EMERSON Process Management will realise a technology partnership with the Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi (PI) to provide long-term research and development in support of the ADNOC group of companies.
The automation giant sealed a memorandum of agreement with the Abu Dhabi academia, initiated two years ago under the recommendation of ADCO chief Abdul Munim Saif Al-Kindy during ADIPEC.
“Emerson is strongly committed to developing the skills base and capacities of the Abu Dhabi oil & gas industry,” said Steve Sonnenberg, president of Emerson Process Management.
Under the terms of the MoU, Emerson will support the PI engineering programmes through technology transfers, and development programmes that bring industry and academia together.
“We are very interested in investigating where we can contribute to PI’s R&D efforts in the area of engineering through practical research applications,” Sonnenberg said.
Emerson will provide joint seminars, workshops and training courses in automation, control and instrumentation and offer PI students summer internship opportunities and field trips to manufacturing plants, assembly plants and service centers. Emerson will also donate a life-sized plant representation with a functioning control system and instrumentation.
In addition, the MoU involves the provision of a tailored programme to PI students utilising Emerson’s PlantWeb University and Control Loop Foundation courses with the capacity to track progress and provide formal qualifications.
Emerson’s accredited Flow Calibration and Service facility in Abu Dhabi – the first and only one of its kind in the Middle East – will be used to support PI’s R&D and graduation projects.
Under the terms of the MoU, PI will provide infrastructure and space for the permanent installation of the donated equipment and will promote the courses and seminars internally and, if required, externally to any of the ADNOC group of companies.
The MoU was signed by Steve Sonnenberg, president of Emerson Process Management and Dr. Ismail Tag, acting president and provost of PI on January 16, at a formal ceremony at Emerson’s facility in Abu Dhabi attended by Dr. Ebrahim Al Hajri, assistant professor at PI and other senior representatives from both parties.
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