Environment & Safety
HP Reliability: Not ready for 29-year-old pump packing
In 2009 we were informed about “a nuclear plant that was never commissioned after its original construction. This plant has been sitting idle for 29 years and is only now starting up.” The o..
HP Integration Strategies: The three dimensions of energy management
While we’ve seen many examples of good practices in energy savings and efficiency initiatives, and hear much discussion about the merits of energy-management systems (EMSs), energy management lac..
Advice for 2011: Be dynamic, be flexible; more pain to come
“Analyze this” is the fad quote and action that actor Robert De Niro famously demands of his unwilling therapist in the film of the same name. Playing Paul Vitti, a New York gangland supremo..
US National Biodiesel Board weighs in on RFS2 lawsuits
 In late May, lawsuits were filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit regarding the renewable fuels standard (RFS2) included in the 2007 energy bill. The National Biodiesel Board recent..
Implementing a suitable safety instrumented system-Part 2
The analysis is the most important step for engineering and designing a suitable system
Performing correct initial blowdown calculations
These guidelines can help determine peak flowrate
Establishing safety representatives who are effective
Follow these protocols for a safer workplace
Implementing a suitable safety instrumented system—Part 1
The "analysis phase" is the most important step for engineering and designing a suitable system
Purging and inerting large-volume tankage and equipment—jet mixing concept—Part 1
Here are the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods
Strategize preshutdown work to enhance productivity
Adopt these principles from a refinery revamp project
- Clariant, OMV aim to reduce carbon footprint of ethylene and ethylene oxide derivatives 7/31
- Ampol, Graincorp collaborate for potential renewable fuels plant in Australia 7/31
- Brazil's JBS supplies animal waste for production of sustainable aviation fuel 7/31
- United is first airline to purchase SAF for O'Hare Int'l airport (Chicago, U.S.) 7/31
- Egypt aims to keep diesel prices subsidized 7/31
- illimity, Trafigura lend money to Italian refinery for energy transition 7/31
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- Hydrogen-rich content gasoline: A new concept for paraffinic gasoline reformulation
- Alarm rationalization at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) refineries
