March 1999

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As oil industry companies continue to merge, consolidate and downsize, a natural outcome is a decline in the number of workers. This trend that started in the late '80s has resulted in what Joseph Sta..

Editor's note: The following is in response to my March '98 column, "Controversy in control," which requested input from our readers on controversial issues. Recently, representatives from OLE fo..

This issue is often raised, or even debated. A simple explanation would be that reliability data can be converted into uncomplicated, figure-of-merit performance indices. Consider these indices as coa..

This MTTF data from production, maintenance Remember: MTTF is a meterstick- and purchasing records. not a micrometer ..

It has been said that the Internet is the largest library in the world, but all the books are on the floor. Here's one site that helps us to find government, legal and court information from all over ..

BP Amoco constructs new plant, expands production capacity BP Amoco Chemicals has marked the construction of its world-scale 1,4 butanediol (BDO) plant. This new plant, under construction in Lima, ..

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I recently discussed with a plant's management its vision and program to eliminate unplanned production losses from equipment failures. The facility's overarching goal is to achieve zero breakdowns. ..

Adaptive Media, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, a leading provider of real-time, Web-based visualization software for the extended enterprise, and Rebis, Walnut Creek, California, a developer of plant de..

Elf Atochem, France, has agreed to acquire 51% of Seki Catalyst Co. Ltd., Korea. Seki is one of Korea's main organic peroxide producers with an important market share. Its 2.3 Mtpy manufacturing facil..

Market fundamentals suggest that prices could rebound, in spite of the current oil glut, says Olivier Appert, senior executive vice president of ISIS. He stressed that IEA estimates a recovery this ye..

The outlook for petrochemicals was addressed at the Chem Systems Petrochemical Review conference, Houston, January 27–28. The following summarizes the forecasts for several key products and highl..

After a year of crisis and uncertainty, the global oil industry is "beset with uncertainty over its future," according to a recently released report by Arthur Andersen and Cambridge Energy Research As..

HPIn Reliability – Keep your partner supplier alert, cooperative Our company has grown from six locations and around $100 million in annual sales in 1992 to over 36 locations and $250 millio..

Of course, some seniors can remember life without the influence of polymers. However, the discovery of plastics and its rapid commercialization has truly changed society. A day without plastic. For..