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Critical situation management – avoid the pitfalls

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
INOVx Solutions: Ayral, T.
Genysm Corporation: Anderson, R. C.
Environment & Safety / Loss Prevention

Guidelines are based on over 50 projects

Improving reliability of chemical processing facilities

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
PPG Industries, Inc.: Hawkins, J.
Meridium, Inc.: Matusheski, L.
Environment & Safety / Process Control / Loss Prevention

An enterprise reliability management system offers powerful failure analysis capabilities

Include your field work force in the automation loop

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
SAT Corporation: Mohrmann, C.
Environment & Safety / Process Control / Loss Prevention

New technologies reduce maintenance costs and increase productivity

Optimize FCC flue-gas emission control—Part 2

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
Environment & Safety

Regenerator design plays a crucial role when limiting NOx emissions

Risk-based approach to near miss

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
Kuwait National Petroleum Co.: Ritwik, U.
Environment & Safety / Loss Prevention

Here's a systematic process for first defining and then documenting incidents

HP Automation Safety: Getting failure rate data

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2002
exida LLC: Goble, W.
Environment & Safety

During a course this month, I heard from several that the lack of failure rate data for instrumentation used in safety applications has been the major impediment keeping control enginee..

HP Automation Safety: Why CFSE certification?

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2002
exida LLC: Goble, W.
Environment & Safety

IEC 61508, an international standard for functional safety, requires that any project manager establish criteria to assure competency of all individuals doing various safety life-cycle ..

HP Insight: Reality ‘bites’ for the energy industry

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2002
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany
Environment & Safety

As this issue goes to press, HP will be releasing its 2003 industry forecast. So what should the HPI expect to happen over the next 15 months? Well, the news is cooling if not at times ..

Optimize FCC flue-gas emission control – Part 1

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2002
Environment & Safety

Upcoming environmental regulations will require tighter control measures for FCC units. So, what are the best options?

Consider new refinery compliance standards now being set through litigation actions

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2002
Bechtel Corp.: Hill, J.
Environment & Safety

In addition to established environmental laws, the U.S. EPA uses enforcement settlements to devise more stringent performance for manufacturing facilities, especially refineries