Environment & Safety
The safe automation gap – Part 2
SIS design, operation and maintenance are critical tools to bridge this division
Cost-effective emissions reductions through leak detection, repair
Study discovers a potential for at least $205,000 in annual savings
Trip analysis: a quick tool for plant management
Rapidly identify problems and allocate resources for solutions using these indices
HP Automation Safety: Assessing HPI terrorism risk
The events of September 11, 2001 have caused many HPI managers to consider the risk of their facilities becoming potential targets. Intelligence that has been gathered and publicly diss..
The safe automation gap – Part 1
An organization's safety culture can help bridge this void
HP Automation Safety: Safety in software
It seems like everything I touch lately that has software in it is going bad. My desktop (PC) performance has deteriorated so badly that I decided to give it a lobotomy and reformat th..
HP Insight: A not so silent spring for MTBE
The furor surrounding MTBE twists and turns this Spring. In mid-February, results from the Stillwater Associates' draft report, "MTBE phase out in California," to the California Energy ..
HP Insight: A real danger to the HPI – Congress
The terrorist attacks' wake has spilled across many economicsectors, severely damaging industries from airlines to retailing.The greatest threat facing the hydrocarbon processing industries'(HPI) futu..
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