Maintenance & Reliability
How do project management practices guide turnaround execution?
The complex nature of turnaround maintenance projects leads to the development of various methods of managing plant turnarounds. To discover the strengths and weaknesses of each approach during plant ..
NRI wins American Bureau of Shipping approval on pipeline repair systems
The ABS is responsible for the classification and verification of marine vessels and offshore structures for compliance with regulations for design and construction, along with a periodic survey. Over the past year, NRI completed the full ABS process, which includes application, evaluation and assessment.
HPI spending pegged for slight increase in 2013
Even with healthy predictions for expenditures, market players are remaining cautious when making decisions on key projects as they await regulatory clarity. The forecast breaks out capital spending to reach $57.6 billion and maintenance spending to reach $69 billion.
HP Impact: New nanoscale reference material to be known as P25
New nanoscale reference material to be known as P25The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new nanoscale reference material for use in a wide range of environmental, hea..
HP Innovations: Innovations
Invensys introduces new technology offeringsSoftware and technology provider Invensys Operations Management recently released a program to help clients modernize and improve the performance of aging c..
HP Reliability: Equipment life extension involves upgrades
Every plant wants to get more service life from site machinery. Since about 1990, quite a number of start-up consulting companies have formed to advise clients on equipment life extension. These compa..
Consider automated fault detection systems to improve facility reliability
Automated fault detection and diagnosis systems (AFDDSs) are well established in many consumer and industrial sectors.1 The conventional limit-value based (high/low alarms) fault detection and diagnos..
Prevent external corrosion of boiler tubes under refractory lining
A leak developed on the water wall for several boiler tubes within five months of the commissioning of a plant boiler. In this case, the boiler tubes were partially covered with a castable refractory ..
HP Engineering Case Histories: Case 70: Twenty rules for troubleshooting
In previous Engineering Case History columns, I have discussed checklists and their value in avoiding errors during startups. While the rules cannot replace common sense or a logical and methodical ap..
Pipeline repair company NRI opens Texas sales, distribution office
The new office expands NRI’s commitment to servicing the US Gulf region with same-day material availability, extensive product inventory, delivery services, job assessment services, and ASME qualified product training classes, the company said. Investment terms were not disclosed.
- Valero Energy Q4 profit beats estimates; shares surge 1/30
- Dow launches "Transform to Outperform" to raise the competitive industry benchmark for productivity and growth to enable improved returns 1/30
- Russian oil refineries' peak maintenance expected in January and September 1/30
- U.S. lifts some Venezuela sanctions to ease oil sales 1/30
- Keppel, Aster plan sustainable aviation fuel project in Singapore 1/30
- Boeing, Israel's Technion to develop sustainable aviation fuel, as sector grapples with 2050 goal 1/30
