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June 2016
Volume 21 Number 06
ISSN 1468-9340
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World News
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South Africa's energy diversification
Nancy Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, examines the oil
and gas sector in South Africa, a market that, in recent
history, has been invariably overshadowed by coal.
21
Thinking analytically
In light of the increasingly stringent standards for process
heaters and flaring systems in industrial process plants,
Massimo Baldizzone, ABB Measurement & Analytics,
Italy, outlines analytical solutions to meet refinery flare
monitoring requirements.
26
It's all in the details
David A. G. Suares, Fluor Daniel (India) Pvt. Ltd, outlines
the design of a detailed and reliable flare system for a
downstream facility.
33
Scorching solutions
Scot Smith and Christopher Filoon, Zeeco, USA, explain
how the employment of direct flame monitoring
technology can help operators comply with increasingly
stringent flaring regulations.
37
Statistically speaking
John Maurer, Northwest Analytics, USA, explains why the
use of statistical analysis for data processing is an integral
element of quality control in superior fuel production.
43
Head in the clouds
Kevin Holmes, Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine, UK,
discusses how the implementation of cloud technology
in process plants can help to improve safety and project
productivity.
46
A digital transformation
Andrew Hird, Honeywell Process Solutions, USA, examines
the development of the industrial internet of things,
and how it is helping to solve key business challenges in
downstream plants.
51
Let's get digital
Rik Irons-Mclean, Cisco Systems, UK, describes how
operators can increase worker, process and plant
productivity in an ever developing digital world.
55
Seismic effects on ASTs
Rama Challa Ph.D. P.E, Matrix PDM Engineering,
USA, discusses the effects of recent earthquakes on
atmospheric storage tanks (ASTs) in Cushing, Oklahoma,
with a focus on framing the effects and recommending
protocols in an environment of dramatically increasing
activity.
59
Terminals of the future
Diego Comina, GE Oil & Gas, Italy, explains why a
milestone LNG terminal project in Indonesia signifies the
dawn of a new digital era for the oil and gas industry.
63
The recruitment challenge
The oil price crash has taken its toll on the industry over
the past 18 months, and this, in turn, has had a profound
impact on recruitment.
Hydrocarbon Engineering
asks
companies and organisations operating within the
downstream sector to provide their view on the current
staffing challenge.
67
In with the new
Matthew Popovacki, T.A. Cook Consultants, Inc., Canada,
discusses the difficulties associated with the current skills
shortage and widening age gap facing Canada's oil and gas
industry.
69
High specification separation
Victor Scalco and John Paraskos, General Atomics, USA,
evaluate how the use of an electrostatic separator, online
particle sensors and real time analysis can reduce catalyst
fines and provide refineries with on specification clarified
slurry oil to increase revenue potential.
75
Catalyst Q&A
Hydrocarbon Engineering
talks to some of the catalyst
industry's foremost experts, who share their insights on
research and development, new technologies and the
downstream catalyst market.
88
15 facts...
This month we give you 15 facts on South Africa!
Honeywell Process Solutions is a pioneer in
automation control, instrumentation and services
for the oil and gas; refining; pulp and paper;
industrial power generation; chemicals and
petrochemicals; biofuels; life sciences; and metals,
minerals and mining industries. Process Solutions
is now helping process industries find value and
competitive advantage in digital transformation
through the industrial internet of things (IIoT).
