Manufacturing IT, MES
Countering security threats to oil and gas networks
With greater connectivity between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT), and the rise of the IIoT, can increase and even change the vulnerabilities of oil and gas assets to cyber attack. Companies and standards groups are looking to counter these efforts.
North America to lead global crude oil pipeline additions
GlobalData reports that North America is forecast to add the highest trunk pipeline length to the global crude oil pipelines industry with 44% of global planned additions by 2022.
IIoT company receives funding to enhance oil and gas market presence
Seeq has secured $23 million in Series B funding led by the Altira Group, which has extensive experience in oil & gas industry technologies and software.
The R&D tax credit fuels the oil & gas renaissance
A primary government incentive to reward innovation.
Crude oil prices expected to decrease from recent highs
The EIA reports that oil prices are expected to drop from recent highs by the end of 2018 due to higher production from OPEC and Russia.
Report profiles U.S. fuel and petrochemical supply chain
Infrastructure is a must-have when an industry switches from import to export.
SCADA standardization drives third-party connectivity
Ever more data leads to alternative means for capturing it as oil and gas refineries upgrade or migrate legacy control systems.
Master data management’s benefits for ERP
Master data management (MDM) is a technology-enabled business discipline in which business and IT organizations work together to ensure uniformity, accuracy, stewardship, semantic consistency, and accountability of an organization’s official, shared master data assets for enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects
Three ways emerging medical device manufacturers leverage MES
Growing medical device manufacturers are investing in manufacturing execution systems (MES) because it provides benefits such as valuable information, error proofing, and paperless manufacturing.
Digital clamp meters recalled
Fluke Corporation is voluntarily recalling certain Digital Clamp Meters that were manufactured between Sept. 1, 2010 and Oct. 31, 2012.
