Honeywell UOP, one of the leading providers of technologies for the oil and gas industry, has partnered with Wood to develop Connected Plant capabilities for Wood’s Foster Wheeler SYDECSM Delayed Coking technology that converts heavy oil fractions into fuel-range distillates and other products
Bob MacDonald, CEO of Wood’s specialist technical solutions business, said, “With this partnership, our customers will experience improved profitability through software-enabled services that guide the efficient operation of Delayed Coking and other related processes.”
Honeywell Connected Plant aims to deliver oil and gas customers higher levels of safety, reliability, efficiency and profitability solutions.
Zak Alzein, vice-president and general manager of Honeywell’s Connected Performance Services business, commented, “With this agreement, Wood can offer connected services to its Delayed Coking customers and Honeywell will embed Wood’s delayed coking digital twin into the Honeywell Connected Plant platform.”
The agreement with Wood extends the Honeywell Connected Plant to a new technology partner, providing greater value to customers and making Honeywell Connected Plant the platform of choice for the downstream oil and gas industry.
Wood aims to provide performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets including the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, power and process, environment and infrastructure, clean energy, mining, nuclear, and general industrial sectors.
