Safety
Taking on petrochemical plant hurdles with networking smarts
The petrochemical industry is facing one of the most significant challenges in its history.
Risk mitigation procedure following criticality assessment and FMEA
In asset performance management (APM), criticality assessment and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) are powerful tools that enable the identification of opportunities to minimize asset lifecycle costs during the development of equipment strategies.
Process control reimagined
Imagine visiting the control room of a typical process unit at a refinery.
Isentropic effects: Application and simulation
A process safety risk in industry is having unknown problems that are not accounted for.
Engineering Case Histories: Case 112: Remote failure analysis consulting
An article on “Remote training of personnel”1 is interesting and appropriate at this time of COVID-19. It outlines the difficulties in presenting remote training courses and suggests methods that can help.
Editorial Comment: Maintenance and reliability—A cornerstone of safe and efficient plant operation
Refineries and petrochemical plants are comprised of a series of crucial processes to produce transportation fuels, products and chemicals demanded by the global market. These processes consist of capital-intensive units that must be maintained to provide reliable performance. Failure to adequately maintain these assets can have a detrimental effect to not only operations and profit, but also to worker safety.
An investigation into pressure vessel fatigue cracking caused by a tack weld
Pressure vessels and piping constitute the maximum percentage of static equipment in any oil and gas facility.
Alarm management: A pillar of process safety management
The following describes how an adequate implementation of alarm management is a fundamental part in process safety management (PSM).
Design considerations when flaring ethylene oxide
The flaring of gases released from normal process vents and safety valve discharges following an overpressure scenario is widely practiced in refineries, petrochemical and chemical plants.
Business Trends: A perspective on new technology impacts on the chemical processing industry
Over the past five years, the industrial evolution has been propelled by the same technologies that have dramatically changed our private lives.
- Renewable fuels project in Canada begins production 4/19
- Jet fuel demand growth lags as air traffic exceeds pre-pandemic level 4/19
- Jet2.com to use SAF at London Stansted Airport 4/19
- Neste and New Jersey Natural Gas target reducing greenhouse gas emissions with Neste MY Renewable Diesel 4/19
- Cepsa and Evos join up for green methanol storage in Spain and the Netherlands 4/19
- Russia's Bashneft oil company installs anti-drone nets to protect refineries 4/19
