Whitepapers

With assets installed in remote locations, OCP Ecuador needed a maintenance solution that would enable them to predict and prevent equipment failures before they occurred. Using prescriptive maintenance, the company can now continuously monitor its critical assets for impending failure. In this paper, learn how OCP Ecuador reduced maintenance costs by 25% per year and increased engine overhaul from 16000 to 19200 hours, a 20% improvement in uptime.

External stresses threaten the integrity of oil & gas pipelines and, especially, the external barrier systems that protect pipes from corrosion. Dr. Jeffrey D. Rogozinski, Sherwin-Williams Global Product Director – Fusion-Bonded Epoxy/Pipe, sheds light on a next-generation dual-layer corrosion and abrasion protection technology that not only offers optimal protection for oil and gas pipelines but also saves total applied cost in one robust solution.

Sponsored by Dragos, the Ponemon Institute’s report on the State of Industrial Cybersecurity finds that cultural and technical differences between traditional IT best practices and what is possible in OT increases an organization’s risk for costly cyber incidents – and the average cost to detect, investigate, and remediate an event.

Download the full report now for more about the state of industrial cybersecurity in the United States, including:

• Program maturity of securing operational technology networks across industries.
• What industrial organizations are doing to secure ICS/OT environments.
• OT cybersecurity investment, priorities, and accountability.
• The cause, consequences, and cost of an OT cybersecurity incident.

Preventive and Mitigative (P&M) regulations such as 49 CFR 192.935 for Gas Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management have traditionally focused on physical risks and threats to pipeline assets.

The non-physical risk of organizational failure has not been stressed enough. Yet, this risk is tied to some of the most high-profile and damaging pipeline incidents of the last 20+ years.

Transmission operators can use Pipeline SMS (PSMS / API 1173) as a method to root out organizational failure as part of their P&M program. Download our whitepaper to learn more about:

• PSMS as an Effective Prevention and Mitigation Methodology.
• How API 1173 Addresses Organizational Failure.
• The Value of Executing the Full Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle.
• The Use of Tools to Achieve Natural Compliance for Prevention & Mitigation.

Facing market volatility and pressure to reduce emissions, the oil and gas pipeline industry requires high financing levels to fund its capital projects and operations. The industry must also compete with other economic sectors for scarce investor resources. To better navigate these growing challenges, pipeline companies must embrace innovation and digitalization. Download our executive brief to learn how integrating your physical and digital pipeline assets improves business decision-making and operational efficiency.

Is your flow computer nearing end of life? If so, you are not alone, as many used in today’s LACT applications are. Learn what kind of intelligence, power and security will be needed to meet today’s requirements and leverage industry standards to achieve the next generation of cost-efficiency and profitability.

Today's pipeline leaders must meet their business and production targets to remain competitive in their industries. Pipeline businesses also require a high level of financing to fund their capital projects and operational expenditures and have to compete with other sectors to attract scarce investor resources. They must do this while enduring record market volatility and selling their products for commodity prices at the lower end of the normal range. Furthermore, there are demands to transform energy so they can improve their environmental sustainability while decarbonizing operations. The future leaders in the pipeline industry will accelerate their ability to optimize and innovate by learning how to apply their physical and digital assets to deliver top performance across all categories.