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Environment & Safety

Pilot-operated safety relief valves: A simple, effective plant upgrade

GE Energy: Scott, J. R.  |  MacKinnon, N.

Replacing spring-loaded valves can help increase efficiency and output

Relief device inlet piping: Beyond the 3 percent rule

Smith & Burgess LLC: Smith, D.
Smith and Burgess LLC: Burgess, J.
Smith and Burgess: Powers, C.

With careful consideration, an engineer can be certain that an installation will not chatter

Safety instrumented function design reduces nuisance trips

Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.

Implementing low-cost best practices can provide peace of mind

Case 65: Taking risks and making high-level presentations

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Tips on how to communicate with managers

HP Viewpoint: The evolution of safety in the oil and gas industry

KBR: Lyons, C.

As a safety professional with 25 years of experience in the hydrocarbon and chemical industries, I’ve had the unique opportunity to view first-hand the evolution of safety. Upon entering this fie..

HP Reliability: One pump fire per 1,000 pump repairs

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

While performing reliability audits decades ago, pump-failure statistics were made available or could be recovered with relative ease. But even then, the sources were usually kept confidential because..

HP Integration Strategies: Aging HPI workforce drives need for operator training systems

ARC Advisory Group: Abel, J.

As a leading research and consulting organization focused on the process industries, manufacturing, infrastructure and other industrial sectors, ARC Advisory Group has been closely following the emerg..

Cabot wins sustainability award at Illinois complex

Cabot Corp. has been named a 2011 sustainability award winner 2011 by the Illinois governor’s office for outstanding performance at its Tuscola, Ill., fumed metal oxides facility. Cabot Tuscola earned the recognition for significant accomplishments in recycling, reduced water and electricity usage, and packaging efficiency, the company said.

Shell receives certificate for safe CO2 award

Risk-management services firm DNV recently issued the world's first certificate of fitness for a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage development plan to Shell's Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Canada.

Dow Chemical wins top award of US safety council

In recognition of its achievements in workplace safety, community service, environmental stewardship and responsible citizenship, Dow Chemical was awarded with the 2012 Green Cross for Safety Medal from the US National Safety Council, announced on Monday at the 2011 NSC Congress and Expo in Philadelphia.