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Improving Drilling Operation Safety and Efficiency
The post Improving Drilling Operation Safety and Efficiency appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog. Over the past several months we’ve been highlighting the recorded versions from the Well...
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Assessing the Natural Gas Processing Market
The post Assessing the Natural Gas Processing Market appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog. This week marks the 70th annual Instrumentation and Automation Symposium for the Process...
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PID Control in 3-Phase Oil and Gas Separation
The post PID Control in 3-Phase Oil and Gas Separation appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog. The PID controller entry in Wikipedia highlights the beginning of...
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Streamlining Reservoir Modeling Workflows
The post Streamlining Reservoir Modeling Workflows appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog. PetroWiki defines reservoir management as: …a dynamic process that recognizes the uncertainties in...
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Complying with Storage Tank Emissions Regulations
If you’re an energy producer here in the United States, you likely already familiar with the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Quad O” regulations, or officially, EPA Title 40, C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart...
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Establishing Effective Corrosion Monitoring
As oil and gas flow through pipes and processing facilities, so do other elements which contribute to corrosion. Effectively managing this corrosion is critical to ongoing safety, reliability, and...
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Managing Pressure and Temperature on Oil and Gas Well Pad Burners
In oil and gas production and transportation, managing temperature and pressure is critical for safe and efficient operations. In a whitepaper, The Significance of Reliable Pressure Control in Oilfield...
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Low Oil Prices Driving Need for More Efficient Production
Click to enlargeI was over in Houston to check in on the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) these past few days. If you’ve never been, it’s absolutely massive and show the enormity of what’s required...
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Integrated Oil and Gas Flow Metering
Custody transfer flow measurement is one of the most exacting and difficult applications in the hydrocarbon supply chain. Pipeline operators typically rely on custom control solutions that require...
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Measurement and Final Control Technology Announcements from OTC
The news was flowing fast and furiously from the recent Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas. I wanted to highlight some of the news from Emerson in case you missed it. Roxar subsea...
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Integrated Oil and Gas Well Testing
Testing the composition of oil, gas, basic sediment and water has historically been a batch-type operation where the flow from a single well has been diverted from a header leading to the production...
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Optimizing Oil and Gas Well Chemical Injection Processes
Given the presence of water in oil and gas producing wells, corrosion in the piping is a problem that must be mitigated. Producers inject chemicals into the production stream to minimize the oxidation...
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Faster Subsea Hydraulic Equipment Startups
Offshore oil and gas producers use hydraulic power to operate much of their subsea equipment. This equipment includes valves, cylinders, motors, manifolds, blowout preventers and remote operated...
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Optimizing Multi-well Gas Lift Operations
As oil prices have remained lower for many months, many oil & gas producers have shifted their priorities from new production to optimizing existing production and reducing operating costs with the...
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Controlling Pressure when Testing Oil and Gas Well Bore Cement
For those not familiar with the oil & gas drilling process, the cement that is between the well bore and outside of the well casing is critical to the overall integrity of the well. PetroWiki...
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Oil and Gas Programs at the Emerson Exchange Denver Conference
Anyone that has worked in the oil and gas industry knows that massive price swings have been with us for decades. Most anyone with several years of experience has stories from boom and bust times. With...
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Improving Offshore Oil & Gas Production Level Measurements
I’ve always held a fascination for offshore oil and gas production. It was my first job out of school as a newly minted Electrical Engineer working as a systems engineer out of New Orleans....
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iOps Command Centers for Oil and Gas Producers
A lot of change is occurring for oil and gas producers. Rapid staffing up to meet the demands of heavy project loads followed by heavy cutbacks of experienced people in the large drop in oil prices...
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Optimizing Oil and Gas Liquids Trucking Operations
One of the byproducts of the shale oil & gas revolution in the United States has been the need for trucking of crude oil where pipelines do not yet exist. In an August E&P magazine article,...
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Managing Coalbed Methane Wells Feeding LNG Plant
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities require careful pressure management on their incoming gas pipelines. In a recent LNG Industry article, Turn it Up (and Down), Emerson’s Michael Calvert describes...
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