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The most common reason IPCOS is contacted for alarm management projects is a corporate push to bring alarm rates down. In addition, the lack of a standardized system often triggers customer requests, usually because external auditors point out a deficiency (i.e., the Seveso directive imposes the...

Topics: Plant performance, Data Management, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence

Beam pump wells are critical to the oil and gas industry, and monitoring their performance is essential for productivity and minimizing downtime. One way to achieve this is through dynacard classification, which involves analyzing measurements of load and displacements in sucker rod pumps or beam...

Topics: Digitalization, Industry 4.0

An offshore oil and gas field located in the Campos Basin of Brazil required an integrated digital oilfield solution to help engineers make better decisions and optimize field operations. The field had real-time instrumentation, but some critical nodes were missing information, resulting in...

Topics: Digitalization, Operational Excellence

Classroom training often gives vague and non-applicable examples while following a pre-cooked script. After a few hours of tutoring, participants are certified, but have they learned anything practical that will serve them in their daily life? What knowledge do they retain once the training is...

Topics: Data Management, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence

In many processing plants, the network architecture is identified as follows:

Topics: Advanced Process Control, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence

In 2021, IPCOS had the chance to work on a global project for one of the leading chemical companies with around 100 sites spread over more than 60 countries. Often sites work independently, and sharing knowledge between teams does not happen naturally or is only done verbally. In some cases,...

Topics: Data Management, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence

Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Real-time Optimisation (RTO) are technologies that drive processes to their most profitable operating region, without the need to invest in additional plant equipment. These technologies provide different features and functionalities and could quite often work in...

Topics: Advanced Process Control

Advanced process control (APC) solutions such as MPC (model predictive control) have the ability to unlock vast amounts of hidden value by improving process stability and continuously optimising processing plants. MPC solutions make use of models derived from the actual process to predict future...

Topics: Advanced Process Control

One of IPCOS’s clients has plants all around the globe, from the United States to Italy to Germany, each with unique process operations and different principles in calculating performance, with Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) being the Key Performance Indicator (KPI). The management of the...

Topics: Data Management, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence