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Invensys without the rail business

Nick Denbow wrote 1 week ago: Invensys presented their “End of Year” results in a press conference this morning. Yes, financial re … more →

Tags: Automation Systems, Company Reviews, Process Safety

Heat exchangers for Ichthys FPSO

Nick Denbow wrote 3 months ago: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea is one of the world’s leading contractors … more →

Tags: Application Story, oil and gas industry, Hazardous Areas

Mike Wilson joins ABB Robotics in the UK

Nick Denbow wrote 7 months ago: The ABB robotics business has signed up Mike Wilson as its new General Industry Sales Manager for th … more →

Tags: Company Reviews, Automation Systems

Honeywell UOP bolsters NG technology

Nick Denbow wrote 7 months ago: Honeywell has announced that its UOP business has signed a definitive agreement to purchase a 70% st … more →

Tags: Company Reviews, Process Safety, technology developments, oil and gas industry

Malaysian FLNG project for GE

Nick Denbow wrote 8 months ago: GE Oil & Gas is to supply gas turbine-driven compressor train technology to Malaysia’s national … more →

Tags: technology developments, oil and gas industry

GE $1Bn wellhead deal with Petrobras

Nick Denbow wrote 8 months ago: GE Oil & Gas and Brazilian energy company Petrobras have signed the world’s largest subsea … more →

Tags: Company Reviews, Process Safety, Control Systems, oil and gas industry, Valves, Hazardous Areas, wellhead, petrobrás, Subsea

Second Siemens power plant in Texas

Nick Denbow wrote 8 months ago: Just two months after the contract was signed with the private equity firm Panda Power Funds for the … more →

Tags: Control Systems, Power industry news, power efficiency, Automation Systems

Emerson and Spectro alliance over oil analysis

Nick Denbow wrote 8 months ago: Emerson Process Management and Spectro Incorporated have announced an exclusive alliance to combine … more →

Tags: Instrumentation, technology developments, Asset Management, Plant monitoring, Automation Systems, Emerson, Asset management, AMS, oil analysis

Iron ore mining without trucks1 comment

Nick Denbow wrote 8 months ago: ABB has won orders totaling $140 million from Vale S.A. to supply automation and electrical equipmen … more →

Tags: Process Safety, Control Systems, power efficiency, Automation Systems, Mining industry

BP Clair Ridge project chooses Emerson as MAC

Nick Denbow wrote 11 months ago: Emerson Process Management has been awarded a $23 million contract by BP to supply integrated contro … more →

Tags: Instrumentation, Process Safety, Control Systems, Application Story, Asset Management, wireless transmission, Plant monitoring, oil and gas industry, Hazardous Areas

Central London CCS plant instrumented by ABB

Nick Denbow wrote 1 year ago: On 19 April, Veli-Matti Reinikkala, president of ABB Process Automation, and Prof Andrew Livingston, … more →

Tags: Application Story, Automation Systems, Control Systems, Effluent Monitoring + Control, Flowmeters, Hazardous Areas, Instrumentation, liquid level control, Power industry news

Optimal Automation celebrates 25 years

Nick Denbow wrote 1 year ago: Optimal Automation, a world leader in data management for PAT (Process Analytical Technology), and o … more →

Tags: Company Reviews, technology developments, Control Systems, optical sensors, Pharmaceutical production, Automation Systems

Sensonics turbine protection systems in China

Nick Denbow wrote 1 year ago: Machine monitoring and protection specialists Sensonics have recently completed a project for the Ch … more →

Tags: Process Safety, Application Story, Asset Management, Plant monitoring, power efficiency, vibration measurement, combined cycle power, Steam Turbine, proximity probes

The Eaton road ahead for panel wiring

Nick Denbow wrote 1 year ago: Recent reports highlight the convergence of programmable controllers (PLC’s) and distributed control … more →

Tags: Control Systems, Networks and buses

WEG acquisitions in power + oil and gas

Nick Denbow wrote 1 year ago: 1) WEG acquires Watt Drive, Austria. WEG announced on 8th November 2011 the acquisition of Watt Driv … more →

Tags: Company Reviews, Power industry news, oil and gas industry, power efficiency

SPX to acquire Clyde Union Pumps

Nick Denbow wrote 1 year ago: A long story came full circle to a conclusion this week, as Jim McColl, the Scottish entrepreneur wh … more →

Tags: Company Reviews

Pneumatic valve networks use fieldbus1 comment

Nick Denbow wrote 1 year ago: In 2010, the global market for pneumatic valve blocks increased 18.4% to reach $861.5 million, which … more →

Tags: Plant monitoring, Valves

New valve service facility in UK for Metso

Nick Denbow wrote 2 years ago: Metso has opened a new service facility at Seaham, County Durham, UK. The new Metso service centre c … more →

Tags: Company Reviews, Plant monitoring, Valves

Drives are greener than you realize

Nick Denbow wrote 2 years ago: These past few years have seen inverters promoted, quite rightly, as one of the very best energy sav … more →

Tags: power efficiency


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