Software & Controls

Adhering to Flowserve’s Energy Advantage Program recommendations, Heide Refinery is expected to reduce its power consumption by more than an estimated 2,000 MWh per year.

The multi-year contract includes the deployment of wireline, coiled tubing, cementing, tubular running, and more within Petrobras’ salt fields offshore Brazil.

Toshiba ESS, in addition to other partners, will manage the plant construction and maintenance, support for plant restarts, decommissioning, and dismantlement when required.

Digital tools can extend a turbomachine’s life, optimize plant efficiency and maintenance, and more.

The course will use the Agile Engineering Design System (AEDS) and Advanced Rotating Machine Dynamics tools (ARMD) to design and develop an electric turbopump for a notional rocket engine.

ThinkLabs AI is developing a software application that uses intelligent automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve power grid planning.

The project is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 40% compared to its current processes with the help of steam-assisted gravity drainage technology.

Technology designed to reduce carbon emissions is supporting the power generation industry’s move toward decarbonization.

ADNOC acquired an 11.7% equity in Phase 1 of NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project and entered a 20-year LNG offtake agreement from RGLNG Train 4.

The two companies are combining their technologies to report, monitor, and reduce emissions, flammable hydrocarbons, and other potentially dangerous and toxic gases.

TECO will manage the civil work and site operations for two of Taiwan Power's substations, and GE Vernova will supply its STATCOM system and transformer solutions.

The mtu battery energy storage system has an output of 12 MW and a storage capacity of 24 MWh, supporting Encavis AG’s grid stabilization and energy-trading efforts.

Ingersoll Rand and a consortium of partners provided $19 million in financing to accelerate Inkbit’s multi-functional additive manufacturing system, Vision-Controlled Jetting (VCJ).

Lummus will provide its O3S digitalization services to enhance operations and plant performance for Haldia Petrochemical’s ethylene plant in West Bengal.

The investment, partly funded by the Government of Quebec, will upgrade and modernize a power transformer factory and other facilities in Quebec, Canada.

Autonomous Inspection is a software program using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to automate manual processes, manual inspection, and asset monitoring.

The May/June 2024 issue features coverage of the growing carbon-capture industry, a tour of GE Vernova’s Facility in South Carolina, a Q&A on digital ecosystems with Emerson, and more.

The companies signed a multi-year contract to use Gecko’s robotics and AI-driven platform to enhance ADNOC Gas’ operations and maintenance services and reduce emissions across its sites.

The five-year contract covers EthosEnergy’s third-party operations and maintenance (O&M) services on six power plants in the northern region of Mexico.

The company will rehabilitate and upgrade eight steam generator boilers and replace control systems for boilers, steam turbines, and auxiliaries at the Az-Zour South station in Kuwait.

CFD is a great tool, but it takes experienced engineers to get accurate results.

Enea Elektrownia Polaniec (EEP) will install the 290 MVA block transformer, with a voltage of 400 kV, on its power plant’s Unit 9 which uses biomass fuel.

Under the Azeri-Chriag-Gunashli project, bp’s Azeri Central East (ACE) offshore platform is expected to produce up to 300 million barrels of oil in its lifetime off the shores of Azerbaijan.

The combination of the two technologies adds up to 280 MW of additional renewable energy to the electricity grid, with the potential to power over 360,000 homes.

The Baker Hughes conference argued in favor of natural gas as a fuel that can help meet net-zero goals.

SmartSignal is a predictive analytics software that will minimize equipment downtime by detecting, diagnosing, forecasting, and preventing upcoming failures in petrochemical assets.

SLB is acquiring majority ownership in Aker Carbon Capture (ACC) and the two companies will combine technology portfolios, process design experience, and a project delivery platform.

WTUI 2024 supports the user community for the maintenance and repair of aeroderivative gas turbines—with folks from GE Vernova onsite to answer questions—and HRSG.

The blockbuster event tackled energy and power markets, supply chains, net zero, and beyond, but the biggest surprise may have been artificial intelligence.

From ground-based technologies to site design and aerial innovations, the industry continues to use smart devices to abate methane emissions.