This blog provides some personal views on the future.  First, I believe the future is very bright for the USA.  With good demographics, a high value add work force, low cost energy, great resources, lots of land (with much of it arable), plenty of resources and financial strength, the United States has a lot going […]

This past year was notable for geopolitical events and higher margins.  It was great for us to once again be able to meet with our clients, and our colleagues, in person.  Throughout the year, Becht continued to work on ways to bring higher value to our clients. Some of the areas our clients found this […]

Read Part 1 of this Blog            Read Part 2 of this Blog Welcome back to Part 3 of the evolution of gasoline blending series. We have had an interesting journey so far looking at various aspects of gasoline blending, and we have come a long way and crafted three dimensions […]

Read Part 1 of this Blog Welcome back to Part 2 of the evolution of gasoline blending series. Just to recap, we established a framework in Part 1 regarding the types of refiners, layers of the blending ecosystem and a concept of stress testing. We also talked about quantifying each of the dimensions i.e., speed, […]

Dr. Charles Becht IV., was awarded the 2022 B31 Forever Medal during the ASME B31 & Nonmetallic Pressure Piping Code meetings. The ASME B31 Forever Medal for Excellence in Piping is a Committee Award awarded for distinguished contributions in the field of pressure piping including but not limited to leadership, technical, research and development, and […]

The workforce is changing rapidly and the people who will be blending gasoline at a refinery will have a different set of knowledge, skills, and attributes compared to prior generations. This will be the generation that likes to collaborate on platforms instantaneously and make rapid decisions in a constantly changing and challenging environment. This generation […]

Production facilities are all about what can we produce today.  Everything can be rushed.  When problems arise, people want the answer now and there is pressure to take the most expedient solution.  Consider taking a step back and have a look at the historical data to see what has been going on long term.  Is […]

with Abby King Moving from a reactive to proactive culture is not an easy thing to do, partially because there isn’t that immediate need to jump in to diagnose a problem or an emergency fix to equipment to get the plant back on-line. We have all been there, we get the call in the middle […]

This is the second (and hopefully last) in a personal series on slips trips and falls. Many of you may remember a few years ago I sent out a Safety Focus on a slip and fall incident that happened to me that resulted in a broken left arm. I spoke about the importance of using […]