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February 2017

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Reliability: The risks of deferred compressor maintenance

At a recent conference attended by failure investigation professionals in San Antonio, Texas, a participant spoke about an explosion and fire event on a multistage horizontally opposed compressor in oxygen (O2) service. He had scant data, but he knew the machine did not have cylinder lubrication.

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
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