Environment & Safety
HPIn SHE: The banane flambée syndrome
Last Saturday, we had several of my wife's colleagues over for dinner and I agreed to cook my famous banane flambée for dessert – famous not only for its taste but also for the riot of color..
HPIn SHE: Just say no!
I have recently been reviewing a number of major accidents, gathering material for a paper to be presented at the World Engineering Congress in 2000. What struck me as interesting about some of these ..
Straight facts on deregulation
Understand issues and trends of the new electric utility industry
HP Insight: Spending for environment
In less than 18 months, the HPI enters the next century. Many great changes have occurred within the industry over the last decade; yet, the HPI constantly struggles to beat the odds. HP is currently ..
HPIn SHE: Draining the swamp
People who think they have a sense of humor often hang cute little pictures on their office walls with a motto that is supposed to convey an important message. For example, the infant sitting on a pot..
Gasoline, the environment and economics
Will the refining industry continue to solve complicated regulatory, technological and financial challenges?
Minimize wastewater contamination
Source reduction techniques dramatically reduce hydrocarbons lost to sewer system
HPIn SHE: Get involved
Politicians and government workers and are notoriously out of touch with industry needs. Especially government workers; at least politicians have to have some feeling for their constituents' needs. On..
HPIn SHE: The other side of the fence
In one of my lectures on process maintainability, I describe a plant complex: It has storage for large quantities of fuel, lubricants and explosives, all in close proximity; a nuclear power plant; a s..
HP Insight: Are we ready for optimization?
Hydrocarbon Processing sponsored its second annual Process Optimization Conference, March 25?27, 1998, in Houston. As with the first technical meeting, HP created this technical forum to investigate i..
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