Oil & Gas Whitepapers

	Sustainable Energy Management - An AVEVA Business Paper May 3, 2012 This paper outlines the challenges facing process plant operators in implementing effective Energy Management strategies. It describes how these challenges may be overcome through the use of currently available Information Management technologies supported by a comprehensive, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Sponsored by AVEVA Inc
	Top Ten Instrumentation Headaches: How 'visual engineering' is solving designers' and engineers' issues - across the industry May 3, 2012 Control systems play a vital role in all aspects of modern living, from helping us drive our cars, to safely running large petrochemical complexes and power stations. According to recent industry research, instrumentation is the biggest spend item in any plant. Capital expenditure on buying new instruments in 2010 was estimated at $5bn, with maintenance and operation costs projected to reach $4.9bn. AVEVA spoke to instrumentation and control experts across the industry and identified no less than ten key areas where other vendors’ instrumentation design technologies fail to meet engineers’ and designers’ requirements. These are the top ten headaches that the engineers and designers face on a daily basis. Sponsored by AVEVA Inc
	The Health & Safety Information Gap Report May 3, 2012 Aberdeen Business School at Robert Gordon University (RGU) carried out research into the role of information systems in enhancing health, safety and emergency response in the oil & gas industry. The report, sponsored by AVEVA, is based on RGU’s research which gathered information from health & safety (H&S) managers, senior managers and engineers in the global oil & gas industry, through an online questionnaire. Respondents’ business types included operating companies, contractors, service companies and suppliers. Confidential, in-depth Critical Incident case studies were carried out in four representative businesses, interviewing key individuals able to comment authoritatively on the information aspects of dealing with the incidents. Download the report now. Sponsored by AVEVA Inc
	Operations Integrity Management Strategy for Owner Operators: An AVEVA Business Paper Apr 27, 2012 This business paper presents a comprehensive Operations Integrity Management (OIM) strategy for Owner Operators in the oil & gas industry, exploring critical business areas for both project and asset performance. The business strategy paper seeks to identify how Owner Operators can reduce operational cost and risk through an optimised information management strategy. Sponsored by AVEVA Inc

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