Energy Transition Business Leader with a Passion for Innovation, Sustainability and Business Development Do we, as industry and society, have enough tools and motivation to stop global warming? Let’s see how and what ought to be done if we really want to save our planet. Having in mind available and future technologies, frameworks, legislation, and people, we need to look for new structures of cooperation. For the time being, let’s call these structures — Future Digital Energy Systems. Probably we will find much better naming in coming years, but for now, it quite precisely describes expectati ..read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) empowers the Sushi Sensor You might have heard a lot about Artificial Intelligence (AI). How does artificial intelligence look like in practice? Is your plant industry 4.0 ready? Based on IIoT and wide-area low-power networks (LPWA), we extended our Sushi Sensor product range within the OpreX™ family. The Sushi Sensor  XS770A is a wireless temperature and vibration sensor that takes advantage of the LoRaWAN connection. LoRaWan is a young but very promising wireless technology. It was released in 2015, and it already has worldwide coverage and important partn ..read more

Withstand the harsh conditions vs. remote work For those who develop technology solutions for oil and gas, visiting an oilfield, seeing and feeling the real problems on site is part of the business. No pain no gain, you have to be there. Feel the extreme cold or heat, the wind, the dust, or the long hours in a truck to find out the conditions in which our product or solution is in. Empathize with what the client lives day to day, understand their points of view by living them. The operators, the maintenance crews, the warehouses, the project teams, the drilling towers, the well intervention te ..read more

Were any trends for 2020 put on hold due to the pandemic? At least one that has been temporarily on hold is described in Yokogawa’s “Five Key Innovation Concepts to Impact Frontline Engineers in 2020.” The idea behind “Holistic real-time actions through accessorizing” was that digital twin insights streamed in real-time to wearable accessories on frontline staff would better equip operators to make more holistic decisions. However, the pandemic disrupted progress in this area as such as factory acceptance testing. In the coming year, refinements in AR accessories made during 2020 will better e ..read more

My small modular project For many of us, 2022 was a challenging year due to high inflation. The sudden steep increase in energy prices surprised us all and heightened our awareness that Europe is too dependent on fossil fuels such as oil and gas. Therefore, postponing energy transformation to replace fossil fuels with green energy is no longer an option. Home energy consumption had been on my radar for a while. Two years ago, I invested in 14 solar panels good for 4 MWh of annual energy, reducing my electricity bill by 1.000 euros per year. So far, so good; however, what I didn’t foresee was t ..read more

The Energy industries like power or oil & gas face existential challenges related to the Paris sustainable development goals. Particular challenges are climate change and energy transition.  What do we need to address this challenge? How can the autonomous operation be helpful? A comprehensive response is required from all stakeholders. New technologies like cloud computing, big data, IIoT, and AI can help.  Are you already deploying these technologies? It is no secret: The plants and companies that apply these technologies the most effectively are most likely to survive. If you ..read more

Instrumentation goes hand in hand with measurement How do you improve the measurement of your instrumentation? One thing is for sure: What is not and cannot be measured, cannot be improved. Any data-driven approach for continuous improvement in manufacturing requires definition, ongoing tracking, and reporting of key performance indicators against targets. This is as relevant in the boardroom with management as it is on the shop floor with the field instruments and systems that enable highly precise measurement, data acquisition, and analysis. What is the point of providing the tools and appli ..read more

My journey to Italy When it comes to Smart Manufacturing, many companies have difficulties in how to implement it, even though most of the manufacturers have considered it as a must-have. Before I tell you more about Smart Manufacturing and the technology, let me share with you an analogy for a better understanding. Sixteen seems to be my personal number of fate. For sixteen years, I have travelled to Italy for a holiday together with my family.  For sixteen years, I have taken my car for the sixteen-hour journey from the Netherlands to our destination in Italy. I can still recall th ..read more

Als het gaat om Smart Manufacturing, hebben veel bedrijven moeite met de implementatie ervan, ook al beschouwen de meeste fabrikanten het als een must. Voordat ik u meer vertel over The post Smart Manufacturing: waarom is de technology-stack zo belangrijk? appeared first on Yokogawa Industry Blog Oil & Gas ..read more

Safety in the new normal If COVID-19 has taught us anything in the past months, it is that the future is totally unpredictable. But whilst everything seems to change rapidly The post Safety: Navigating COVID-19 restrictions appeared first on Yokogawa Industry Blog Oil & Gas ..read more