New Refined Knowledge™ powered by ECOLAB3D™ platform will deliver predictive capabilities to reduce risks and optimize assets
SUGAR LAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nalco Champion, an Ecolab company, in collaboration with Accenture and
Microsoft Corp., has launched a new unified, digital platform – Refined
Knowledge™ powered by ECOLAB3D™ – to provide downstream refinery and
petrochemical customers with insights from their operations to help
predict and solve challenges across the assets in their organizations.
ECOLAB3D is the digital engine that translates data into actionable
insights, enabling the company to drive greater value for its customers.
Through its algorithms, analytics and expertise, ECOLAB3D gives
customers the power to take their performance and operations to the next
level.
Refined Knowledge collects data from remote sensors, automation tools
and other systems by leveraging Microsoft’s secure Azure cloud platform.
Refined Knowledge synthesizes that data and provides performance
dashboards, reports, benchmarking capabilities and an eROI™ calculator
to help customers optimize how assets are used and reduce their total
costs of operation.
Refined Knowledge also delivers 3D CRUDEFLEX, a series of proprietary
automations and sensor applications for crude distillation units.
Customers can use these actionable insights to provide feedstock
flexibility, optimize production, mitigate risks and deliver increased
sustainability and profitability potential through water and energy cost
savings across their organizations.
“The Refined Knowledge platform unleashes the power of data, leveraging
our digital capabilities to deliver superior value beyond products and
services,” said Danny Rey, Nalco Champion senior vice president of
Global Downstream. “We are able to use this platform to deliver cost
reductions of about 10 percent for many customers, which can mean $10
million in increased profitability or $3 million in documented savings
for a single site or installation. I am excited about what’s possible
for our customers through this enhanced offering.”
Accenture, in collaboration with Nalco Champion, built a modern
analytics application for the platform that leverages a user-first and
cloud-first approach. The two companies also collaborated on the
end-to-end solution, bringing data into the platform so users can
visualize business insights and run advanced analytics in an agile way.
Manish Panjwani, a managing director and technology consulting lead for
Accenture’s North America resources businesses, added: “This project
solidifies Nalco Champion’s position as a leading innovator to drive
better performance for its customers by leveraging intelligent
analytics. Nalco Champion can better predict upcoming plant outages by
monitoring their customers’ assets in close to real time, moving towards
predictive rather than reactive maintenance.”
“Nalco Champion continues to be at the forefront of providing the
refining and petrochemical sector with digital innovations that utilize
the security and global scale of Microsoft’s Azure cloud,” said Çağlayan
Arkan, general manager, Manufacturing & Resources, Microsoft.
“Monitoring process and water technology applications in real time can
make the difference between a plant that runs with no downtime and a
plant with a corrosion-related shutdown that leads to lost productivity
and additional costs.”
Refined Knowledge powered by ECOLAB3D is built upon Nalco Champion’s
prior generation Refined Knowledge digital offering that has been
successfully deployed in more than 1,000 customer locations and to date,
has collected more than 20 billion data points to generate customer
insights.
For more information on Refined Knowledge powered by ECOLAB3D, visit nalcochampion.ecolab.com.
About Nalco Champion
Nalco Champion, an Ecolab company, provides safe, sustainable chemistry
programs and services to the upstream and midstream oil and gas
industry, refineries and petrochemical operations in more than 170
countries around the world. Through onsite problem solving and the
application of innovative technologies, we maximize production, optimize
water use and overcome complex challenges in the world’s toughest energy
frontiers. For more Nalco Champion information, visit nalcochampion.ecolab.com.
About Ecolab
A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab
(ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and
services that protect people and vital resources. With annual sales of
$14 billion and 48,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive
solutions, data-driven insights and on-site service to promote safe
food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use, and
improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare,
energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries
around the world. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com.
About Accenture
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all
business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network
– Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help
clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their
stakeholders. With 459,000 people serving clients in more than 120
countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world
works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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