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SPECIAL REPORT: Fieldbus developments improve process control system operations

08/13/2007
Now that fieldbus is used in virtually all new refineries, oil and gas companies are looking beyond the older, established products and their problems to more modern fieldbus hardware solutions that promise to make installations even more reliable, productive, and efficient. This article discusses the advantages and problems with new developments in fieldbus.Ten years ago, the oil and gas industry pioneered fieldbus installations and helped in development and testing of fieldbus hardware and software. Its participation paid off in that fieldbus moved beyond demonstration and “proof of concept” projects to the point where virtually all new operations are based on fieldbus.Durin...
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