Loss Prevention
HP Reliability: One pump fire per 1,000 pump repairs
While performing reliability audits decades ago, pump-failure statistics were made available or could be recovered with relative ease. But even then, the sources were usually kept confidential because..
HP Integration Strategies: Aging HPI workforce drives need for operator training systems
As a leading research and consulting organization focused on the process industries, manufacturing, infrastructure and other industrial sectors, ARC Advisory Group has been closely following the emerg..
US business groups urge Obama to halt EPA's reconsideration of ozone regs
The American Petroleum Institute (API), along with more than 170 businesses and business groups that employ American workers, sent a letter to President Obama urging him to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) voluntary reconsideration of new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone.
Limit the damage from a vapor cloud loss
Risk reduction ideas from personal experience
Seal off costly refinery leaks
Older refinery seeks better method to be leak-free
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Kink-resistant hose provides longer service lifeSaint-Gobain Performance Plastics (SGPPL) has introduced a high-performance solution for transferring bulk corrosive chemicals. A superior flexible and ..
Spiral heat exchanger in desalter service solves fouling issues
Technology offers problem-free operation along with considerable maintenance savings
Review unit-wide impacts on closed-drain drums
API 521 standard helps decipher the correct operating pressure for this system
HP Viewpoint: Consider new developments in antifouling coatings for rotating equipment
Innovative materials and applications protect critical centrifugal compressors and steam turbines from erosion and corrosion
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EYESIM Virtual Reality now available on iPhone and iPadFollowing the successful launch of the innovative Virtual Reality training system EYESIM, Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of te..
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