Management
Process safety incidents involving simultaneous operations
Some process safety incidents occur as the result of simultaneous or sequential occurrences of operations or activities that interfere or clash with each other.
Demystify hazardous area classification and compliance assessments
As safety becomes increasingly paramount at hydrocarbon processing facilities, so too does the importance of addressing and clarifying the confusion associated with hazardous area classification (HAC) assessments and compliance auditing in Class 1 locations.
People
EnLink Midstream has named Rhonda L. Price to succeed Jennifer K. Johnson as Senior VP of human resources.
Business Trends: Smart refineries—Leveraging data for operational intelligence
In the highly competitive, capital- and asset-intensive oil and gas industry, demand is growing for the implementation of information technology (IT) practices covering the following functional requirements.
Roundtable: The reality of process safety risk
Unavoidably, process safety risks are often managed in different parts of an organization.
Supply Chain: Integration—The next frontier in supply chain and production management
Hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) companies have long used different applications to address their supply chain production management (SCPM) challenges.
Engineering Case Histories: Case 98—Why performing calculations is important to an engineer’s career
Engineering calculations can help an engineer’s career by controlling the risks taken. The author has followed this path.
Automation Strategies: Expanding scope of automation events and alerts
Detecting, reporting and responding to abnormal situations or events are important functional elements of a complete process automation strategy.
Reliability: Technology transfer training is most effective for small groups
Training can take many different forms.
Conceptual troubleshooting training for refinery operators
Throughout the refining industry, the average number of years of experience for console operators is decreasing, as large numbers of very experienced console operators are retiring.
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- Abra Group and Sumitomo sign MoU to advance affordable SAF in Brazil 11/17
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