Safety
Motiva Convent refinery catches fire, HCU heavily damaged, no injuries reported
A blaze broke out Thursday at Motiva Enterprises 235 Mbpd Convent, Louisiana refinery, heavily damaging the structure of the heavy oil hydrocracker before being extinguished in the afternoon.
LyondellBasell 's Houston refinery returns to normal operations
LyondellBasell Industries returned its Houston refinery to normal operations Wednesday, one day after a power interruption on a unit cut production in half.
Worker injured by electric shock at Marathon's Galveston Bay refinery
A contract worker was injured by an electric shock on Sunday while working on a coking unit at Marathon Petroleum Corp's Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas.
US investigation faults Tesoro in worker injuries
Workers injured in incidents between 2010 and 2014 at Tesoro Corp.'s San Francisco Bay-area refinery in Martinez, California were due to a weak safety culture.
Honeywell to provide process automation and safety systems for new LNG facility in Canada
Honeywell Process Solutions will provide full automation and safety systems and serve as integrated main automation contractor for a new LNG facility being built in Eastern Canada.
Consider post-design changes to confine a hazardous area
Hazardous area classification (HAC) is carried out while performing basic design engineering, and HAC drawings are produced as one of the deliverables.
Marathon's Galveston Bay refinery partially evacuated after butane leak
Marathon Petroleum Corp. evacuated workers from a portion of its Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas due to a butane leak, but no injuries were reported.
Implement a competency management system for process safety
Managing the competency of company personnel is a critical aspect of process safety.
People
Dr. Alexander Horch has been named as the new head of development at HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH.
Automation Strategies: The benefits of safety lifecycle management
Industry standards mandate safety lifecycle management (SLM). Most industrial organizations are aware of and comply with those standards.
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