Safety
Managing complex changeover processes for integrated cracking furnace safety
Cracking furnace operations (e.g., for the steam cracking of naphtha feedstock into olefins) are an essential part of hydrocarbon (HC) refining; however, they are known to be potentially dangerous and complex to manage.
Viewpoint: Create a culture of safety: Protecting people while boosting your bottom line
Implementing safety best practices helps reduce employee risk, which helps minimize the number of workplace accidents and ensures compliance with industry and government regulations.
Useful tips for a successful HAZOP study
The products we use on a daily basis comprise a variety of chemicals.
Refining: High-impact challenges in today’s global refining market
To stay competitive and thrive in today’s uncertain and volatile energy market that is characterized by major shifts in supply and demand dynamics, refiners must find ways to increase operational efficiencies, maximize productivity and produce refined products at lower costs.
Project Management: Performance excellence culture improves processes, giving lasting results
In the downstream industry, where production is at an all-time high and uncompromised safety is imperative, plant owners and operators are responding by implementing the latest time-saving technologies and systems to automate and improve human processes.
Reliability: Monitor equipment condition by collecting vibration signatures
With relatively few exceptions, industry guidelines and standards allow an increased understanding of best practices.
Editorial Comment: Unintended regulatory consequences: Lessons learned
Over my 40-yr professional career in the oil and gas processing, refining and petrochemical industries, I have seen many well-intended government regulations completely backfire, cause irrational responses or get lip service.
Explosion, fire in Alabama on gasoline pipeline kills one
Colonial Pipeline Co. shut down its main gasoline and distillates pipelines on Monday after an explosion and fire in Shelby, Alabama, killing a worker and sending five to the hospital.
BASF pipeline cut before blast
A pipeline of flammable material had been cut before a deadly blast at the headquarters of German chemicals group BASF last week.
Honeywell and Flowserve collaborate on IIoT solutions
Honeywell and Flowserve will collaborate to provide Industrial Internet of Things solutions to help industrial customers make their operations, safer, more efficient and more reliable.
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