Petro-SIM 7 - Making the Complex Simple

Helping Clients to Create Simple Solutions Today to Address the Complex Challenges of Tomorrow

One Model, Many Uses




NEW PETRO-SIM 7.5!

We are proud to announce that Petro-SIM 7.5 was released on May 29th, 2024. This new version is available today for download by our extensive user base and is also available to trial by anyone interested. Operators face challenges in maintaining stability and efficiency of industrial operations due to feed property fluctuations, volatile prices, and uncontrollable disturbances. This version introduces a Real-Time Oprimization (RTO) solution that optimizes production, energy use, emissions reduction, profitability, safety, and reliability. It supports maximizing asset performance and sustainability building upon existing resources to optimize decarbonization efforts and return of investment.


PETRO-SIM 7 SP2 IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Please contact us if you have any questions.

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PETRO-SIM 7.1

Petro-SIM 7.1 was commercially released on June 3rd 2020. This Petro-SIM version boosts the value derived from production management and supply chain optimization activities for Oil & Gas, Refining and Petrochem. To find out more please contact KBC directly or your local Yokogawa affiliate.


PETRO-SIM 7 SP1

Petro-SIM v7 SP1 addresses issues which have arisen since the release of v7 in February 2019. In addition this service pack makes available a number of fixes and improvements to Petro-SIM’s dynamic simulation capability.

Petro-SIM 7 represents a significant step forward for process simulators as the first process simulation tool that supports modelling from the wellhead through gathering networks to facilities for production systems as well as from crudes to finished products for integrated refining and petrochemical facilities. Petro-SIM is a single platform that is able to support a lifecycle modelling approach to assets incorporating all aspects of time dimension. It's unique collaboration and data exchange capabilities ensure that the right data is made available to and from the process simulation so different users can come together in a synergistic way to solve tomorrow's complex challenges today.

To find out more about the specific new changes, follow the links below:

Petro-SIM Tools Heat Transfer and Energy KBC Explorer and Database Hydraulics Refinery Reactor Models

And much more!

KBC’s vision for our simulation software portfolio is to create an end-to-end technology platform that revolutionizes supply chain optimization in downstream and production optimization in upstream across the lifecycle of an asset.

Our mission is to empower our clients with the simple solutions today to address complex challenges of tomorrow.

At KBC, the biggest differentiator of our Petro-SIM engineering simulation platform is that it balances rigor with usability because it is designed and developed specifically for our users, to solve the problems they find most challenging in the way that they understand. It works the way our users do, and the results stand up. At KBC, we listen to our clients and to the industry. We understand that our clients’ problems today may not be the same tomorrow. Assets are changing; economics change. Users’ needs change. We also understand that the most useful simulation model is the one that can be shared and reused that drives collaboration between teams that may be geographically dispersed across the globe, and that brings together different people and teams around a single source of the truth. It gives teams the ability to exploit the synergies that exist within their skill sets. Petro-SIM also optimizes engineering workflows, shortening the time between when a problem is first identified to when the solution is implemented, while mitigating risk and building confidence in decision making. It creates a winning experience for our clients because they are able to create simple solutions today that help them address the complex challenges of tomorrow.

In operations, Petro-SIM helps organizations to create realistic plans, identify the gap between the plan and the actual to convert it into an actionable plan on a routine basis that allows our clients to achieve realistic production goals

For design, Petro-SIM supports organizations in comparing different design scenarios over the life of an asset to reduce design margin and improve the accuracy of forecasting and planning