Jul 23, 2020
Written by Duncan Micklem, Executive Vice President Marketing
The digital twin is by far the most powerful and disruptive of emerging technologies in the process industries today. Taking data from multiple sources, a digital twin can tell a richer story - past, present and future - to achieve superior results.
Jun 11, 2020
Written by Ross Whyte, Business Development Manager, Upstream Digital Solutions
The North Sea is a global center of excellence for sub-sea. Yet it appears to be behind the curve in digitalization in terms of collaboration and the sharing of data. Is it too late for the UK North Sea to flourish as it once did?
May 18, 2020
Written by Alessandro Speranza, Product Champion, PVT Technology
A progress update on a research project that was to generate new data for enhanced prediction of mercury solubility in oil and gas processing activities.
May 13, 2020
Written by Sanjay Bhargava, Principal Consultant
Do you have an accurate representation of your plant to drive the right decisions in your organization at this critical time?
Apr 22, 2020
Written by Stephen George, Chief Economist; Mark Routt, Chief Economist Americas
With an increased awareness of digitalization, the pace of business’ digital strategy is accelerating. Digital Twins are becoming core to business success and will drive operational excellence and give an organization’s single point of “truth".
Apr 01, 2020
Written by Duncan Micklem, Executive Vice President Marketing
Value chain manufacturing is pivoting from optimizing return on capital employed, to optimizing production to address industry’s license to operate.
Mar 27, 2020
Written by Duncan Micklem, Executive Vice President Marketing
Every cloud has a silver lining. If there’s anything positive to take away from the COVID-19 situation, it’s that it forces innovation and enterprise resilience.
Mar 03, 2020
Written by Pablo Jimenez-Asenjo, Visual MESA Global Business Line Leader
In a recent interview with Pablo Jimenez-Asenjo on his new role, leading the Visual Mesa technology business, we asked him how technology can aid sustainability and its economic, environmental and social elements.
Sep 04, 2019
Written by Joseph Ting and Duncan Micklem
Digital twin technology is not a new trend in the energy industry, yet there is still a lot of confusion as to what exactly these twins are and what is their use value. Here we provide an overview of the role of digital twins in the modern energy, chemical, and process manufacturing industries.
Mar 11, 2019
Written by Duncan Micklem
The energy and chemical industry is a conservative one. Its processes may be complex and there’s more risk involved, but its outdated technology is in need of an upgrade if companies are going to move into the digital age. Find out what the process industries learn from the music sector in their Digitalization strategies.
Jan 29, 2019
Written by Duncan Micklem, EVP Strategy and Marketing
All companies are at a different stage of their Digitalization journey and knowing how to get started can often prove challenging. Here, KBC's Duncan Micklem explores four Digitalization projects digitally wise businesses should start today.
Jan 21, 2019
Written by Alessandro Speranza, Product Champion
Whilst previously upstream producers have focused on managing their assets for maximum production volume, in the current business environment the main thrust should be on growth. One key growth pathway is flow assurance in pipelines and networks. Here, Alessandro Speranza, Product Champion at KBC, explores how effective KPI setting, analytics and digital twin technology will drive flow assurance.
