Chevron joins ISA 103 – Field Device Tool Interface Committee

　　Brussels, September 24, 2008: ISA has recently accepted a new end user’s application

　　to join the ISA 103 committee in support of FDT Technology. Vincent Palughi, a Senior

　　Engineer with Chevron Energy Technology Company (ETC), is one of three end users

　　on the committee. Committee end users help facilitate the direction of FDT Technology.

　　Vincent brings nearly 19 years of industry experience to the committee. His current assignment

　　with Chevron is as a subject matter expert on Fieldbus, HART and Asset

　　Management Technologies. “I’m excited to be a part of the ISA 103 working group,”

　　says Palughi. “I’ve seen first-hand the reliability enhancing benefits this technology offers

　　to the industry. Chevron is pleased to provide insight to the ISA 103 committee

　　supporting the evolution of the FDT specification.” Vincent is the technical liaison between

　　Chevron and the FDT Group and performs research on reliability technologies,

　　like DTM’s, for deployment in Chevron facilities.

　　The ISA 103 committee was formed in 2006 to support the acceptance and adoption of

　　IEC-62453 as an ISA standard. Ahmad Zahedi, Chairman of the ISA 103 committee

　　stated, “End users play a key role facilitating this milestone. Chevron is one of the largest

　　users utilizing FDT Technology, and we are pleased to have them on board. “

　　Current members of the ISA 103 committee include; Ahmad Zahedi - Flowserve

　　(Chairman), Klaus-Peter Lindner - Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG, Emmanuel

　　DelaHostria – Rockwell Automation, Amy Peters - Rockwell Automation, Robert Webb -

　　ICS Secure, LLC, James Sprague - Saudi Aramco Oil Co, Shannon Foos - Rockwell

　　Automation, Rick Shauger - Flowserve-pmv, Linda Wolffe – ISA, Richard Caro - CMC

　　Associates, Patty Penney - Dow Chemical Co, Patrick Skweres - Dow Chemical Co,

　　Dave Smith - Yokogawa Corp of America, Zhang Yu - Institute of Automation, Christian

　　Verney - Schneider Electric, Scott Wilkerson – Flowserve and Vincent Palughi – Chevron

　　For more information about ISA 103, please visit: .

　　About the FDT Group AISBL?

　　The FDT Group AISBL is a non-profit corporation consisting of 68 leading process and

　　factory automation companies worldwide whose major purpose is to provide an open

　　and non proprietary interface for the integration of field devices with engineering, automation

　　and asset management systems. In this environment, end users, manufacturers,

　　universities and research organizations are working together to develop the technology,

　　provide development tools, support and training, coordinate field trials and demonstrations,

　　and enable product interoperability.

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