Capital Projects | December 20, 2020 Haliade-X 12 MW Prototype Wind Turbine Nacelle Lif... How do you lift an object 450 feet that weighs 780 tons (1,560,000 pounds)? First, you will need two 1500-ton… Read More
Crude Refining & Production | December 18, 2020 Stay Physically and Mentally Healthy... Saying 2020 had more than its fair share of challenges would be an understatement, but gratefully we can add another… Read More
Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls | December 17, 2020 Concrete Encased Grounding Electrodes (Ufer)... With contributing author Al Aliperti This article is intended to stimulate thought and discussion on concrete encased grounding electrodes (Ufer… Read More
Becht News | December 16, 2020 Becht Year in Review – 2020... 2020 has been a year filled with many challenges and we extend our sympathy to those who have been affected… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 15, 2020 Planning a Turnaround That Fits – Using RBWS... A risk-based work selection process (RBWS) screens worklist items to ensure they are justified for risk reduction or financial benefit… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | December 14, 2020 Becht’s BRAVO – The Next Evolution In Driving ... The energy industry has experienced unprecedented change in 2020 – lower and slower demand recovery putting pressure on gross margins,… Read More
Litigation Support | December 8, 2020 What Is An Expert Witness?... If you are looking for an expert witness you already have a costly problem! In the past, disputes were settled… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | December 8, 2020 ASME B31.3 Process Piping – Substantive Chan... Update The new edition for ASME B31.3, Process Piping, has been issued (December 2020). As usual, there are many… Read More
Becht News | December 2, 2020 Don Frikken Awarded The ASME’s J. Hall Taylor Me... The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Honors & Awards program celebrates individuals who have made important contributions in various… Read More
Crude Refining & Production | December 1, 2020 Next Generation Downstream-Looking Ahead At The In... Originally posted to Asian Downstream Insights The future of the downstream industry: a vast, uncertain horizon, marked by new technologies, and… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | November 16, 2020 Energy Transition: Solving A Global Problem Requir... The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a renewed focus on planning for sustainability and achieving the goals of the Paris Climate… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | October 28, 2020 Recent Advances in Becht’s HTHA Damage Modeling ... Overview The first four parts of this series have described the updated Becht HTHA model and presented extensive validation for… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | October 28, 2020 Recent Advances in Becht’s HTHA Damage Modeling ... Overview Part 3 of this series presented the data set and calibration used to characterize C-0.5Mo performance. This part extends… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | October 27, 2020 Recent Advances in Becht’s HTHA Damage Modeling ... Overview Part 2 of this series presented the extension of our model to C-0.5Mo material and calibration to very detailed… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | October 26, 2020 Recent Advances in Becht’s HTHA Damage Modeling ... Overview In Part 1 of this blog series an overview of two basic extensions to our void growth based HTHA… Read More