Management
HP Water Management: Phosphorus elimination in cooling tower treatment program
A heightened focus on environmental sustainability is apparent in today’s industry, and for a good reason.
HP Engineering Case Histories: Case 87: How an engineering consultant can help your company
While engineering consultants are available for a wide range of client requirements, such as developing or reviewing specifications for new equipment, this article is only concerned with analyzing equipment failures.
Improve refinery margins with new crude selection concept
A refinery with an active crude selection strategy encompassing dedicated staff, preapproval of all new crudes and an updated crude acceptance window can gain $0.5/bbl–$1/bbl vs. a more passive strategy.
Managing the recovery from the Jaipur oil terminal fire
In October 2009, a devastating fire at the oil terminal in Jaipur, India, killed 11 people, injured many more and incurred a significant financial loss.
HP Reliability: Hire or train a reliability professional?
The statistics on job seekers with college degrees and job seekers qualified to do the work for which they actually apply will differ.
HP Automation Safety: Ensure the safety and security of industrial control systems
Process safety and cyber security are distinctly different disciplines, but there is now a growing realization within the downstream automation sector that they are related.
HP People
Wood Group Mustang has appointed Elaine Lisenbe to the position of chief financial officer (CFO), and Valencia Amenson to VP of human resources.
Enabling the refinery of the future—Safety first
Within this “new” economy, automation systems must be capable of delivering new levels of productivity and scalability, while ensuring safety, managing globalizations and addressing new workforce demographics.
Implement best practices in enterprise-wide operations management
Several lessons learned were identified during the refinery project implementations.
Create an operator ownership culture to achieve continuous improvement in reliability—Part 2
Operators have a significant influence on a plant’s reliability.
- Clariant's FAMAX™ catalysts deliver outstanding performance at two Yihua formaldehyde plants in China 5/27
- Aramco and Emerson collaborate on strategic corrosion R&D 5/27
- TotalEnergies extends fuel price cap in France through June 5/27
- MOL says repairing petrochemical plant damaged in explosion could take several months 5/27
- China allows fresh urea exports amid Iran war-fueled fertilizer crisis 5/27
- India ethanol push drives big rise in land farmed to make fuel 5/27
