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Maintenance & Reliability

Engineering Case Histories—Case 104: Energy in steam boiler explosions

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Steam boiler explosions happen all over the world, as an internet search will reveal.

Reliability: Pre-select a multidisciplinary failure analysis provider

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Suppose you are among the average mid-size plants that simply cannot afford to hire, train or otherwise employ subject matter experts (SMEs) in every one of the different disciplines within your company.

Bringing Industry 4.0 to the terminal

Oceaneering International Inc.: Kessler, R.

The oil and gas industry is no stranger to the power of Industry 4.0 solutions that aggregate sensor and planning/forecasting data into a single shared view, as well as deliver valuable analytics and real-time alerting capabilities.

The benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles in plant inspection services

Spitfire Aerial Services: Smith, M.

As the technology surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones (FIG. 1), continues to advance, so too do the ways they are used.

Improve refinery production and efficiency with asset monitoring

Emerson Automation Solutions: Donnangelo, M.

The sheer volume of equipment in a refinery—from vessels, columns, huge structures and mazes of pipes to pumps, valves, controllers and instruments—is staggering.

Onsite

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Jenny Hebert and George Yaluris of Albemarle accept the <i>HP</i> Award for Best Catalyst Technology.

Business Trends

Argo Consulting: Free, A.  |  Renegar, CJ

Across the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI), executives are buzzing about operational excellence.

Maintenance: Improving plant performance by changing a maintenance culture

Eastman Chemical Company: Reed, D.
Consultant: Thompson, M.

Over the last 2 yr, the plant maintenance department (PMD) at Eastman Chemical Co.’s Longview, Texas site produced these significant improvements to plant performance.

Engineering Case Histories: Case 103—Addressing heat exchanger tube leaks

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Heat exchangers have multiple tubes with fluid passing through and over them that either heats or cools another fluid.

Amine pumps upgraded for improved operations and reliability

PETRONAS: Yusoff, D.
Bouden International: Aronen, R.

A gas processing plant in Malaysia eliminated a source of expensive failures in its acid gas removal unit (AGRU).