This issue begins with a keynote article from Gordon Cope, discussing the energy sector’s adaptation to geopolitical and economic shifts, focusing on the Middle East, Europe and Africa. This issue also includes articles looking at tank cleaning and inspection, tank gauging and measurement solutions, digitalisation, Insulation and much more.
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Energy influx
Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, discusses the energy sector’s adaptation to geopolitical and economic shifts, focusing on the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.
Bridging the workforce gap
Valentin Ljubic and Wolfgang Schweizer, Endress+Hauser, Switzerland, discuss the challenges faced by the oil and gas sector in an everchanging global landscape, as we move towards 2030.
Radar: the right choice
Johan Sandberg, Emerson, explains why modern non-contacting radar level gauges provide an excellent choice for measuring liquefied gases.
Risk mitigation with redundant measures
Dana Pfeifer and Tucker Hill, VEGA Americas Inc., USA, explain how redundant measurements are required to achieve the highest level of process control confidence.
From storage to delivery
Debra Hall and Stephanie Millet, Elementale, USA, consider the benefits of online viscosity analysers in tank level measuring, and how it can benefit operators.
Avoiding a cascade of consequences
Fadi Bachir, Owens Corning, explains how a passive fire protection system can provide a low maintenance solution to reduce LNG vaporisation during cryogenic spill events.
A new standard
Alessandro Gerotto, Alberto Feletto, and Edoardo Marangoni, Gerotto, Italy, alongside Paolo Trombetti, IATT, Italy, discuss developments in robotic no-man entry industrial cleaning services for oil and gas tanks.
Assess, adapt, inspect, overcome
Franz Bruening, ROSEN Group, Germany, discusses the challenges faced during tank-line cleaning and inspection, and how to overcome these industry-wide issues.
The drone-driven revolution
Adriana Najera, Voliro AG, Switzerland, and Courtland Penk, Osprey Integrity Ltd, Canada, discuss how refineries can strive to reduce costs, improve data, and streamline non-destructive testing (NDT) workflows.
Demystifying digitalisation
Danny Constantantis, EM&I Group, Malta, examines digitalisation and AI in asset integrity (AI)., with the purpose of understanding its capabilities, challenges and advantages within the industry.