SIMSCI and IFP Sign Agreement to Integrate Pipeline Simulation Programs for Upstream Market.BREA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 14, 1997--Simulation Sciences Inc. (SIMSCI) (Nasdaq:SMCI SMCI Senior Military Customs Inspector (US Army) SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. ) today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP (1) (Intelligent Forms Processing) Using advanced techniques to scan documents and determine their data content. See ICR. (2) (Integer Factorization Problem) The difficulty of finding prime numbers in an encryption key. ), who represent ELF AQUITAINE Elf Aquitaine was a French oil company which merged with TotalFina to form TotalFinaElf. The new company changed its name to Total in 2003 . Elf has been maintained as a major brand of Total. PRODUCTION (ELF) and TOTAL, to integrate SIMSCI's steady state, pipeline simulation program, PIPEPHASE with IFP's transient pipeline simulation program, TACITE, developed by IFP, ELF and TOTAL. The agreement provides SIMSCI with the exclusive, world-wide marketing rights to the integrated product. The integration of PIPEPHASE and TACITE into one application will offer upstream companies state-of-the-art technology to better size and operate petroleum equipment, especially the offshore and slug (undesirable surges of liquids propelled by gas) catching facilities where safety and capital expenditures can be significantly affected by inadequate design. SIMSCI's PIPEPHASE software program predicts the liquid hold-up, flow pattern, pressure and temperature distribution in pipeline networks. PIPEPHASE combines proven, steady state, multi-phase fluid flow simulation technology with SIMSCI's extensive physical property and thermophysical methods. TACITE, a software program developed by IFP, and the oil companies ELF and TOTAL, simulates compositional transient flow Transient flow is such a flow where the velocity and pressure changes over time. Transient flows usually occurs during the starting or stopping of a pump, the opening or closing of a tank, or simple changes in tank levels. Transient flow usually refers to surge or water hammer. phenomena. It is designed to improve the design and operation of multiphase Mul´ti`phase a. 1. (Elec.) Having many phases; Adj. 1. multiphase - of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle pipelines and to predict the growth and propagation of slugs in pipelines to the surface facilities. TACITE has been developed and extensively tested by IFP, ELF and TOTAL on pilot loop and actual field data. Dirk Pfeiffer, SIMSCI's vice president of sales, marketing, engineering services and field operations, said, "This agreement with IFP is an example of our continued strategy to leverage business partnerships to deliver best-in-class solutions to the upstream market." On concluding the partnership, with SIMSCI, Mr. Sigismond Franckowiak, R & D Advisor for IFP's Direction Industrielle said "The PIPEPHASE-TACITE integration is designed to offer the upstream oil & gas industries unprecedented technology for the complete study of multiphase production systems. This program is intended to provide safer and more cost effective design as well as improved operational control, through the accurate simulation of transient conditions during multi-phase flow. IFP has sought a successful pipeline simulation company with which to partner and SIMSCI and its technology has proved to be the best fit." IFP is a leading research and industrial development center created in 1944 to provide in-depth expertise and innovative technology to the petroleum and automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. through tailor made research studies, joint industry projects and licensing. IFP is working in all technical domains associated with oil and gas, and their derivatives: exploration, drilling, production, refining, petrochemicals, internal combustion engines Internal combustion engine A prime mover, the fuel for which is burned within the engine, as contrasted to a steam engine, for example, in which fuel is burned in a separate furnace. , energy conservation. To support and assist its clients, IFP has open representative offices in USA, Japan, Venezuela, China, Russia, Singapore and Bahrein. Simulation Sciences Inc. (SIMSCI) is a leading provider of commercial simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program. and related services to the petroleum and industrial chemicals process industries as well as the engineering and construction firms that support those industries. SIMSCI's Windows-based graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to and simulation software products are designed to increase profitability by reducing capital investment costs Those program costs required beyond the development phase to introduce into operational use a new capability; to procure initial, additional, or replacement equipment for operational forces; or to provide for major modifications of an existing capability. , improving yields and enhancing management decision making. SIMSCI maintains offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Venezuela, Egypt, Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Japan providing support and service to more than 500 customers in 70 countries. For more information about SIMSCI, visit the SIMSCI Website at http:/www.simsci.com . -0- Note to Editors: PIPEPHASE is a trademark of Simulation Sciences Incorporated. TACITE is a trademark of Institut Francais du Petrole. CONTACT: Simulation Sciences Inc. Maureen Kohaut, 714/579-0412 Internet: mkohaut@simsci.com |
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