Case Studies

Case Study January 7, 2016

De-risk by design: Maintaining safety at heights

A major challenge facing oil and gas facilities is inadequate lighting and the need for workers to climb to elevated heights to repair or replace lights.

By Bradford Morse
Case Study November 9, 2015

High-capacity servers overcome data transfer challenges

Coal seam gas extraction requires heavy monitoring via many sensors placed at the wellhead. To ensure all the data are managed properly, a high-capacity server is needed. This case study explains the challenges of managing data in the extraction process—and how to overcome them.

By Stephen Sponseller
Case Study October 12, 2015

Predictive maintenance for gas pipeline compressors

A compressor failure on a gas pipeline forced a company to switch from preventive maintenance to predictive to provide better service.

By Bryan Toich
Case Study October 11, 2015

Use EAM and APM techniques to achieve better maintenance planning

Enterprise asset management (EAM) software can ensure asset uptime while an asset performance management (APM) approach can ensure optimal levels of cost reduction and reliability.

By Roberto Michel