Safety

AFPM honors top refining and petrochemical facilities

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) proudly recognizes the winners of the 2024 Annual Safety Awards—widely regarded as the premier safety honors in the refining and petrochemical industries. These awards are a cornerstone of AFPM's comprehensive safety program, developed by the Safety and Health Committee to advance good practices, ensure safe operations, and highlight facilities that demonstrate exceptional occupational and process safety performance.

Update: Hunt Refining's Alabama (U.S.) refinery operating at reduced rates after fire

Hunt Refining Company is operating its 50,000-bpd refinery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (U.S.) at reduced rates following a fire last week.

Chevron attempting to restart El Segundo, California refinery after taking units offline last week

Hunt Refining restarts Alabama (U.S.) plant after fire

Hunt Refining restarted its 50,000-bpd petroleum refinery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (U.S.), over the past weekend after a fire shut down the entire refinery.

Common challenges in risk-based inspection for piping: Insights from experience

This article will identify the top five common problems and concerns related to risk-based inspection assessments for piping, along with some thoughts on how to address these issues. 

Digital Exclusive: From safety silos to strategic insights: Digitally transforming SIS management

When it comes to digital transformation, refining and processing operators face unique challenges. Unlike other industries already leveraging digital twins to improve design, enable predictive maintenance and boost operational efficiency, the refining and processing sectors often struggle with data management.

Norway's Mongstad oil refinery maintains operation during partial evacuation

Norway's Mongstad oil refinery was partially evacuated on Friday when smoke was detected at an electricity substation on the site, although the plant's production continued during the incident.

One worker killed in fire at Kuwait's Mina Abdullah refinery

Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) said on Thursday that one worker was killed and four were injured in a limited fire that had been extinguished at the Mina Abdullah refinery's desulfurization unit

Harness the power of asset performance management to transform reliability

As the energy industry navigates the shifting energy landscape and macroeconomic uncertainties, it must adopt collaborative and innovative solutions to enhance the productivity and quality of value chain operations, while also remaining focused on efficiency improvement projects that protect the bottom line. Spurred by this need for increased resilience and recent advancements in artificial intelligence, the market is seeing growth in the deployment of asset performance management (APM) solutions.

Japan's Fuji Oil restarts 143,000-bpd Sodegaura CDU after fire

Japanese refiner Fuji Oil has restarted the 143,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Sodegaura refinery.