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Seven companies commit to develop PlantData XML standards for the Process Industries and to utilize ePlantData software
HOUSTON, Texas - Seven companies, including leading process industry software vendors and end-user companies, started work on February 27, 2001 to define and deploy practical XML standards for the international process industry. The seven companies driving this effort are Chemstations Inc., COADE Inc., ePlantData, Inc., HTRI, Kellogg Brown & Root, IFP's Industrial Division, and WaveOne.com, Inc. The PlantData XML standards are initially focused on describing process materials and the design, specification and procurement of shell and tube heat exchanger equipment. PlantData XML standards are envisioned to eventually include the full range of process plant information and process equipment.
The PlantData XML standards will be published and freely available from the www.ePlantData.com website. ePlantData software is a value-added software component and end-user electronic data sheet that reduces the cost of using the PlantData XML standard for process industry software owners and end-users. The first commercial software implementations that use the PlantData XML standards and ePlantData software are planned for release before the end of 2001.
The much needed XML standard offers a key enabling technology for process industry companies to (1) electronically exchange technical data among many different software applications using a vendor-neutral format, (2) archive technical data in vendor-neutral formats, and (3) allow intelligent B2B e-commerce transactions over the Internet.
Tom Teague, President of ePlantData, Inc. states, "Our goal in developing the PlantData XML standards and ePlantData software is to unlock the value in the previously developed ISO STEP standards, by making software implementations of these standards practical and affordable for process industry companies to use. I am extremely pleased with the strong support shown by these forward-looking, customer-focused companies. These companies will provide tremendous value to their customers through deployment of standards-based electronic data exchange in their commercial products and services. I encourage all interested parties to visit the www.ePlantData.com website to learn how to get involved."
Randy Harl, President and Chief Executive Officer for Kellogg Brown & Root, the world's leading technology-based engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance contractor, states, "KBR has actively supported industry standards for heat exchanger equipment in PIP, API and ISO, as well as pdXi/STEP standard for process data exchange. In today'’s work process, we have several opportunities to reduce work hours by eliminating time spent transferring and checking data from one design program to another and one data sheet format to another. Even with industry design standards, our clients and our suppliers frequently use different data sheet formats for describing the same information and our work process is still largely paper-based and labor-intensive. The PlantData XML and ePlantData software will enable us to eliminate engineering hours spent manually transferring data. Since all of the companies involved in the design and procurement process can benefit from this neutral file format, we can shorten design schedules, while maintaining or improving design quality by automating the data transfer process."
Nathan Massey, President of Chemstations, Inc., a leading global provider of process simulation software to over 1000 customer companies in the process industry, states, "At Chemstations, we have long viewed software integration as a critical need for our users. We now offer one of the most tightly integrated, easy to use suites of process engineering software tools available in the industry. We believe that our customers need and deserve open industry standards for integrating our software with other software packages that they use. These standards will enable them to select the best-of-breed technologies for each application and easily migrate the information. The process industry has been trying to solve the standards software integration problem through various efforts for over 20 years. Now, enabled by the powerful XML technology, and leveraging the results of previous standards efforts, the PlantData XML and ePlantData software effort is the most promising approach we've seen to help the industry finally achieve a practical solution to this long-standing problem."
Tom Van Laan, President of COADE, Inc., a leading supplier of piping and process vessel mechanical design software for hundreds of process industry companies, states "Software integration, and having standards to do so, has been a top priority at COADE since our start back in the 1980's. We joined this current effort because we want our vessel design software, PVElite, to integrate readily with the thermal heat exchanger design software in a round-trip fashion. This will benefit our users by allowing them to more rapidly design the mechanical details of vessel shells and heat exchanger tube sheets in tandem with the heat exchanger thermal design and exchanger configuration. Also, users can verify and re-rate equipment thermal performance based on changes in the detailed mechanical design as needed. Our involvement in developing PlantData XML standards in conjunction with ePlantData software provides us with an enabling technology, built on process industry standards, to build these interfaces quickly and easily to the benefit of our users."
Stan Kistler, Director of Software Development for Heat Transfer Research, Inc. (HTRI), the industry-leading provider of heat exchanger thermal design software backed by almost 40 years of proprietary data taken on industrial-sized heat transfer equipment at HTRI's experimental facility, states, "We have a large user base of several hundred owner-operators, EPC companies, and heat exchanger manufacturers, many of whom use different software packages in conjunction with HTRI heat exchanger thermal design software. Our goal is to work with the other software packages that our clients use to streamline the work process and improve productivity. We view the PlantData XML and ePlantData software as the best means to unlock the value from our investment in standards by rapidly and cost effectively deploying the needed software implementations based on XML."
Yves Charlez is Computer Aided Engineering Manager, Standards and Methods, in IFP's Industrial Division, which is an integrated technology provider to the hydrocarbon processing industries. Charlez states, "Our principal objective is to increase the value of our services to our customers. By providing process design packages in improved electronic format, a more rapid utilization of the technical data in our process packages will be possible, thereby enhancing performance for our customers and for the detailed engineering contractors which work in collaboration with us. PlantData XML and ePlantData software provide a practical means of achieving a standards-based approach to meet this objective."
John Dial, President of WaveOne.com, a process engineering Application Services Provider, states "The development of PlantData XML and deployment of ePlantData software with integrated links to the www.waveone.com data management and collaborative tools will provide a much needed and valuable tool to end-users in the process industries."
About Chemstations, Inc.
Chemstations, a leading global supplier of process simulation software, has been developing and delivering powerful PC-based solutions since 1988. Chemstations solutions serve the following process industries: Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Chemicals, and Fine Chemicals, including Pharmaceuticals. Chemstations offers tightly integrated, individually licensed technologies to address the needs of chemical engineers, whether doing new process design or working in the plant on day-to-day operations issues. Companies worldwide use Chemstations' technologies to improve their productivity and increase profitability. Chemstations offices and agents in 36 locations in 33 countries serve more than 1000 customers across the globe. For more information visit www.chemstations.com.
About COADE, Inc.
COADE, Inc. is one of the world's leading engineering software companies. Products include CAESAR II the world's most popular software for pipe stress analysis; PV Elite, pressure vessel design and analysis software; CADWorx/Pipe, a piping design and drafting program with the industry's first intelligent, fully functional, bi-directional link between CAD and analysis; CODECALC software for pressure vessel component analysis and design; and TANK, comprehensive engineering software for analyzing and designing oil storage tanks according to the latest API codes. For more information about COADE, visit our web site at www.coade.com.
COADE, CAESAR II, CADWorx/Pipe, PV Elite, CODECALC and TANK are trademarks of the company.
About ePlantData, Inc.
ePlantData, Inc, (ePD) is a privately held Texas corporation which provides software products and services to the process industry to enable rapid, cost-effective deployment of electronic plant data solutions. In addition to sponsoring the development of the open PlantData XML standards, ePD supplies value-added software plug-in components that enable process industry software owners to rapidly and cost-effectively incorporate and deploy PlantData XML standards-compliant software. ePD also supplies ePlantDataSheets to end-users as a customizable electronic equipment data sheet with value-added usability features. ePlantDataSheets allows end-users and their companies to use either industry-standard data sheet formats or continue to use their preferred, internally-formatted custom electronic data sheets, both of which can support PlantData XML standards through the ePlantData XML plug-in component. For more information about ePlantData, visit our website at www.ePlantData.com.
About HTRI
Heat Transfer Research, Inc. (HTRI), an international consortium founded in 1962, conducts research on industrial-scale heat transfer equipment, develops software modeling and simulation tools based on this proprietary research data, and provides its customers with other complementary products, technical services, and training. HTRI products, in use at over 500 corporate sites worldwide, help HTRI members design heat exchangers that are efficient, reliable, and cost-effective. HTRI's dedication to excellence in thermal design assures its customers a high level of operating confidence and a distinct competitive advantage. For more information about HTRI, visit its website at www.HTRI-net.com.
HTRI is a registered trademark of Heat Transfer Research, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
About Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR)
Kellogg Brown & Root is an international, technology-based engineering and construction company providing a full spectrum of industry-leading services to the hydrocarbon, chemical, energy, and forest products industries.
KBR is a business unit of Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), the world's largest provider of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The company serves its customers with a broad range of products and services through its Energy Services Group and Engineering and Construction Group business segments.
About Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP)
IFP (Paris, France) is a global service provider to the hydrocarbon industry offering innovative solutions including leading-edge processes, catalysts and products based on extensive industrial experience and a solid R&D foundation. For more information about IFP visit our website at www.ifp.fr.
About WaveOne.com, Inc.
WaveOne.com, Inc. is a privately held Texas corporation founded in 2000 to provide hosted Internet environments for team-based online engineering applications and tools. The company provides hosted applications, on-line technical publications and a team-based workspace to facilitate team project work and provides public and private Internet sites focused on a variety of vertical industries. The first site, www.waveone.com focuses on the special needs of the process industries including chemicals, refining, and pulp and paper. For more information please visit www.waveone.com.
Contact
Kathleen Fowler
sales@chemstations.net
Chemstations, Inc.
(p) 713.978.7700
Scott Mayeux
smayeux@coade.com
COADE, Inc.
(p) 281.890.4566
Tom Teague
teague@eplantdata.com
ePlantData, Inc.
(p) 713.728.9140
Fernando J. Aguirre
Marketing@HTRI.net
Heat Transfer Research, Inc.
(p) 979.690.5095
(f) 979.690.3250
Yves Charlez
Yves.CHARLEZ@ifp.fr
Institut Francais du Petrole
(p) 33.01.47.52.60.00
Larry Hackemesser
larry.hackemesser@halliburton.com
Kellogg Brown & Root
(p) 713.753.2893
John Dial
jdial@mail.waveone.com
WaveOne.com, Inc.
(p) 281.994.4084
Cindy Viktorin
cindy.viktorin@halliburton.com
Halliburton Company
Public Relations
(p) 713.676.4371
Employment Contact
jobs@halliburton.com
(p) 800.888.7668
ext. 8005
Supplier/Procurement Contact
Dave Ireland
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