For more information: www.assetweb.com RESULTS • $45,600 saved on troubleshooting in one year •$136,800 saved by avoiding unnecessary valve maintenance •$90,800 benefit by improving the performance of one steam control valve •$100,000 saved through a program of salvaging surplus valves APPLICATION A network of 103 control valves equipped with FIELDVUE ® digital valve controllers (DVC) at a strategically important California refinery producing oil and gas products for distribution throughout the west. CUSTOMER The Chevron/Texaco El Segundo Refinery near Los Angeles. CHALLENGE Step-by-step valve troubleshooting procedures for evaluation of suspected problems were burdensome and time-consuming. One procedure could consume up to 10 hours of attention by as many as eight different indi

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