The development of information technologies such as the internet of things(IoT), big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence has made the global energy rapid advancement in digitalization and intelligence. Based on electric power systems,…
Downhole tools are complex electro-mechanical systems that perform critical functions in drilling operations. The electronics within these systems provide vital support, such as control, navigation and front-end data analysis from sensors. Due to the…
Most of the oil wells in China use sucker rod pump. Traditionally, manual patrol is used to find the working conditions of pumping wells. In the trend of oilfield automation and intelligence, this traditional working mode can not adapt to the…
The purpose of the paper is to present the implementation of FSO2 life extension program by using big data and the Industrial Internet of Things (lloT). We will explain why it was decided to implement the program and how to use big data and the…
The security management of information system refers to the establishment of effective protection mechanism for hardware, software and data in the system to ensure the normal operation of the system, free from accidental or malicious reasons, such…
The management of hot work is the key element of petroleum refinery safety management. A large amount of hot-work data has been accumulated, which is underexploited. Driving new insights using big data analytics is the trend. However, there have been…
In the era of big data, data has become a new factor of production. During the operation and maintenance of the data center, rich operation data have been accumulated. How to effectively manage, analyze and mine the massive data accumulated in the…
The corrosion effect on the steel bar in reinforced concrete is one of the major issues for the durability of concrete throughout the world. The service life of each type of building structure is severely damaged by reinforcement corrosion, which…
Distribution service restoration (DSR) is critical for improving the resilience and reliability of modern distribution systems by strategically and sequentially energizing the system components and customer loads. Restoring electricity service to…
Resilience is used to assess the ability to maintain and recover system performance in an extreme weather, which is one of the most important performance indicators of smart grid. A model for evaluating the hurricane resilience of distribution…
When under production, after harvest ‚curing and redrying, tobacco lamina also need a mellowing process in the warehouse of not less than 24 months to achieve naturally mellowy, during which certain temperature and humidity is needed. In the…
The massive redundant data storage and communication in network 4.0 environments have issues of low integrity, high cost, and easy tampering. To address these issues, in this article, a secure data storage and recovery scheme in the blockchain-based…
The traditional energy system has the disadvantages of high energy consumption and high emission. Through multiple energy networks interconnection and flexible energy conversion, the regional integrated energy system (RIES) can satisfy various energy…
This paper explores the digital transformation of maintenance documentation for systems of systems in the oil and gas industry. The question is how to create and apply maintenance documentation more effectively to shorten delivery time, create…
Summary & Conclusions: Managing safety-critical systems in real-time, across geographically diverse multiple oil & gas installations, both offshore and onshore, is in itself a huge challenge for any corporation. PETRONAS, through its Exploration,…
This article proposes an innovative integrated power and hydrogen distribution system (IPHDS) restoration model in response to multiple outages caused by natural disasters. During the restoration, repair crews and mobile battery-carried vehicles are…
Traffic congestion in Lebanon is a growing issue with no remedy insight. Traffic is so severe that an 80 km road may take between two to four hours to cross. This is mainly due to the old and poor planning techniques that are applied in the design,…
Energy transportation is a vital field in the petroleum industry. The transport using multi-product pipeline is a new but challenging technic to distribute refined products. The management of such system is the most challenging issue of these…
Management of industrial projects is an important subject that according to environmental issues and healthy of human beings should action in a sustainable route to avoid adverse effects of a project on environment. This necessity is even more viable…
The machine learning revolution is starting to be implemented in machinery maintenance and has become inevitable in highly industrialized and integrated plants. These measures save time, money and effort through new and dynamic condition-monitoring…
The aim of this work is to propose a formal model for determining the dynamic optimal path for transfer operations on an oil flow network within real conditions of exploitation such as maintenance activities and alignments in-service. The study…
Compressors of all forms, types and sizes are the workhorses of the oil & gas industry. Historically, the petrochemical industry has been dominated by mechanical prime movers like gas turbines, steam turbines, and diesel engines for multi-megawatt…
According to industry body Oil and Gas UK, [1] there are some 475 installations, 10,000 kilometres of pipelines, 15 onshore terminals and 5,000 wells that will eventually be decommissioned in the UK Oil and Gas industry. This paper summarises the…
Management of industrial projects is an important subject that according to environmental issues and healthy of human beings should action in a sustainable route to avoid adverse effects of a project on environment. This necessity is even more viable…
In 2012, Brasil had a proved reserve of 15.3 billions of BOE (barrel of oil equivalent). The offshore reserve corresponds to more 94% of this amount. Petrobras, the Brasilian E&P company, leads the offshore production in ultra-deep water (deeper than…
Development problems of the intellectual software and hardware complex of the lingering pipelines-objects monitoring at a real-time mode have been considered at this article. The structure of the intellectual software and hardware monitoring complex…
In dynamic complex environments, the degradation of structure systems is generally caused not by a single factor but by multiple ones, and the process is subject to a high level of uncertainty. This article contributes a hybrid physics-model-based…
The preservation of seabed pipelines in China is increasing day by day. Due to the particularity of the seabed environment, it is very difficult to examine and maintain subsea pipelines in service. Maintenance using underwater vehicle is an important…
With natural gas deposits now being extracted from previously unattainable shale formations, natural gas transmission networks throughout North America are required to be more dynamic in terms of transportation receipt/delivery points than anytime in…
Petrol Fuel Stations (PFS) are hazardous work places. They store and sell flammable material (petrol, diesel and CNG). Arrival and departure of various kinds of vehicles to take fuel is normal round the clock. Due to availability of flammable…
Methods and results of estimates of interaction of internal and external factors of development of fuel and energy holding are considered. The internal component of development of holding consists in improvement of technological processes of…
The U.S. Department of Energy and Transportation considers pipeline security and the timely containment of leaks as a top priority for the oil and natural gas industry. However, despite significant investment in network sensing and maintenance,…
Importance measures are widely used to characterize the roles of components in systems. The system lifetime can be divided into different life stages. Traditionally, importance measures do not consider the possible effect of the expected number of…
On shore oil and gas power systems networks are the heart of any exploration, drilling, transportation, and refining operation. With increased demand for product and project schedules increasingly shortened, new methods for maximizing uptime and…
Bridge is acting as the key project of transportation lifeline, and the investments to it are enormous while the lifespan of the bridge is very long, and furthermore the bridge has a critical effect on surrounding ecological environment. Today…
Global trends will change the world of energy generation and energy consumption, which will create challenges and new requirements in the oil & gas business. These changes will in particular be in the way that oil or gas is processed and transported…
Natural gas is rapidly growing in global importance both as a primary energy source and a feedstock for downstream industry. Therefore, needs for natural gas transportation from production zones to consuming areas are ever increasing. Natural Gas…
Oil port is the base of berthing, replenishing and repairing oil tankers, the starting point and end point of oil shipping routes on water, the base of oil transporting, handing over and storing, and the hub of connecting oil transportation on water…
The traditional energy system has the disadvantages of high energy consumption and high emission. Through multiple energy networks interconnection and flexible energy conversion, the regional integrated energy system (RIES) can satisfy various energy…
Regular inspection of oil and gas installations are vital for production, maintenance, safety and environmental impact assessment. Due to complex set-up and hazardous operation environment, the inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) operations as…
The series system reliability and availability are considerably deteriorated as the number of components increases. Redundancy are use to over come such problem. However in liquid supply systems (oil supply) and line production systems that afford to…
Summary & Conclusions: Managing safety-critical systems in real-time, across geographically diverse multiple oil & gas installations, both offshore and onshore, is in itself a huge challenge for any corporation. PETRONAS, through its Exploration,…
The first-ever power interconnection between existing Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units, including retrofit of existing power generation and integration of an overall Power Management System, has enable the implementation of…
Tanks and vessels have numerous grounding and protection systems. These include static discharge from fluid movement bonding, lightning protection grounding, lightning discharge halo, equipment bonding, cathodic protection, stray-current control,…
Electric motors represent a significant investment for companies in the petrochemical industry. Because of the large scope of several capital projects, it is not unusual for motors to rest in storage for up to two years before being placed into…
While microgrid distribution system technology is rapidly increasing, the importance of finding a way to evaluate the effect of adding renewable DGs on the overall grid reliability has become essential. Renewable energies resources are effective…
Reliability assessment of power systems is one of the most important measurements to maintain continuous availability and evaluate suppliers services. There are many techniques that have been developed to evaluate the reliability of a power system.…
With natural gas deposits now being extracted from previously unattainable shale formations, natural gas transmission networks throughout North America are required to be more dynamic in terms of transportation receipt/delivery points than anytime in…