TPi July 2018

Business & market news

ABB delivers virtual flow meters powered by Arundo Analytics

For more than 50 years ABB has leveraged extensive physical modelling and simulation experience to deliver analytical insights into the offshore oil and gas industry, including modelling flows of individual phases of various intermingled fluids in a single stream. Such flows are typically measured with expensive multiphase flow meters (MPFMs), which can be a significant amount of a facility’s capital expense. The cloud-to-cloud solution will provide connectivity between ABB Ability™ and Arundo’s Composer and Fabric software. This virtual flow meter provides analytics as a service to help facilities gain real- time data to understand the constituent properties of any given stream of produced fluids.

Arundo Analytics, a software company that enables advanced analytics in heavy industry, and ABB, a global supplier of control and automation technologies, have collaborated to create the first cloud-based virtual multiphase flow meters for the offshore oil and gas industry. This solution will be part of the fully integrated ABB Ability™ portfolio. “Our customers are demanding lower purchase, installation and ongoing support costs in their operations,” said Espen Storkaas, ABB group vice president for offshore oil and gas digital. “Using the scalable Arundo software to combine physical models with the latest in data science and machine learning, we are able to bring a number of innovative, cloud-based data-driven applications to the oil and gas industry.”

ABB and Arundo Analytics have collaborated on virtual multiphase flow meters

taking desktop-based analytical models into live, online environments in just minutes,” said Mogens Mathiesen, co- founder and commercial lead at Arundo. “This collaboration will give the industry more transparency into their operations while also supporting with the need to find cost-efficient, reliable solutions.” ABB Ltd – Switzerland www.abb.com Arundo Analytics – Norway

info@arundo.com www.arundo.com

“Arundo’s software is purpose-built for

Addition expands team Tube bending and end forming technology specialist Addition Manufacturing Technologies has appointed a number of new sales and marketing employees. The company currently employs 250 associates globally and has recently hired additional resources to increase sales coverage and marketing support for its European market. Shaun Eaves has joined the Preston, UK, branch as sales engineer. He is a toolmaker with City and Guilds and EITB qualifications in mechanical engineering, and has 27 years of experience working in the tube industry. He previously worked for Addition’s heritage brand company, AddisonMckee, as regional sales manager, and was keen to re-join Addition after working at Tekbend as UK sales manager and at Industrial and Tractor as tube bending manager. Justine Rigal has joined the branch in Colomiers, France, as a marketing apprentice. She is working towards a bachelor degree in marketing and will assist with promoting the brand and its products in Europe. Ms Rigal comes to Addition with experience as a communication assistant in several areas including charity and hospitality. She is looking forward to gaining valuable knowledge in the manufacturing sector. Addition Manufacturing Technologies is a global manufacturing technologies company specialising in machines and tooling for tube bending, end forming, measuring and silencer making. Addition Manufacturing Technologies – USA www.additionmt.com

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