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Article: Integrated power and automation systems: future trends for pipeline system efficiency.
- Article from:
- Pipeline & Gas Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
- Author:
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Leaders in the oil and gas industry have continually expressed the need for increased operational efficiency, reduced downtime, reduced energy consumption, and decreased environmental emissions. To meet these industry needs, a true integration platform is necessary in order to tie together the electrical control system, process control system, and maintenance equipment health information so that managers and operators can make informed decisions on energy and lifecycle management which will increase oil/gas flow uptime.
This article discusses a new system integration architecture and power strategy that addresses each of these issues facing the oil and gas ...