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Special reports

 

Flow balancing

Flow control specialists Tommi Bergman, Manager of Engineering Analysis and Taija Hämäläinen, Director of Butterfly Valves, Valmet, Finland, consider improving process performance in demanding control valve applications.

 

No moving forward without it

Rolf Gunnar Lie, T.D. Williamson, Asia Pacific, introduces a bespoke recovery tool that rescues stalled pigs and enables isolation.

 

Communicating across networks

The energy industry is rapidly embracing the DNP3 protocol for fast and cybersecure pipeline monitoring, suggests Steve Hill, Emerson, USA.

 

Prolonging the life of assets

Data is absolutely key for owner operators to make insightful decisions when it comes to extending an assets life, says Jim Bramlett, Tracerco, USA.

 
 

Dedicated to the task

Mitch Fedie, Pettibone/Traverse Lift LLC, USA, discusses how purpose-built machines for handling heavy pipe create a safer operating experience.

 
 
 
 

Detecting weld defects

Cameron Serles, President, Xiris Automation Inc., Canada, explores detecting critical defects of welded tube and pipe.

 
 

Oil to rise, gas to drop

Near-term recession concerns and oil price weakness should not obscure a tight oil supply outlook that should spark US$100/bbl oil in 2023.

 

Africa’s gas markets interconnected and in a squeeze

The significant drop in export volumes to Europe is taking a substantial bite out of Russian revenues, which in turn means that some projects will be delayed by at least three to four years.