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Robotics in Practice: Inside a Deployment at the Northern Lights CCS Facility

A robot named Roberta is now an integral part of operations at the Equinor-operated Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility in Øygarden, on Norway's west coast. The robot equips Equinor's team with autonomous inspection capabilities, allowing for continuous…

Borouge completes proof-of-concept on AI-enabled autonomous operations in collaboration with Honeywell

Borouge Plc (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; www.borouge.com) today announced the successful completion of a proof of concept for AI-powered autonomous operations at its Ruwais facility, delivered in collaboration with Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com). The milestone supports Borouge’s strategy to…

Tools for the Smart Plant

A New Vision for Chemical Manufacturing In the fast-evolving chemical industry, leveraging AI and real-time data is the key to staying ahead. This whitepaper explains how the Smart Visual Factory approach is transforming production processes, increasing efficiency, and enabling smarter…

Can You Trust Your Process Simulation Results?

Understanding both the limitations of process simulations and the assessments that can be performed to verify modeling results are important in the design and development of technical processes in many industries Chemical engineers routinely use process simulation software for design,…

Securing the Industrial Edge: Protecting Legacy Systems in the IIoT Era

Edge platforms, which provide a liaison between networks and legacy equipment, can provide a layer of cybersecurity protection without infrastructure modifications Chemical processing facilities worldwide are connecting decades-old equipment to modern networks for real-time monitoring and optimization. While this digital…

BASF and D-Wave Quantum complete joint proof-of-concept project on manufacturing optimization

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.; www.dwavequantum.com), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), one of the world’s leading chemical companies, today announced the completion of a joint proof-of-concept project that used a…

Natural gas contaminant measurement made easy

Advanced technology for continuous measurements of multiple natural gas contaminants for custody transfer, tariffs compliance, and process monitoring Natural gas contaminants such as H2S, H2O and CO2 constitute a significant hazard to an operator’s business as they represent both safety and…

KBC awarded “energy-project-of-the-year” in partnership with Brazil refinery

KBC (A Yokogawa Company; Houston, Tex.; kbc.global) was awarded the prestigious Gulf Energy Excellence Award for Energy Project of the Year (Downstream) for its flagship Profit Improvement Program® (PIP) at the annual Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards held in Houston, Texas, on October 16,…

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Software Features Empower Process Optimization

AI, machine learning and predictive analytics encourage faster, data-driven decision making To help offset the loss of experienced operators and optimize operations, advanced features, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and predictive analytics, are being applied to software…

Yokogawa deploys multiple autonomous control AI agents at Aramco facility

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) announced it has achieved a historic milestone in the deployment of industrial artificial intelligence (AI) solutions with Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.aramco.com). Multiple autonomous control AI agents have been successfully implemented by Yokogawa at…