Case Study: Eni achieves 20% performance improvement in six weeks with Aspen Technology

Eni Develops New APC Application and Achieves Significant Benefits All within Six Weeks

Eni, the global energy company operating the Livorno refinery, needed a faster, less disruptive way to develop new advanced process control (APC) applications. Working with Aspen Technology, Eni aimed to reduce the time and effort to build controllers while minimizing plant testing and operational interruption by using Aspen Technology’s Adaptive Process Control solution.

Aspen Technology implemented its Adaptive Process Control to build, configure and commission a new APC controller in a six-week pilot, performing background model identification and small perturbation tests so optimization could run while models improved. The result: Eni achieved a measurable 20% performance improvement within six weeks, accelerated benefit realization versus traditional 2–3 month methods, and significantly reduced maintenance and disruptive plant testing thanks to Aspen Technology’s approach.

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