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Safety

Onsite

Steve Elliott, Senior Director of Marketing, Schneider Electric, explained how Triconex safety solutions can help to actively manage the profitability of process operations at Triconex’s User Group event.

Business Trends: The case for teaching competence—Part 2

Shea Capability & Compliance Solutions: Brister, D.
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Readers who have had the misfortune of being drawn into debates over the precise definitions of words or terms might agree that much time can be lost in unproductive squabbling.

USB threat vector trends and implications for industrial operators

Honeywell: Knapp, E.

These are interesting times for universal serial bus (USB) security.

Reliability: Use procedures to do your job well

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Disregard for following detailed procedures at a petrochemical plant in Illinois proved costly.

It’s not double trouble—it’s digital twingenuity

MAVERICK Technologies: Henn, J.

Much ink has been spilled over the concept known as the “digital twin.”

Conceptualizing a mega-integrated refinery and petrochemical complex: A case study

Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Chaudhuri, S.  |  Dass, T.

<i>Integration</i> is the new keyword for sustainability and profit in today’s oil and gas market scenario.

Business Trends

AVEVA: Newton, M.

The oil and gas industry is at a turning point.

Refining—The evolving base oil industry: The Group 1 shift

ExxonMobil: Walko, T.

In April, ExxonMobil launched its 2018 Basestocks Industry Pulse Report. Supported by survey responses from 300 base oil decision makers around the world, the report reveals their own perspectives into the key market trends and industry drivers in the base oils business.

Engineering Case Histories—Case 104: Energy in steam boiler explosions

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Steam boiler explosions happen all over the world, as an internet search will reveal.

Reliability: Pre-select a multidisciplinary failure analysis provider

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Suppose you are among the average mid-size plants that simply cannot afford to hire, train or otherwise employ subject matter experts (SMEs) in every one of the different disciplines within your company.