Webcasts

Sponsor: Emerson

Quick, easy access to the right information at the right time is essential to ensuring efficient, safe, and reliable pipeline operations. Modern SCADA platforms that offer graphical user interfaces ensure users can rapidly assess situations and make informed decisions without hesitation, leading to greater uptime, fewer incidents, and lower costs.

During this webcast, Emerson’s Oil and Gas SCADA experts will discuss the value of situational awareness and how it has evolved to provide more advanced insight, including visualization and embedded GIS data. The discussion will cover a range of topics, including:

• What is Situational Awareness and how does it really improve the user experience,
• Regulations and best practices related to Situational Awareness (API 1165, 1167 and 1168),
• The importance a tightly integrated SCADA system plays in achieving Situational Awareness in the control room,
• The future of SCADA and how Situational Awareness will continue to steer development efforts going forward.

This webinar is highly recommended to anyone who plays a role in, or is responsible for, specifying a SCADA platform. You will get expert insight on the most important considerations to keep in mind along with advice on how to reduce human error by turning volumes of data into actionable information.

Sponsor: PLH Group and Midwestern Contractors

Pipeline & Gas Journal’s annual survey of pipeline construction activity provides a unique snapshot of project mileage in development or under construction on a global and regional basis, along with insights into key market drivers influencing midstream investment decisions in the new year.

In this webcast, Editor-in-Chief Michael Reed and Executive Editor Jeff Awalt will share key findings from P&GJ’s 2022 Global Pipeline Construction Report, discuss the outlook for midstream recovery in a post-pandemic era, and review some of the key infrastructure projects that are now underway on a region-by-region basis. 

In addition, attendees will have an opportunity to participate in this interactive webcast by submitting questions in real time during a live Q&A session with P&GJ editors.

Sponsor: Stratus Technologies

The change that is now permeating our industry is not constrained to how we operate but also extends to the tools that are now being employed to further optimize our processes and to deliver cost cutting improvements. Advanced analytics using AI and ML are optimizing recurring activities such as scheduled maintenance and equipment inspections.  Combined with Edge and Cloud technology, these tools are changing the industry landscape by redefining automation and allowing a previously unheard-of level of efficiency.

To realize the benefits of this technology, additional hardware and software will need to be deployed to collect and cleanse data at the edge.  The edge platform employed to do this must be designed with both hardware and software geared to be easily installed and maintained and it must enable the current IT support staff to increase network size while minimizing workload impact. 

Participants will learn about: 

• Next evolution of automation and autonomous operations
• Utilizing solutions to enable edge to enterprise 
• Important factors to consider a scalable edge solution

Sponsor: Emerson

Join us as we unpack the results of our recent supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system survey and learn which steps oil and gas pipeline operators are taking to protect their systems and critical data long term. This Emerson-sponsored survey addresses a range of topics, including cybersecurity, systems integration, user experience, situational awareness, and data warehousing.

There is significant upside to implementing an integrated SCADA platform, but this integration may extend beyond what you are familiar with today. We will discuss how to securely drive optimization enterprise wide by cohesively managing data in a single SCADA platform, from operations to commercial requirements.

This webinar is highly recommended to anyone who plays a role in, or is responsible for, specifying a SCADA platform. You will get expert insight on the most important considerations to keep in mind along with advice on how integrate advanced applications to maximize your return on investment.

Sponsor: Stratus

Address the new requirements from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Administration TSA) with simple scalable technologies. Join the Oil and Gas teams from Xage Security and Stratus Technology to discuss approaches to security posture for Pipeline Operators.

Highly available and scalable cybersecurity solutions for critical infrastructure are part of the Xage Security Fabric in ztC Edge and ftServer, protecting operational data from controller to enterprise without disrupting operations.

Key insights include:

•    DHS/TSA/CISA guidelines
•    Hardening of IT/OT systems from ransomware and cyber attack
•    Strategy for meeting reporting requirements