As all companies have been challenged by the current economic and health crisis, the successful recovery requires a new view toward future development and growth with metrics that consider broad and more long-term goals. Featured in Hydrocarbon Processing, AspenTech’s Paige Morse shares considerations for building future resiliency that center around digitalization.

This article describes how engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms are now forging ahead as the industry recovers from years of cutting costs to scale resources back up as the volume and size of projects increase.

The 2015 Paris Agreement and other international climate change accords have helped raise global awareness of the need for countries to take urgent action to combat climate change. As companies continue to focus on sustainability, a common theme is taking shape around the role of digitalization as a key enabler. In fact, a recent ARC Advisory Group survey revealed that 75% of respondents rated digital transformation as highly important for achieving sustainability goals.

2015年《巴黎协定》和其他国际气候变化协定有助于提高全球对各国需要采取紧急行动应对气候变化的认识。随着企业继续关注可持续性，围绕数字化作为关键推动因素的作用，一个共同的主题正在形成。事实上，ARC咨询集团最近的一项调查显示，75%的受访者认为数字化转型对于实现可持续发展目标非常重要。

Changes are a part of the life of an estimator. Aspen Capital Cost Estimator helps you make those changes quickly, so you can analyze and address the updated costs and man-hours. Start your 1-day online trial today to take a guided tour to add spare equipment, include a quoted cost and change the material of construction for the equipment.

Estimators can compare both construction methods, analyze cost and schedule tradeoffs and support an early optimal execution decision. Start your 1-day online trial today to take a guided tour of creating a modular area, defining construction and engineering workforces, configuring the project scope and running an economic evaluation comparison with Aspen Capital Cost Estimator.

Scope changes in early feasibility studies cause cost estimators to struggle updating the estimate. Aspentech's Decision Analyzer functionality in Aspen Capital Cost Estimator simplifies this workflow with just a few clicks. Start your 1-day online trial today and take a guided tour to evaluate the economic impact of rescaling plant capacity and modifying the engineering or construction location.

AspenTech's performance engineering solution enables collaboration and efficiency across the engineering lifecycle to ensure designs that improve operations, profitability and asset effectiveness. Take a tour using this interactive infographic to see the benefits of connecting people through common tools at each step in the performance engineering workflow.

What is a Digital Twin and what does it do? View this infographic to learn what a digital twin is and how it provides important insight on system performance enabling companies to optimize operations and reduce costs by maximizing uptime with real-time recommendations.

This podcast is part of a series featured on "In the Oil Patch" with Shale Oil & Gas Business Magazine radio show. In this podcast, Kim Bolado, host with "In the Oil Patch" interviewed Ron Beck, AspenTech Market Strategy Director and Industry expert on how technology can help improve sustainability in the oil and gas industry.