Safety
Honeywell to provide process automation and safety systems for new LNG facility in Canada
Honeywell Process Solutions will provide full automation and safety systems and serve as integrated main automation contractor for a new LNG facility being built in Eastern Canada.
Consider post-design changes to confine a hazardous area
Hazardous area classification (HAC) is carried out while performing basic design engineering, and HAC drawings are produced as one of the deliverables.
Marathon's Galveston Bay refinery partially evacuated after butane leak
Marathon Petroleum Corp. evacuated workers from a portion of its Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas due to a butane leak, but no injuries were reported.
Implement a competency management system for process safety
Managing the competency of company personnel is a critical aspect of process safety.
People
Dr. Alexander Horch has been named as the new head of development at HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH.
Automation Strategies: The benefits of safety lifecycle management
Industry standards mandate safety lifecycle management (SLM). Most industrial organizations are aware of and comply with those standards.
Improve refinery compressor performance with a reengineered rotor
When a scheduled maintenance task at a refinery in Germany revealed the need for a new rotor assembly, working with local independent specialists enabled the team responsible to improve the design and performance of the compressor without further interruption to service.
Take steps to achieve lubrication maintainability
Do not accept that what the OEM delivered, or how the equipment has been configured for the past 30 years, must be maintained into the future. Optimize yourPM program and look for maintainability improvements to ensure that the right work can be performed in the right way and at the right time.
Failure prevention—The ultimate asset management strategy
The primary cause for losses and lost opportunities at refineries, chemical complexes, pipeline networks and gas processing facilities is equipment failures.
Lifting of US crude export ban will impact process safety management
Since the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, the US government has restricted the export of crude oil to curb dependence on crude oil imports.
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