Shell Oil Company is a global energy and petrochemicals company that produces natural gas, gasoline, oil, and many bulk and specialty chemical products for customers worldwide. Read this case study to learn how Shell’s Manufacturing Margin Optimization team uses AspenTech solutions and AWS Cloud to optimize its energy and petrochemicals business, including planning and scheduling applications.

Learn why this world-class specialty chemical producer turned to manufacturing execution systems (MES) solutions from AspenTech to improve manufacturing efficiency and increase annual production.

Finding ways to use petroleum resources while meeting the increasing demand for high-quality products and environmental regulations is one of the key challenges faced by the refining industry.

Learn how Hyundai Oilbank optimized FCC operations using Aspen HYSYS, significantly improving the units planning accuracy.

Learn how Saudi Aramco used Aspen HYSYS to analyze feasibility of refinery reconfiguration plans by developing plant digital twins of multiple units. The new reconfiguration plan projects a 100,000 barrels/day increase in the refinery’s processing capacity, a substantial reduction in fuel oil production together with a significant boost in diesel production capacity.

Watch this video for an introduction of how Aspen Plant Scheduler and Aspen Mtell work together to predict and minimize the impact of downtime

Learn how Qenos, an Austrailian ethylene manufacturer, used Aspen DMC3 to revamp a demethaniser controller with very limited resources and achieved a 5-10% increase in cold end throughput, a 40% reduction in variability in overhead methane, and a 20% reduction in tower dP.

Adaptive Process Control: sustain peak APC performance, optimize during testing, commission new controllers faster, reduce effort to re-vamp a controller, reduce skillset required, work on multiple projects in parallel, maintain adequate controller behavior. 

AspenTech's Smart Calibration allows you to boost productivity and increase performance by creating accurate production sequences utilizing feedback loops.

AspenTech's Polymers Scheduling enables you to reduce transitions and operational costs using high-fidelity modeling of your unique assets.