Strategic Business Planning | November 12, 2025 Simple Fixes to Improve Energy Performance in Comp... In a previous blog (Pinch Design in Practice), I discussed some of the basic design flaws and operating errors that… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | November 5, 2025 How Refiners Can Build Resilience in Low-Margin Ti... Refining and petrochemicals are caught in one of the toughest environments I’ve seen in decades. Margins are thin, assets are… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | October 29, 2025 Improving Integrity and Reliability with Digital C... By Jeremy Staats and Mark Fronek Corrosion control documents (CCDs) are created to drive safer, more reliable operations, but only… Read More
Engineering Standards | October 22, 2025 Transforming Corporate Standards – Part 4: Knowl... “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” –Miles Kington… Read More
Learning & Development | October 22, 2025 Planning Your Training Budget with Clarity and Imp... Are you guessing at your team’s training needs? Scrambling to recall what should be included? Reacting to problems only after… Read More
Process Technology | October 15, 2025 How to Implement an Operations Excellence Manageme... As we discussed in Part One and Part Two of this series, an operations excellence management system (OEMS) that is… Read More
Process Technology | October 8, 2025 Best Practices for Chemical Cleaning Hydroprocessi... Everyone knows a chemical cleaning vendor, and you may have met many different vendors who offer a variety of chemicals… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | October 1, 2025 Energy Savings Hidden in Plain Sight... Pinch analysis is a great tool for identifying heat integration improvements that would otherwise be hard to find. However, many… Read More
Capital Projects | September 23, 2025 Why Responsiveness Is So Critical in Oil & Ga... By Jean-Gaël Le Floc'h with contributions from Marisa Fedele A recently replaced FCC regenerator develops a hot spot. The engineering… Read More
Learning & Development | September 17, 2025 A New Framework for Successful Hybrid Training... If you were to observe a Becht training session as a “fly on the wall,” you would witness more than… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | September 10, 2025 Closing the Loop on KPI Benchmarking Gaps... Benchmarking is an essential tool for evaluating asset performance, but for many operators, the path from data to value remains… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | September 3, 2025 Railroad Tank Car Lining Compliance: What Shippers... Are your company’s bulk transport practices compliant with federal regulations? The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), specifically 49CFR Part 180,… Read More
Engineering Standards | September 2, 2025 Transforming Corporate Standards – Part 3: Advan... “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” –Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | August 26, 2025 When CCDs Go Stale: The Hidden Risk of Static Docu... Corrosion Control Documents (CCDs) are a foundational element of a site’s mechanical integrity strategy. They capture the understanding of damage… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | August 20, 2025 Planning a Turnaround of the Right Size: A Practic... In the refining and petrochemical world, keeping facilities reliable over the long haul is key to running safe and efficient… Read More
