporting Sustainability
Jim Cahill
The world is changing. The rising demand for more sustainable business practices mean major transformations for the oil and gas industry. Legacy technologies are getting left behind in favor of advanced solutions that support green initiatives and digital transformation. A 2021 survey by SAP and Oxford Economics found that energy and utilities executives are prioritizing sustainability initiatives to meet increasing regulatory…
13 Apr 2022
Best of Both ESG and Efficiency Goals
Jim Cahill
As more and more oil & gas exploration & production companies look to digitally transform their operations for efficiency and profitability, it may be surprising to learn that the digital oilfield can also help the environment, employee satisfaction, and retention rates. In other words, going digital can help you make significant gains in your ESG strategy. Having abundant data from monitoring systems is great, and…
9 Mar 2022
Applying Advanced Analytics
Jim Cahill
You may assume a cloud-based SCADA platform is just another operational system like all the others. After utilizing data visualization tools and cloud applications embedded in Emerson’s Zedi Cloud Platform , you realize you can turn your data into knowledge for faster and better business decisions. That is what advanced analytics is all about! It’s getting that next level of analytics from your remotely located assets…
3 Mar 2022
Dynamic Multiphase Flow Measurement for Rapidly Changing Conditions
Jim Cahill
At the time of writing this blog post, West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices current stand at over $93 per barrel and rapidly closing in on $100 per barrel. For oil and gas producers, accurate and robust multiphase measurements are critical for managing production with rapidly changing flow conditions. In a quick 2:43 YouTube video, Supporting Automation in Dynamic Multiphase Flow Measurement , Emerson’s Kelda Dinsdale…
11 Feb 2022
Smooth Road to ESG and Fiscal Performance
Jim Cahill
Sometimes there are fears that environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices has to be counterproductive to the bottom line. You read about some organizations promising to blanket the globe with millions of carbon-capturing trees and realize that those trees are also absorbing a lot of capital. Investors may like the leaves in programs like that, but when those programs are fertilized with barrels of red ink, it…
14 Oct 2021
Listening to Oil and Gas Data
Jim Cahill
Now that you’ve automated your production, you’re getting your well site information in real time, not waiting for the pumper to bring in tickets at the end of the day—or the week—and able to react to changes in real time. Welcome to the new, efficient, you. As great as that is, there’s more that we can do for you. If you’ve fully automated everything, your system is collecting thousands of data points every hour…
27 Aug 2021
Roadmap your Digital Transformation
Jim Cahill
When you leverage the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) , with the newest technologies like Emerson’s cloud-based platform with software as a service, automation, and our experts to expand, help you plan or prepare for your operations to be more productive, more profitable and more sustainable through digital intelligence. These technologies enable your workforce to augment workflows and processes to create new efficiencies…
17 Aug 2021
Solid Return on Operational Tech Investing
Jim Cahill
To ecstatic employees everywhere, more and more companies are moving from dreaded, time-wasting daily site trips, stacks of paper records and mind-numbing manual processes to technology to provide answers that are supported by factual data, automating tasks that are driven by analytics, data trends and in some cases even autonomous actions. Downturns, and all the crazy in our world today have made it clear that the…
3 Aug 2021
Effectively Merge Current and Newly Acquired SCADA Data
Jim Cahill
Mergers and acquisitions are a part of life in the oil patch in any economic environment. Sometimes those transactions are fast and furious making our heads spin because of the amount of opportunity they can quickly deliver. The steps taken after the sales transaction has occurred are what really determines the value of the long-term return. Sure, it was hard work putting the deal together and making sure everything…
26 Jul 2021
Advancing Upstream Oil and Gas Production Autonomous Operations
Jim Cahill
Given the remote locations, from offshore platforms to distant onshore well pads, the oil & gas production industry has always led the way in remote operations advancements. In a 4-part available on demand webinar series, Journey to Autonomous Oil & Gas Production , Emerson’s Aaron Boettcher , Adin Nand and Evan West share ways for oil & gas producers to effectively use automation technology to drive digital transformation…
23 Jul 2021
Smarter Rod Pump Management through Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Jim Cahill
With technology supported by our experts, we offer comprehensive solutions to our customers’ challenges. We have developed Emerson’s Zedi Autonomous Rod Pump Management for an advanced solution using artificial intelligence with machine learning capabilities. What is an Autonomous Rod Pump? Autonomous Rod Pump Management is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) application (analytics engine) that identifies anomalies on…
19 Jul 2021
Multiphase Flow and Virtual Flow Metering
Jim Cahill
Flow measurement is critical in oil & gas production operations to measure the oil, gas and water content of producing wells for fiscal allocation, well maintenance, and regulatory reporting. In an Oilfield Technology article, A Sense of What is to Come , Emerson’s Stian Engebretsen , Aurore Plougoulen and Lars Anders Ruden describe technology advancements driving improvements in these flow measurements. They open highlighting…
29 Jun 2021
The Industry’s Top Subsea Wetgas Meter
Jim Cahill
We must marvel at the ingenuity of the first oil and gas producers to tackle subsea production – pioneers who completed the first subsea well on the ocean floor, offshore in California in 1961. Building a wellsite on the seabed invokes a whole new set of difficulties, presenting operators with specific requirements and unique challenges. Fortunately, technology has advanced from those early days to modern, sophisticated…
28 Jun 2021
Podcast: Increase Storage Terminal Capacity through Loading and Unloading Optimization
Jim Cahill
Your Terminal Management System (TMS) handles all the data and business logic required to secure site access to load (or unload) vehicles. The TMS communicates directly with a wide array of physical devices from gate controls to preset batch controllers, with the latter automating and controlling product flow. It plays a large part in your midstream process management and business strategy, as well as how efficiently…
30 Apr 2021
Optimizing Oil and Gas Artificial Lift with Cloud-based SCADA
Jim Cahill
In an Emerson Exchange Americas virtual series presentation, Emerson’s Evan West discusses ways to optimize artificial lift techniques using cloud-based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technologies. Here is his presentation abstract: Tighter CAPEX [capital expenditures] has put more emphasis on a BOE [barrel of oil equivalent] replacement strategy that includes optimizing oil and gas production from…
11 Mar 2021
Technologies for Autonomous Oil and Gas Production
Jim Cahill
In an Emerson Exchange America’s presentation, Cloud & Edge Computing for Autonomous Oil & Gas Production Operations, Emerson’s Julian Sanchez , Tanner Erickson and Cody Edgerton highlight ways to drive more efficient production operations. Here is their presentation abstract: Autonomous production is the vision for operators that are seeking to digitally transform, with the greater goal of putting oil and gas on a…
11 Mar 2021
Oil and Gas Control Line Impact Protection
Jim Cahill
Let’s end the week with a quick video about impact protection for oil & gas production upper completion applications or horizontal and open hole sections. Watch this quick 2-minute PolyOil Manufacturing Processes video to see how PolyOil Control Line Poly-Tector polymer clamps are manufactured in Emerson’s Aberdeen, Scotland facility. Applications for the clamps include ESP, Gauge Line, Fiber Optic/DTS, Chemical…
29 Jan 2021
Integrated Gas Metering Systems
Jim Cahill
Gas metering systems are the cash registers for custody transfer between companies. At the Emerson Exchange Americas Virtual Series, Emerson’s Juan Najera shares some best practices in designing and operating these gas metering systems. Here is his presentation abstract: Accurate flow measurement is the key in custody transfer applications. To ensure a reliable measurement in energy transactions, it is required to incorporate…
10 Dec 2020
Remote Oil and Gas Production Monitoring with Multiphase Flowmeters
Jim Cahill
Emerson’s Norberto Ortigoza presents on the Roxar Multiphase Flowmeter for enabling remote monitoring and data-driven decisions at the Emerson Exchange Americas Virtual Series. Here’s his presentation abstract: Roxar Multiphase Flow Meters are equipped with multiple sensors providing numerous outputs that combined with remote access allow to perform diagnostics that can go beyond its original purpose of measuring the…
3 Dec 2020
Where to Focus to Drive More ROI from a Digital Twin Simulation
Jim Cahill
As manufacturing organizations embark upon their digital transformation journey, an essential starting point is to implement a digital twin. Digital twins deliver value in project execution with easier engineering and testing. When the project is over, the same digital twin enhances daily operations, improving safety and uptime by moving training and process change testing off physical equipment and on to a digital workspace…
13 Nov 2020
Safer Terminal Operations with Continuous Corrosion Monitoring Podcast
Jim Cahill
Many refineries and oil terminals are located beside major stretches of water, either sea or river, to provide a cost-effective transportation route for incoming crude oil and feedstock, and for outing finished products. If left undetected, a hydrocarbon leak resulting from corrosion in a jetty line will go straight into the local water sources causing serious environmental damage to the local ecosystem and to company…
10 Nov 2020
Improving Storage Tank Protection Podcast
Jim Cahill
Storage tanks take up a lot of real estate in storage terminal facilities but are often less cared for in maintenance programs and operations due to difficulties in accessing tank roofs. Although they may not get the same level of attention as other parts of the facility, storage tanks have many inherent risks to personnel, the environment, and other assets if not properly maintained. Tank protection maintenance covers…
28 Oct 2020
Progressing with IIoT on the Cloud for Oil & Gas
Jim Cahill
For many E&P companies considering field automation, it may seem that installing a SCADA system will provide all the information, alarms and control you need to reach your goals, including boosting production and reducing costs. And SCADA does help, but not nearly as much as installing automation through the cloud. In this ever-increasing digital world, people and companies rely more and more on the cloud for data storage…
23 Oct 2020
Roundtable Discussion on Midstream Industry Corrosion Challenges
Jim Cahill
The Golden Triangle of the northern Texas Gulf Coast is home to a sizable number of midstream and downstream petroleum processing and storage facilities. One of the Golden Triangle cities, Beaumont, is home to Lamar University. In 2019, Emerson and Lamar University established a partnership to: …ensure the College of Engineering prepares its students with the latest digital transformation technologies and advanced process…
23 Oct 2020
Remote and Continuous Floating Roof Monitoring for Storage Terminal Safety Podcast
Jim Cahill
Floating roof storage tanks have become an integral part of the storage terminal industry by reducing losses from evaporated, stored product. They also are essential to maintaining environmental compliance, by reducing potential emissions caused by evaporation. However, they can come with their own set of maintenance challenges. Common issues include roofs sinking causing product contamination and weather conditions…
22 Oct 2020
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