Webcasts

Sponsor: Bedrock Automation

The Covid pandemic interrupted delivery of many of the benefits that IIoT and digitalization promised for midstream and upstream oil and gas. Now as many are getting back to work, they are finding that the efficiency, flexibility and security for which they had been planning is more important than ever — for both recovery and profitable operation. This webinar presents an architecture that will help make sense of digitalization, illustrated by examples of how it can be applied for both remote operations management and custody transfer.

KEY TAKEAWAYS – 

• Learn why midstream and upstream automation must be both open and secure
• Learn how open secure remote monitoring can improve upstream operating efficiency by more than 50 percent
• Learn how open secure flow computing can reduce custody transfer lifecycle costs and protect revenue
• Learn how to leverage zero-trust public networks for near zero-cost access to automation for operation and maintenance purposes

Sponsor: Avetta

As part of the industry's ongoing commitment to continuous pipeline safety improvement, API developed a not-for-profit Pipeline SMS Assessment Program in collaboration with industry partners. During this live webinar, API will discuss their Pipeline SMS Third-Party Assessment Program, the assessment program's uniqueness by utilizing a diverse set of assessors with multiple affiliations and discuss 2021 and beyond.  

Additionally, Southwest Gas Corporation will share how they have successfully broken barriers by implementing a Champions network at both an executive and cross-functional employee level to drive continual improvement and contractors' engagement through workshops and summit meetings to encourage PSMS adoption performance of their PSMS gap analysis. Southwest Gas will also discuss how they incorporated system improvement enhancements through a corrective action program and a virtual peer review (assessment) of a select PSMS essential element.  Finally, they will share advances made in Stakeholder Engagement through various communication channels.

Sponsor: Rockwell Automation

Many processes within oil and gas pipelines and processing plants depend on maintaining specific temperatures and pressures at which the process fluids are liquids or gases.  In addition, anytime water is a component in the process fluid hydrates can form and plug piping and vessels.  Learn how Sensia’s Throughput optimization solution allows operators, and control systems to “see inside” the process in real time to understand where the facility is operating with respect to critical physical constants, including the phase envelope and hydrate temperature.  This insight allows for more stable operation, reduced energy expenditure and associated emissions, and greater facility throughput. Case studies will include controlling methanol injection, managing heaters, virtual sensors for sulfur recovery units and more.

Sponsor: SICK

Join us for this panel discussion with TJ McIntyre, SICK Upstream Account Director, and Irvin Schwartzenburg, SICK Applications Engineer - Flow Products. These two experts will discuss several scenarios where ultrasonic meters were used in real-world production applications with great success. Some measurement challenges that they will address through the case studies are turndown, uncertainty, reliability, and improving maintenance while reducing costs using smart diagnostics.

Pipeline & Gas Journal’s annual survey of pipeline construction activity provides a unique snapshot of project mileage in development or under construction on a global and regional basis, along with insights into key market drivers influencing midstream investment decisions in the new year.

In this webcast, Editor-in-Chief Michael Reed and Executive Editor Jeff Awalt will share key findings from P&GJ’s 2021 Global Pipeline Construction Report, discuss the outlook for midstream recovery in a post-pandemic era, and review some of the key infrastructure projects that are now underway on a region-by-region basis. 

In addition, attendees will have an opportunity to participate in this interactive webcast by submitting questions in real time during a live Q&A session with P&GJ editors.