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Management

Demystify hazardous area classification and compliance assessments

Bath Process Safety Management: Johnston, J. E.  |  Eccleston, C. A.

As safety becomes increasingly paramount at hydrocarbon processing facilities, so too does the importance of addressing and clarifying the confusion associated with hazardous area classification (HAC) assessments and compliance auditing in Class 1 locations.

People

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

EnLink Midstream has named Rhonda L. Price to succeed Jennifer K. Johnson as Senior VP of human resources.

Business Trends: Smart refineries—Leveraging data for operational intelligence

Tata Consultancy Services: Agrawal, M. D.  |  Morawala, A.

In the highly competitive, capital- and asset-intensive oil and gas industry, demand is growing for the implementation of information technology (IT) practices covering the following functional requirements.

Roundtable: The reality of process safety risk

Aberdeen Group: Cline, G.  |  Keim, K.
Petrotechnics North America: Neill, M.
Process Improvement Institute: Thomas, J.

Unavoidably, process safety risks are often managed in different parts of an organization.

Supply Chain: Integration—The next frontier in supply chain and production management

Honeywell: McDowell, D.  |  Dey, S.

Hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) companies have long used different applications to address their supply chain production management (SCPM) challenges.

Engineering Case Histories: Case 98—Why performing calculations is important to an engineer’s career

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Engineering calculations can help an engineer’s career by controlling the risks taken. The author has followed this path.

Automation Strategies: Expanding scope of automation events and alerts

ARC Advisory Group: Cosman, E. C.

Detecting, reporting and responding to abnormal situations or events are important functional elements of a complete process automation strategy.

Reliability: Technology transfer training is most effective for small groups

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Training can take many different forms.

Conceptual troubleshooting training for refinery operators

Visual Performance Solutions, Inc.: Averill, W.

Throughout the refining industry, the average number of years of experience for console operators is decreasing, as large numbers of very experienced console operators are retiring.

Machinery: Soft skills and habits all machinery professionals must develop—Part 1

Consultant: Perez, R. X.

When I ask people that work around machinery, “How do you improve reliability?” they often tell me to buy better bearings, seals, monitors or some other hardware-based improvement.