The Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation Plays a Key Role in Air Liquides Drive for Operational Excellence
Multivariable Model Predictive Control (MPC) has helped Air Liquide (AL) for more than twenty years control Air Separation Units (ASU’s). AL realized that their legacy MPC software was becoming increasingly costly to maintain and was not taking advantage of technological progress in the field. Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation (PACE) was selected to be AL’s new standard MPC platform. A multi-year campaign is underway to deploy PACE at AL’s operational facilities domestically and internationally.
US oil and gas downstream pivots to digitalization to sustain excellence
The timely combination of US tax reforms and changes to the global bunker fuel specifications in 2020 are poised to turn US oil and gas downstream into a cash generating machine. Our Chief Economists believe the net result will be US refiners flush with cash and looking for more investments to improve their bottom line.
View whitepaperFuture of Energy special report
Demand and supply of oil and gas are set to change, but it is likely consumption will continue to rise for some time, despite environmental pressures. Find out more, with comment from our Chief Economist Stephen George, in the latest ‘Future of Energy’ report published in The Times.
View whitepaperAggressive optimization programs are critical for the survival of marginal refiners
The global refining industry is constantly evolving and responding to new crude supplies and sources, more stringent fuel/product specifications, perpetually changing demand patterns and other global and regional trends. Increased competition from large, efficient refineries is forcing small- to mid-sized refiners to rethink their strategies to remain competitive.
View whitepaperNOC-on effect: How National Oil Companies are changing the face of the industry
A new era of game changing competition in the refining industry is upon us. National Oil Companies (NOCs) are increasingly flexing their commercial muscles in refined oil product markets. How can oil companies future-proof their current investments and quickly adjust to this new reality? Read what our Chief Economists have to say in our market insight viewpoint.
View whitepaperSuccessfully harnessing new digital technologies to assure maximum plant performance
A wealth of new and powerful digital technologies have been promising great benefits to the oil and gas industry for a number of years. In this viewpoint we outline the barriers to successfully turning data into dollars, and how new approaches are beginning to cause a disruptive step change in performance.
View whitepaperOperational excellence in refining and petrochemicals
Operational excellence survey of 100 operations leaders to understand trends, developments and solutions affecting the industry.
View whitepaperWhat happens when 25% of your workforce retires in 5 years?
How a multi-pronged workforce development program can address competitive and demographic pressures faced by refineries and petrochemical plants.
View whitepaperThe effect of the thermodynamic model and parameters in process modeling
In this paper, we analyze the effect of the choice of the thermodynamic model, in the context of fluid modelling for the purposes of process simulation in oil and gas applications.
View whitepaperPetro-SIM as a dynamic process simulation tool in OTS environment
This document is intended for Petro-SIM®/OmegaLand customers who are seeking to see these widely accepted simulation tools to work together as a fully functional OTS solution.
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