Safety and Security have long been regarded as separate functions and technology decisions have in the past been made separately for each. A motion detector on a fence line, for instance, can trigger an alarm, prompting a security guard to investigate. If the threat is deemed serious, the guard can radio the control room to alert process operators.
Recession will further impact the economics of a refining system that was already heading from the sunlight into a difficult period.
Khalid G. Al-Buainain, SVP of Refining, Marketing and International at the worlds largest company – Saudi Aramco – offers O&G an insight into the challenges ahead in these difficult economic times.
Wireless for the process industries is here and is being used. In this article, Alan Baird, the PlantWeb Marketing Manager for Emerson Process Management in the Middle East and Africa describes just a few of the latest installations.
The second part of our exclusive interview with Abdulkarim Al-Sayed, CEO of the oil giant Bahrain Petroleum Company.