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to the various services, industries and research & development efforts of Becht.
Article appears in the March/April 2023 issue of Inspectioneering Journal Introduction Fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) have been fundamental to refinery operations and economics for many decades, with the very oldest operating units achieving 70 years of service. With no new refineries on the horizon for the United States and operating demands changing, maintaining these […]
Chris Van Der Beek was recently interviewed for an article in TRENDS – The International Media on Arab Affairs. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia— Becht, an American engineering services company, has revealed that it is in talks with potential partners in Saudi Arabia in order to widen its presence in the region. According to its director for […]
Authored by Troy Lancaster with David Troha Recently, our dedicated employees reached a major safety milestone. Becht Industrial Group’s employees completed 1 million manhours with ZERO OSHA recordable injuries. Becht Industrial Group is committed to the philosophy that there is no job so important that it cannot be done safely. In our business, the potential […]
Refining and upstream are large industries, but the world of terminals is a bit different. The terminal industry is shaped by multiple regulations and the focus is on turning the assets as quickly as possible, meeting contractual obligations, and avoiding demurrage. Energy efficiency has not traditionally been an area of focus in the midstream terminals […]
The critical role of the owner’s team can’t be understated. The owner may choose to contract out certain activities like commissioning but the accountability for activities cannot be handed off. The following is just a summary of many of the owner-led activities. Critical Owner’s Team Activities Establishing the owner’s team begins with appointing the manufacturing […]
This is the 2nd of 3 articles discussing relief issues for Hydroprocessing units. Last month, we discussed backflow prevention (CLICK HERE for 1st article). As a reminder, the three main lessons from that article are: Backflow protection must be provided on low-pressure to high-pressure interfaces including feed streams, wash water streams, and lean amine streams […]
With contributing authors Stephen DeLude and Bruce Scott. It can be said that any project is judged on three principal outcomes: On budget Completed onschedule and Operates and produces product as expected. During the early development phases of a new industrial plant, the main focus is to develop a steady state case with consideration […]
Becht’s Maintenance Improvement Program (MIP) looks at all aspects of maintenance value including the support driver. The support driver consists of those elements which support the delivery of maintenance: Studies in the construction industry indicate that 1% improvement in material management improved productivity by as much as 43%. While that number can’t be taken to […]
Over the next few months I will cover relief issues for Hydrotreaters and Hydrocrackers. This topic will be the subject of an AFPM Safety Bulletin to be released in 2Q, 2023. Relief design and operation for hydroprocessing units has unique requirements compared to other refinery units because of the high-pressure-to-low-pressure interfaces. The trick is to […]
With contributing authors Scott Leakey, Dave Dewees, P.E. It’s approaching three years since we demonstrated a mechanistic model for high-temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA). The model is fundamentally based on void growth and captures both mass-diffusion as well as power-law creep mechanisms which are responsible for the growth and eventual linking of internal cavities. A six-part […]
