Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Management

Reliability: Reassess and redirect your approach to a long-term career

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

It was not too long ago that a prospective employee could expect a 30-year career within an oil refinery or a petrochemical plant.

Viewpoint: The politicalization of the SEC—A dangerous precedent

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM): Thompson, C.

The benefits of fossil fuels are undeniable.

Project Management: Want your plant to work right? Insist on strong project definition

IPA Capital Solutions: Barshop, P.

Project definition is the planning of a project before execution, which begins when engineering is completed, equipment and materials are purchased, and construction of the new or modified plant is performed.

Reliability: Consider amended warranties for rotating equipment

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

If you have ever encountered a situation where an equipment manufacturer declined to offer warranties, allow us to share three case histories.

Case study: Plan and execute a coke drum replacement project

Phillips 66: Johnson, B.
Wood Group Mustang: Farris, M.

The delayed coking unit is a critical part of a refinery’s crude oil process flow and profitability.

People

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Honeywell UOP president and CEO Rebecca Liebert has been named by Profiles in Diversity Journal as a winner of its 15th annual Women Worth Watching Awards.

Viewpoint: An engineer’s guide to networking

ShureLine Construction: Shahani, G.

Innumerable articles and training programs have been written on the subject of networking.

People

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Courtney McShane has joined Willbros Group Inc. as director of business development for the Marcellus Shale region and Eastern Seaboard.

Implement a competency management system for process safety

Primatech, Inc.: Baybutt, P.

Managing the competency of company personnel is a critical aspect of process safety.

Teaching an old plant new tricks: The rise of the methanol plant revamp

Jacobs Consultancy: Stanbridge, S.

The last time we saw such marked activity in the methanol industry was back in the 1990s and early 2000s, when methanol production in North America plummeted by almost two-thirds.