Without a doubt, digitalization is the engine fueling the growing adoption of operational excellence (OE) in hazardous industries.
The last several years have seen significant advances in, and acceptance of, new automation technologies.
This issue of Hydrocarbon Processing features a topic that has been addressed in sections of the magazine for several decades, but has never been a focal point of the publication. That topic is materials manufacturing.
With the help of an excellent mentor, I became adept at analyzing equipment and structures at the start of my career, using analytical techniques.
A career involves a series of decisions and experiences that improve a person’s knowledge, competencies and personal fulfillment.
Investors have a critical need for assurance that the asset they are invested in will achieve continuous operation at the designed rates, as well as meet—and hopefully surpass—reliability, availability and maintenance targets safely.
This two-part article will examine how to address common issues on large projects, and how to make an ordered, structured transition in a systematic and repeatable way.a
Construction is essentially a cyclical business.
A proprietary slurry technologya represents an innovation in residue conversion and unconventional oil upgrading, and marks a step change in the treatment of the heavy end of the barrel.
In Part 1 of this column (Hydrocarbon Processing, September), I began discussing useful techniques that fall into the general category referred to as “soft skills.”