Hydrocarbon Processing editor-in-chief and associate publisher, Lee Nichols, spoke with Paul Donnelly, Industry Marketing Director, Aspentech, on the importance of FEED and critical steps and technologies that can help optimize capital projects.

Six tips are offered that speak to the strengths of ACCE: Eliminated manual tasks, automates repeated tasks, handles change management, leverages historical content and starts the estimating process leveraging conceptual engineering.

Cut CAPEX and prevent issues by selecting optimal trays and packings with interactive plots built using correlations and process simulation data.

Shorten cycle time and focus attention on high-value problem areas by correlating performance, downtime and quality to products and equipment.

Increase efficiency and utilization to improve overall equipment effectiveness focus resources on opportunities for performance improvements with OEE.

This vertically integrated solution "unifies" planners, schedulers, operators and even plant engineers to create a fully aligned schedule to increase throughput and drive unprecedented levels of profitability.

Peter Thuering shares his insight into how specialty chemicals companies are utilizing performance management systems to increase productivity and efficiency, including some of his recent experiences with customers in the industry.

In this interview with ARC Advisory Group analyst Peter Reynolds, AspenTech President and CEO Antonio Pietri describes how the process industries are leveraging new technologies—including cloud computing, data analytics, and machine learning—to drive greater value from their assets.

Increase efficiency with insights into the operation of liquefaction processes through rigorous heat exchanger models leveraging full process simulation.

Advances in technology often do a great job of improving the bottom line. But what if this technology could also improve your quality of life? In this video, see how AspenTech delivers the technology and expertise to help you prevent unplanned downtime—and keep your promises with complete confidence.