Articles
2007
Consider integrated plant design and engineering – Innovative methods that are vital in new project management
Hydrocarbon Processing
Sanjeev Mullick illustrates the innovative work practices now being applied by leading owner-operators and E&C companies, and how integrated engineering environments support the best practices to achieve the project goals and attain new levels of operational excellence.
December 1, 2007
Integrated IT and engineering systems for optimized operating performance.
Fuel Magazine
With leading oil, gas and refining companies adopting strategies to improve operational flexibility and transparency, gain agility and accurate decision making that provides better returns on their capital spending, they’re achieving these objectives through work processes that are standardized and integrated with IT strategies and implemented to drive efficient collaboration within and between different stakeholders.
December 1, 2007
MarketScope - The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Market Continues to Evolve Toward Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM)
Gartner
The manufacturing operations software marketplace is becoming a key competitive field for specialists and megavendors. Gartner compares the major players.
December 1, 2007
Operating Excellence – Modeling for Profits
Upstream Technology Magazine
Growing an E&P company means adding reserves and production capacity each year. Traditionally, firms have grown and been rewarded through discovery using the drill bit, and increasing production once these reserves were developed. With owner-operators and E&C companies leveraging real-time data to improve operations, they’re examining innovative work practices and looking to technologies such as simulation tools to attain new levels of operational excellence and “find” new reserves in the process.
December 1, 2007
Planning Ahead
Hydrocarbon Engineering
China National Offshore Oil Company and AspenTech describe how taking an integrated approach to energy performance early in the design phase can deliver significant improvements in refinery energy efficiency.
December 1, 2007
The Role of Chemical Engineers in Green Engineering – What We Can Do to Support Its Goals
Chemical Engineering
Mike Mendez discusses the crucial role chemical engineers play in the effort to reduce green house gases (GHGs) and resource consumption by creating plant designs that optimize construction and operating efficiencies.
December 1, 2007
Effective Process Planning and Scheduling
Control Engineering
Elinor Price discusses the benefits of integrated planning and scheduling developed in the olefins industry and their extension into many areas of process manufacturing.
November 1, 2007
Consider Better Practices for Refining Operations
Hydrocarbon Processing
To drive operational efficiency, major refining companies are now putting increased focus on managing supply-chain activities as an integrated process, closely connecting refinery planning and scheduling to improve communication and total plant operation.
October 1, 2007
Improve Refinery Margins with Integrated Planning and Scheduling
Hydrocarbon Processing
Fuji Oil discusses their innovative optimization program for planning and scheduling activities, and lessons learned from the two-phase program that stabilized their crude distillation unit (CDU) operation with downstream units.
September 1, 2007
From the Masters to the Masses - Ease of Use and Integration Extend Software Capabilities From Plant Design to the Plant Floor
Chemical Engineering
Sanjeev Mullick provides commentary on the critical nature of data sharing in an integrated environment to drive greater productivity of engineering teams, and the importance of interoperability to complete project tasks more quickly and with greater accuracy.
August 1, 2007
Planning and Scheduling in the Olefins Industry
TCE (The Chemical Engineer)
Elinor Price outlines how an integrated approach to planning and scheduling can provide significant economic and operational benefits for olefins producers.
May 1, 2007
Industrielle Energieeffizienz (German language)
IT & Production
Michael Brodkorb and Eric Petela describe how the latest software solutions can help process manufacturers manage their energy costs in real time.
April 1, 2007
Polymer Process Automation Strategy
TCE (The Chemical Engineer)
Wang Kuiyuan, PetroChina, and Paul Turner and Xu Xianwen, AspenTech, describe how the aspenONE Advanced Process Control for Polymers application has delivered unique advances in production capability and performance for PetroChina, including increased yield, improved product quality, and full automation and optimization of product transitions.
April 1, 2007
Reduce revamp costs by optimizing design and operations
Hydrocarbon Processing
J. J. Lee, B. H. Ye and H. Y. Jeong, Korea Petrochemical Industries Co., and F. J. Alanis, I. Sinclair and N. S. Park, AspenTech, describe the successful revamp of a major ethylene plant which used an innovative approach to process design and optimization to deliver significant financial benefits.
April 1, 2007
Sinopec Speeds Up Its PP Grade Changes
ICIS Chemical Business
News feature highlighting the benefits achieved by Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemicals after implementing the aspenONE Advanced Process Control for Polymers application.
January 29, 2007