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Control Topics

  • "A Place for Signal Conditioners", Control Magazine November 1997.
  • "Beyond PID: Why Conventional Control is Not Enough", Control Magazine September 1997.
  • Oil World is quite possibly one of the most amazing oil and gas sites on the web. It is updated TWICE daily, and includes information on EVERYTHING in the oil and gas industry. The webmaster has been operating this site since 1996, and they have really done an excellent job providing coverage on almost every new development affecting the oil and gas industry since then. It's not a technical resource, although they do provide links to other technical resources on the Internet. It is primarily a news service, but you get news on every technical sector in the oil and gas industry. If you don't currently read this site daily, you are LOSING MONEY! They even offer daily fax services of featured highlights or energy quotes.
  • "Rule of Thumb: Formulas for Sizing Control Valves" March - Pipe Line & Gas Industry.

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Management Topics

  • "Challenging conventional wisdom about success" This article, an excerpt from an ongoing study of project development conducted by the Management Roundtable in Waltham, Mass., was originally published by the ISA in its InTech on line magazine. It offers an insightful discussion of a proposed reconceptualization of what the term "success" should encompass for project developers in the Measurement & Control Industries. An excellent reading for all level of management.
  • Oil World is quite possibly one of the most amazing oil and gas sites on the web. It is updated TWICE daily, and includes information on EVERYTHING in the oil and gas industry. The webmaster has been operating this site since 1996, and they have really done an excellent job providing coverage on almost every new development affecting the oil and gas industry since then. It's not a technical resource, although they do provide links to other technical resources on the Internet. It is primarily a news service, but you get news on every technical sector in the oil and gas industry. If you don't currently read this site daily, you are LOSING MONEY! They even offer daily fax services of featured highlights or energy quotes.
  • Symbolic Communication Jim Thebeau of Intermec Technologies submitted this article to Industrial Computing's On Line Magazine in December of 1997. It discusses the benefits of integrating bar-code technologies into various supply-chain management systems. It also reveals some important considerations an organization should consider when contemplating this transition.

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Manufacturing, Production, & Process Topics

  • "Basic Flow Computers This paper will be presented at the April 11th 2000 AFMS Measurement Short Course.
  • "Coordinated Motion" Featured in the December 1997 on line magazine, Motion Control, this is an intuitive discussion of the basic theory and application on motion in machine control. It was written by Christopher Fournier of Precision Micro Control Corp.
  • The E&P Connection This site is part of IBM's on line information network for the petroleum industry. They have a wide range of coverage on all issues relating to Exploration and Production of Petroleum: links to other Internet resources, energy quotes, press releases, and even interactive forums. This site is really great, and the webmasters will even help you locate resources you're looking for. All you have to do is email them, and help is only a few mouse clicks away.
  • "Evolutionary Changes Extend Capacity Ratings, Cut O&M Costs" (Gas Turbine Disc.), Pipeline & Gas Journal July. 1997
  • "Field Enclosures: Drafting Your Defensive Line", Control Magazine September 1997.
  • "Fifty Compressor Stations Automated by PanCanadian" , Pipeline & Gas Industry March 1997
  • " Flow Measurement Challenges - 1997 " This paper was submitted by E. Loy Upp, a flow measurement consultant, at the 1997 Measurement Short Course, sponsored by AFMS in Lafayette, LA. It outlines some of the important challenges that need to be addressed in the Flow Measurement industry, and offers some of his own ideas on meeting them.
  • "Flow Metering Changing", Pipeline & Gas Industry November 1997
  • "Gas Production Automation", The American Oil & Gas Reporter, Aug, 1997
  • "Instrument-Controlled Valves Precisely Regulate High Flows", Pipeline & Gas Industry October 1997.
  • Oil World is quite possibly one of the most amazing oil and gas sites on the web. It is updated TWICE daily, and includes information on EVERYTHING in the oil and gas industry. The webmaster has been operating this site since 1996, and they have really done an excellent job providing coverage on almost every new development affecting the oil and gas industry since then. It's not a technical resource, although they do provide links to other technical resources on the Internet. It is primarily a news service, but you get news on every technical sector in the oil and gas industry. If you don't currently read this site daily, you are LOSING MONEY! They even offer daily fax services of featured highlights or energy quotes.
  • "Orifice Maintenance, Testing, Measurably Affect Revenues", Pipeline & Gas Industry Aug. 1997
  • The Petroleum Pages Really, this a extensive collection of links to all things related to Petroleum on the web, maintained by the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. The links have no explanations or summaries (meaning you'll have to do a lot more exploring to find what you are looking for), but if you are stumped on a question, or just have a few hours to spend, you should check this place out. If you search hard enough, you'll probably find what you need.
  • The Petrozone This site is an ok resource. It is primarily a collection of links to various other websites on the Internet, and it doesn't have much that the larger oil and gas sites don't have. It is really easy to navigate through, however, which makes it more likely that you'll find exactly what you're looking for at this site. It isn't specifically targeted for measurement professionals, but it is a good place to do research on general oil and gas topics.
  • The Pipeliner's Yellow Pages is sponsored by the Drannon Marketing Group, and has a pretty decent collection of links to Pipeline resources. Although they focus on companies and organizations directly connected to servicing and maintaining pipelines, the scope of this sub-sector of the oil and gas industry is rather broad, so you will find a diverse collections of resources here. This site also has a pretty decent collection of resumes and personnel information, so if you're looking for a job, or for prospective employees, you might want to visit. The site is not that easy to navigate through, and it's not very visually appealing, but it does offer good informational links, so it's worth a visit.
  • The Refining Connection This site is part of IBM's on line information network for the petroleum industry. They have a wide range of coverage on all issues relating to Refining: links to other Internet resources, energy quotes, press releases, and even interactive forums. This site is really great, and the webmasters will even help you locate resources you're looking for. All you have to do is email them, and help is only a few mouse clicks away.
  • "Small LDC Automates Storage to Cope With Industry Changes", Pipeline & Gas Industry October 1997.
  • "When $-Millions Are at Stake", MEASUREMENT INFO section, Pipeline & Gas Industry Aug1997

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