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Integrated Oil and Gas Well Testing
Testing the composition of oil, gas, basic sediment and water has historically been a batch-type operation where the flow from a single well has been diverted from a header leading to the production...
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Adsorption Process to Separate Fluid Components
Many techniques are used to separate impurities in fluids. One common method is to use the process of adsorption. In an online document, Control Valve Sourcebook — Chemical Unit Operations, adsorption...
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Safety Shutdown Valve Local Control Panel
For process manufacturers and producers with safety shutdown applications, local control panels are often installed to provide visibility and control actions to operators locally out in the process...
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Streamlining Oil & Gas Well Test Operations
The separation of oil, gas, produced water and sediments from producing oil & gas wells take place in production separators. Traditionally test separators were also installed to individually test...
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Simplifying Oil and Gas Production Site Installations and Operations
Consider the flow path of oil & gas production from the well head. The first stop is typically the production separator where the oil, gas, condensation, water, brine and other fluids and sediment...
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Fail-Safe Electric Actuators for Quarter-Turn Valves
Aaron Roepke For many applications, such as emergency shutdowns (ESD), on-off quarter valves with electric actuators are the best fit. In the event of loss of power, some type of fail-safe mechanism...
View ArticleElectric Valve Actuator Educational Video Series
Valve actuators drive the movement of valves either in on/off, modulating or control service. These actuators can be powered manually, pneumatically, hydraulically or electrically. For electric...
View ArticleElectric Valve Actuator Diagnostics, Configuration and Monitoring
Valve actuators are the power behind valve movement. Many technologies such as hydraulics, pneumatics, and electrical energy are used to drive changes in valve position. For electric actuators,...
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Fail-Safe Electric Actuators in Safety Applications
Valves used in safety shutdown applications require actuators to perform reliably on demand. In a recorded webinar, Smart Electric Valve Actuators for Critical Fail-Safe Applications, Emerson’s Knut...
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Simplifying Oil and Gas Production and Well Test Piping
Oil & gas production facilities and offshore platforms require the ability to periodically test the individual wells for oil, water, brine, condensate, gas, and other fluids to understand the...
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Critical Safety Shutdown Valve Actuators for United Kingdom
Imagine 30% of a country’s energy supply relying on two safety shutdown valves to flow natural gas and liquid condensate safely from offshore oil & gas production platforms to an onshore processing...
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Valve Actuators for Safety Shutdown and Small Applications
One of the world’s leading spots to learn about new developments in industrial valves, valve actuators and fittings is the Valve World Expo. This event was held last month in Düsseldorf, Germany....
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Actuator Monitoring and Control for Improved Performance
Valves are the workhorses of industrial processes as they control and manage the flow of fluids. Information can be collected from the actuators controlling their movement to help drive improvements in...
View ArticleElectro-Hydraulic Valve Actuator Operation
Last week, we shared an educational video about how rotary vane actuators work. Another great video was also just recently released, Electro Hydraulic Operator Bettis EHO Schematic Overview (runtime...
View ArticleReliable and Maintainable Intelligent Electric Actuators
Electric valve actuators help solve fugitive emission challenges in industries where natural gas has powered the pneumatic actuators. While this is one case for their use, they also provide excellent...
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Wellhead Electrification Drives Optimization Program
At the 2022 Emerson Exchange conference, Prabhat Behera from Occidental (Oxy) shared insights and lessons learned from a wellhead electrification project. Puffer-Sweiven’s Jack Lee and Emerson’s Damian...
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