Automatic extraction of assets data from engineering data sources

A control system for an industrial plant, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a storage unit communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing processor-executable instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control system to:
• perform a process that inputs an engineering diagram for a unit of the industrial plant, the engineering diagram including symbols representing assets of the industrial plant;
• perform a process that extracts one or more assets from the engineering diagram using machine learning to recognize the one or more assets, the one or more assets including equipment, instruments, connectors, and lines, the lines relating the equipment, instruments, and connectors to one another;
• perform a process that determines one or more relationships between the equipment, instruments, connectors, and lines to one another using machine learning to recognize the one or more relationships;
• and
• perform a process that creates a flow graph from the equipment, instruments, connectors, and lines and the relationships between the equipment, instruments, connectors, and lines.