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Can the downstream achieve growth and sustainability?

Center for Green Technology and Management: Sukumaran Nair, M. P.

The global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) is transforming beyond typical technical and management forms. This industry is making progress, and it is achieving more sustainability practices. Suc..

Triple-offset valves offer advantages in emergency services

Pentair Valves & Controls: Casaroli, S.  |  Ferrara, M.

Liquid hydrocarbon storage facilities have used triple-offset valves (TOVs) in traditional tank farm applications for decades. Due to more stringent health, safety and environment (HSE) requirements, ..

Understanding people helps reduce safety risks in the workplace

TalentClick Workforce Solutions: Ford, G.

It’s fair to assume that most employers strive to deliver quality results and maintain high safety standards in their plant operations. Recent research has shown that employing staff who share th..

What every refiner should know about nitrogen generation and delivery

Parker Hannifin: Connaughton, D.

Generating N2 on-demand is a sustainable and energy-efficient approach.

Minimize false assurances in hazard analyses

Apex Safety Consultants: Sawyer, M.

Hazard analysis is a powerful and highly effective tool for identifying and evaluating potential hazards and control measures (Fig. 1). Its versatility provides an economical and insightful assessment..

What separates the best-of-class companies from the rest?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Many metrics can be used to define the top-performing downstream companies. Often, it includes financial (profits) results, environmental and safety performance, equipment availability and more. Howev..

Major refinery uses reliable fiscal metering system

Emerson Process Management: Gupta, T.

Reliance Industries Ltd., ranked 99th on the Fortune 500 list of the world’s major corporations, operates the largest refinery and petrochemical complex. Located in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India (Fig...

Achieve excellence and sustainability in your next turnaround

Project Assurance, Inc.: Singh, B.

To consistently achieve pacesetter results on plant shutdowns and turnarounds, it is imperative that companies have a systematic turnaround management process (TMP).

Address inlet pressure loss concerns with restricted lift relief devices

Smith & Burgess LLC: Smith, D.
Bechtel Corp.: Yoram, S.

For the past 30 years, standard-sized relief devices have been sized such that it is difficult to meet the installation criteria in American Petroleum Institute (API) standard (STD) 520. This problem ..

HP Editorial Comment: The silent assassin: Corrosion

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

This month’s special report focuses on corrosion. Often, uncontrolled corrosion undermines the mechanical integrity of process equipment and infrastructure. It is often identified as the root cau..