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HP Reliability: Not ready for 29-year-old pump packing

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2010
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Environment & Safety / Maintenance & Reliability / Process Optimization / Corrosion / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Loss Prevention / Pumps / Rotating Equipment / Safety

In 2009 we were informed about “a nuclear plant that was never commissioned after its original construction. This plant has been sitting idle for 29 years and is only now starting up.” The o..

HP Integration Strategies: The three dimensions of energy management

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2010
ARC Advisory Group: de Leeuw, V.  |  Güldner, F.
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization / Project Management / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Loss Prevention / Management / Pumps / Reactors / Safety

While we’ve seen many examples of good practices in energy savings and efficiency initiatives, and hear much discussion about the merits of energy-management systems (EMSs), energy management lac..

Advice for 2011: Be dynamic, be flexible; more pain to come

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2010
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization / Refining / Biofuels / Crude oil / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Gasoline / Loss Prevention / Safety

“Analyze this” is the fad quote and action that actor Robert De Niro famously demands of his unwilling therapist in the film of the same name. Playing Paul Vitti, a New York gangland supremo..