2012 PCMS User Meeting

This year's annual event is being held from June 26th thru June 28th at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City. The User Meeting will address a variety of topics and will feature an extensive background of PCMS versions 7.1 & 8, as well as discussions and user voting on product development initiatives. Other presentation topics will include; Web Based & KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Reporting, Best Practices & Implementation Tips, and Product Workshops.

The User Meeting provides a forum to network with industry peers and colleagues throughout the week. We will also feature a Welcome Reception on Monday evening, June 25th and a dinner event on Tuesday evening, June 27th.

PCMS™ becomes Corporate Standard of 3rd largest Integrated Oil Company

PCMS™ has been selected as the corporate mechanical integrity software solution for the 3rd largest integrated Oil Company, ConocoPhillips. Upstream, Midstream, and Refining Business Units will transition from their existing Inspection Data Management System to PCMS™.

PCMS™ completes major software implementation and data conversion for Valero

The MISTRAS PCMS™ Implementation Division recently completed a full software implementation and data conversion project for the Valero Aruba Refinery. The Data Services team migrated data from UltraPIPE and E2G RBI to PCMS™. Valero Aruba will now have the functionality to perform corrosion analysis, RBI, and inspection planning & scheduling all within PCMS™. The Aruba site joins the other 12 Refineries within the Valero network with PCMS™ as the standard mechanical integrity software platform.

Jim Redmon, MISTRAS VP of Asset Integrity Services, leads the training session at the Valero Aruba Refinery

PCMS™ completes major software implementation and data conversion

The MISTRAS PCMS™ Implementation Division recently completed a full software implementation and data conversion project for the ConocoPhillips Midstream Business Unit. All midstream facilities were migrated from UltraPIPE to PCMS™. PCMS™ User Training was hosted in Durango, CO and led by Brian Odenbach of MISTRAS Group, Inc. and participants included ConocoPhillips Mechanical Integrity, Engineering, and Inspection personnel.

PCMS™ Users Meeting Wrap-Up

The 2011 PCMS™ User Meeting was held June 28th thru June 30th in San Antonio, TX at the Marriott Rivercenter Resort and Conference Center. This year's conference had a record attendance and participation of over 90 clients from major oil, gas and chemical facilities worldwide. The User Meeting addressed a variety of topics and featured an extensive background on the current version, PCMS™ 7, as well as discussions and user voting on current product development initiatives.

Current development initiatives that were presented in detail included PCMS™ version 8.0, PCMS™ Implementation Manager, and Web-based Dashboards & Reporting. A demonstration of 8.0 was provided highlighting key areas of the application including a new interface as well new data tools and the re-organization of the application to help users standardize implementation. A demonstration of the PCMS™ Implementation Manager was presented to the group as well. The Implementation Manager will provide real time data scanning of the PCMS™ database and alert the user of data conditions and provide recommendations for cleanup and repair.

"The PCMS™ product has seen tremendous growth in the last five years and this year's attendance is a great indicator to the strength of the user group," said Jim Redmon, MISTRAS Vice President of Asset Integrity Services. "Our group is comprised of experts from some of the largest Oil & Gas companies in the world, and the progressive ideas that are brought to table for product development are invaluable and one of the major reasons why PCMS™ continues to be the leading mechanical integrity software product on the market today."

Major oil & gas company standardizes on PCMS platform

The PCMS™ Data Services team has recently completed a large scale data conversion project which included a migration from UltraPIPE™ to PCMS™ on seven refineries for a large independent petroleum refiner and marketer. All 13 of the refiner's facilities now implement PCMS™ along with the integrated RBI Calculator making PCMS™ the corporate standard mechanical integrity software solution for this company.