Upstream organizations are increasingly leveraging data analytics, machine learning and other advanced modeling approaches to drive automation, productivity and a lower break-even price of production. However, leadership has struggled to understand where to make investments in data enablement. Join AspenTech’s Ron Beck, Industry Marketing Director and Anum Qassam, Senior Product Manager, to gain clear insight into how upstream companies can turn data into dollars.

Learn how ACCE differs from proprietary spread sheets used in capital cost estimating.  Reduce your errors, time checking work with a workflow that incorporates an "Engineer in a Box".

In this webinar, Michael Strobel, Sr. Director of Product Management at Aspen Technology, Inc., along with leading industry consultant David Hart, discuss how EPCs firms can win new CAPEX and OPEX projects while managing risk and increasing profitability in today’s lump-sum, turn-key environment. Learn how you can differentiate your services by smartly reducing CAPEX for your customers and create new sources of revenue for your firm by improving reliability during operations.

As market conditions remain unpredictable, refineries turn to digital strategies to improve agility and stay competitive. Digital twin technology provides valuable insight into operations, enabling companies to run safely, effectively and with maximum margins.

Editor Bob Gill reports from AspenTech’s OPTIMIZE 2013 Global Conference that a slew of new products and initiatives, along with a solid financial position, mean that optimism is in the air. In his interview with Sameehah Shuib from Petronas, Gill reports that the Melaka Refinery has saved about $8.5M/year with Aspen Petroleum Scheduler (APS) and $144,000/year with Aspen Refinery Multi-Blend Optimizer (MBO).

The optimization solution

While most chemical companies have sustainability initiatives in place with varying reliance on digital technologies to achieve these goals, challenges remain. What are the key enablers to eliminate emissions and waste, extend material use and regenerate natural systems? How do new innovations accelerate this effort?

Will your current technology help you achieve a zero-carbon future? As industry leaders look for ways to reduce their carbon footprint, there are strategies energy companies can employ now to reduce their carbon intensity.

During this webinar, Tami and David will walk you through all the exciting new features of the Aspen Plus family of products, including the newest feature – Column Hydraulics. This interactive tool helps new and experienced engineers troubleshoot operational issues with enhanced calculations and visualizations.

Opinion: predicting 2016 for the downstream in 11 (actually 12) words