Smart Remote Automation extends Emerson's PlantWeb

By Staff -- Control Engineering, 11/1/2005

Orlando, FL—Emerson Process Management introduced Smart Remote Automation, an extension of its PlantWeb digital architecture intended to improve businesses with processes beyond the typical plant. Smart Remote technology enables continuous diagnostics to run at remote sites and connect in real-time to centralized operations centers where they allow predictive operations and maintenance, enabling staff to increase site availability and throughput, Emerson says.

First target industry for the extended architecture will be upstream oil and gas, where production, transportation, and distribution operations can cover hundreds or thousands of square miles, requiring many personnel hours and miles of driving. BP, Chevron, and Shell are among companies with initiatives supporting smart technologies in field applications, says John Berra, president, Emerson Process Management.