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Include your field work force in the automation loop

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
SAT Corporation: Mohrmann, C.
Environment & Safety / Process Control / Loss Prevention

New technologies reduce maintenance costs and increase productivity

Optimize FCC flue-gas emission control—Part 2

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
Environment & Safety

Regenerator design plays a crucial role when limiting NOx emissions

Risk-based approach to near miss

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
Kuwait National Petroleum Co.: Ritwik, U.
Environment & Safety / Loss Prevention

Here's a systematic process for first defining and then documenting incidents

HP Automation Safety: Getting failure rate data

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
exida LLC: Goble, W.
Environment & Safety

During a course this month, I heard from several that the lack of failure rate data for instrumentation used in safety applications has been the major impediment keeping control enginee..

HP Automation Safety: Why CFSE certification?

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2002
exida LLC: Goble, W.
Environment & Safety

IEC 61508, an international standard for functional safety, requires that any project manager establish criteria to assure competency of all individuals doing various safety life-cycle ..

HP Insight: Reality ‘bites’ for the energy industry

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2002
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany
Environment & Safety

As this issue goes to press, HP will be releasing its 2003 industry forecast. So what should the HPI expect to happen over the next 15 months? Well, the news is cooling if not at times ..

Optimize FCC flue-gas emission control – Part 1

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2002
Environment & Safety

Upcoming environmental regulations will require tighter control measures for FCC units. So, what are the best options?

Consider new refinery compliance standards now being set through litigation actions

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2002
Bechtel Corp.: Hill, J.
Environment & Safety

In addition to established environmental laws, the U.S. EPA uses enforcement settlements to devise more stringent performance for manufacturing facilities, especially refineries

HP Insight: Planning models for joint venture refineries function as a contract

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2002
Consultant: Hartmann, J.C.M.
Environment & Safety

In a joint venture (JV) refinery, the shareholders supply crudes of their choice and share the operating cost of processing those crudes into final products. In return, the shareholder..

HP Automation Safety: Are fire and gas systems SISs?

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2002
exida LLC: Goble, W.
Environment & Safety

ISA 84.01 or IEC 61511 standards make no specific mention of "fire and gas (F&G)" systems. However, many are asking the question: Are F&G systems classified as safety systems? Why woul..