At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered ...

Don Bartusiak, chief engineer, process control at ExxonMobil at the ARC Forum last year. It was two years ago that control system suppliers contemplated ExxonMobil’s request for an open process ...

In the latest post of the Ask the Automation Pros blog series, the pros discuss useful books for process control. Basic and Advanced Regulatory Control: System Design and Application by Harold Wade is ...

The refining and petrochemical industry is reliant on improving return on assets and lowering operating costs to be competitive. In these challenging times, doing more with less is essential to ...

The process control and instrumentation minor emphasizes developing skills and knowledge in theory, software and in the field. Students graduate ready to solve complex control problems in the chemical ...

Author Dr. R. Russell Rhinehart discusses his new book, Nonlinear Model-Based Control: Using First-Principles Models in Process Control, and explains why nonlinear first-principles models should be ...

True improvement in control also depends on instrumentation quality, process design and strategic system enhancements—not only control algorithms. Physical or mechanical changes can greatly improve ...

Robert Confair was formerly an Advanced Process Control Engineer at LyondellBasell’s Houston refinery. He has worked in refining and chemical plant roles as a Process Engineer, a Process Design ...