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Consider new coatings for maintenance turnaround

SemCrude: Karner, C.
Sherwin-Williams: Toews, B.

Epoxy system provides speed of application as well as environmental benefits for large storage tanks

Convert waste heat into eco-friendly energy

WorleyParsons: Bourji, A.  |  Barnhart, J.  |  Winningham, J.  |  Winstead, A.

New developments, such as the organic Rankine cycle, help operations go ‘green’

Aon launches global energy risk engineering unit

Aon Risk Solutions has consolidated its energy risk engineering assets around the world to form a new unit, known as Aon Energy Risk Engineering.

Designing the correct pressure-relieving system

Petrofac Engineering and Construction: Mofrad, S. Rahimi

Use these relief rate calculations for gas thermal expansion as a cause for overpressure

Optimized fired heater control

Residual oxygen measurement principle lowers emissions and improves efficiency

Emergency response planning—start at the plant design stage

Kuwait National Petroleum Company: Saini, R.

Follow these guidelines for a safer facility

Consider new analysis for flares

Process Systems Enterprise Ltd.: Matzopoulos, M.  |  Urban, Z.  |  Marriott, J.
Softbits Consultants Ltd.: Marshall, B.

Applying dynamic models in designing safety systems can reduce capital costs

HPI Viewpoint--Stretch in technology and gaps in process safety

Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University System: Mannan, M. S.

Oil and gas are contributing enormously to the quality of our lives in the 21st century, just as they were throughout the 20th century. With the economies in the various parts of the world expanding s..

HPIn Europe: How German refiners sped up clean fuels rules to save their heating oil business

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

European refiners are nearing the end of a decade of rapid change—some might say a revolution—in fuel specifications. For road fuels, at least, sulfur levels have gone from being a political..

One confirmed dead in Pemex refinery explosion

Pemex suffered an explosion at its Cadereyta refinery outside of Monterrey, Mexico.