Whitepapers
World Oil white papers include literature on the latest trends, development and advances in the offshore and onshore oil and gas industry, including technology and technologies relating to operations, shale, technology, subsea, deepwater, rig activity, drilling, innovations in the oil and gas industry and more.
Do More than Just “Manage” Energy - Improve Operational Excellence Through Continuous Energy Improvement
April 21, 2017
Sponsored by: Schneider Electric
The hydroprocessing industries are currently operating in a volatile environment of depressed oil prices, alternate feedstock availability, global competitiveness, changing economics, and rising energy costs, etc. A comprehensive Energy Management strategy that scopes a programmatic Energy Management approach, implements an Online Performance Solution to drive its initiatives, and demonstrates benefits through Visualization can help the process industries achieve more efficient and flexible production, reduce operating costs, and promote a greener global economy. This will not only provide immediate savings today but will help drive operational excellence through continuous energy improvement well into the future.
Drive Workforce Optimization in Oil & Gas
April 21, 2017
Sponsored by: Schneider Electric
Operator Training Simulators (OTSs) have been available in the marketplace for a long time. However, over the last five years the improvements in technology — the computers, the software and the market understanding — have meant that the use of OTSs has become a reality for many processes. No longer are Training Simulators primarily the realm of airline pilots, nuclear systems and astronauts, but now they are available across the process industries, including oil and gas. Plant management has found that a relatively small investment in OTSs can save hundreds of thousands of dollars with paybacks measured in weeks or months. Operator Training Systems have been used to uncover any control system
configuration, graphic or logic errors that might lead to unit trips, equipment damage, or other events that would result in an extension of the planned outage window associated with the upgrade effort.
Sustainable Collaboration in Oil and Gas Refining: Becoming a Super-Refiner
March 20, 2017
Sponsored by: IDC Energy Insights
In order to find opportunities in the Oil and Gas industry, organizations need to find faster ways to innovate to find new petrochemical products to serve their markets. The latest white paper from IDC Energy Insights, "Sustainable Collaboration in Oil and Gas Refining: Becoming a Super-Refiner," talks about ways that digital transformation of an organization’s operational and research environments can lead to systems and processes that are flexible enough to respond to upstream and downstream market changes.
Predict, Prescribe, Profit: Creating a World that Doesn’t Break Down
March 15, 2017
Sponsored by: AspenTech
What are you doing to reduce unplanned downtime at your plant? Equipment breakdowns and process interruptions are a $20 billion USD problem. Millions are being spent on new maintenance solutions, but is that even addressing the problem? Effective, earlier detection of issues would eliminate these failures. Download this white paper to learn how leading manufacturers are using big data to solve reliability problems that only a few years ago were unsolvable.
The 7 Deadly Sins of Small to Medium-Sized Oilfield Service Companies
February 21, 2017
Sponsored by: VistaVu Solutions
In today’s oilfield service industry, it’s not what you make that counts. It’s what you keep. This challenge is particularly acute for smaller to medium-sized companies that might lack the organizational infrastructure and deeper pockets of the industry’s largest players. In this Special Report, you’ll learn how seven common mistakes rob these companies of sales and profits, cripple their Return on Investment and reduce the economic value of the enterprise. Just as important, you’ll learn how smart companies use sound operating processes and business software to fix their Sins and reap the rewards.
