Pemex used internal resources to design a cost-effective system based on open communication protocols and software to manage its crude oil inventory and track changes and fluctuations with real-time data across a large and disparate pipeline system.Similar approaches could prove useful for any pipeline company seeking to integrate recently acquired assets into a preexisting system.BackgroundPemex Exploration and Production oversees the exploration, production, transportation, and commercialization of oil extracted in Mexico.PEP’s Southern Region transports and distributes about 1.52 million b/d of crude, 43% of national production, through roughly 1,500 km of 10-40-in. OD pipeline. ...