Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has selected Honewell to provide the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for its 615,000 barrel-a-day Al Zour refinery to be built in southern Kuwait. Honeywell will also provide the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the system. by ControlGlobal.com Dec 12, 2013
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Chemical engineer with who most recently has been responsible for execution, design, reverse engineering, implementation, and testing of Siemens PCS7 continuous and batch control systems. He is currently available for assignment anywhere in the US. In addition to Siemens experience, this person is knowledgeable with Rockwell RSLogix5000, RSViewSE, RSView32, RSLogix5, Intellution FIX DMACS, Delta-V Batch, […]
The real program to sabotage Iran’s nuclear facilities was far more sophisticated than anyone realized. Three years after it was discovered, Stuxnet, the first publicly disclosed cyberweapon, continues to baffle military strategists, computer security experts, political decision-makers, and the general public. A comfortable narrative has formed around the weapon: how it attacked the Iranian nuclear […]
Schneider Electric SA (SU) agreed to buy the U.K.’s Invensys Plc (ISYS) for 3.4 billion pounds ($5.2 billion) to add software and control systems used by chemicals makers, oil refineries, and mining companies. The world’s biggest maker of low- and medium-voltage power gear is offering the equivalent of 502 pence a share, with shareholders able […]
There are a number of areas where interpreting published information and applying it in the real world has proven to be problematic. By James Agalloco The aseptic process simulation (or media fill test) has been a compliance expectation for aseptic processing operations since the 1980s. Industry guidance from the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), Pharmaceutical and […]
Users and Suppliers Must Collaborate to Patch Control System Vulnerabilities from Jim Montague There’s no “set it and forget it” with process security. Much like taking out the trash and brushing your teeth, process security measures must be continually monitored and updated to stop an ever-multiplying number and variety of viruses and threats, according to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drug and medical device maker Abbott Laboratories said today that it has cut 550 employees globally and plans to eliminate several hundred more positions next year. A spokeswoman for the North Chicago company says the layoffs were in Abbott’s nutrition, medical devices, established pharmaceuticals and molecular diagnostics divisions. In January Abbott announced […]
from: The Industrial Ethernet Book. Highly public lapses in the guarding of industrial networks have led to a new awareness. Security is an essential element of network design and management in today’s industrial enterprise. Guidelines produced by the ODVA, and abridged here in two parts by James Hunt, introduce the concept of cyber-security for Industrial […]
10/17/2012 By Agnes Shanley From: PharmaManufacturing.com So far, 75 people have responded to our latest mini-survey on manufacturing excellence and goals for the year. Of these respondents, 45 answered every question in the brief survey. The results, while not statistically important, still suggest some trends…. When asked whether manufacturing operations were becoming more complex. 22% […]
From ControlGlobal.com HOUSTON, Texas—PAS authors Eddie Habibi and Bill Hollifield have been recognized as the recipients of the Raymond D. Molloy Award presented by ISA Publications Department as authors of the best-selling ISA book of 2011, Alarm Management: A Comprehensive Guide, Second Edition. The annual award is presented to the book that addresses the […]