Many critical national infrastructure systems include supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) functionality. These systems can be viewed as the set of software, computers and networks that ...

Web-based SCADA platforms are transforming industrial automation by embracing agile development, DevOps workflows, and ...

A defense-in-depth architecture built around a dual-data model reduces the risk of supervisory control and data acquisition networks being hacked or their data being stolen. The dual-data approach ...

Discussing why pipeline companies might want to design SCADA systems for maintainability, he says, “Missed alarms and downtime can easily lead to spills that cost over $30,000 per barrel of oil in a ...

SCADA systems are taking on a bigger and more business-critical role as oil and gas producers modernize their operations in the digital oilfield. The systems are no longer mere operations-monitoring ...

Based on a presentation to ISA2001, Houston, Sept. 10-13, 2001. BP Canada Ltd., a large gas well operator in Can ada, installed a wireless web remotely to monitor and control wellsites in an ...

Fig. 2 shows the DCS, ESD, and fire and gas systems architecture including the pipeline SCADA system interface. Each ESD system is designed to be standalone and isolates each tank manifold area or ...