Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | June 26, 2015 Refrigerated Storage Tanks – Managing Operationa... Refrigerated Liquefied Storage Tanks have been used for over 60 years in the industry. A significant number of these tanks… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | April 7, 2015 New Method for Prioritizing Equipment for Inspecti... Gerrit Buchheim, Manager of the Pono Division of Becht Engineering, has developed a practical and simple-to-use approach to prioritizing the… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 24, 2015 ASME B31.3 – Substantive Changes to 2014 Edi... In addition to the many clarifications, updated references to codes and standards, updates to basic allowable stresses, and added listed… Read More
Capital Projects | December 17, 2014 How To Hire The Right Lift Director... This is the second part of "Lift Director – Are you in Compliance?" published Sept. 10, 2014. Click Here… Read More
Crude Refining & Production | December 10, 2014 Due Diligence – Pay a Little, Save a Lot... Acquiring a Petrochemical Plant, Refinery or Other Major Asset? It’s always important to have expert advice when you buy anything… Read More
Capital Projects | September 10, 2014 Lift Director – Are You In Compliance With T... Are You In Compliance? In construction today, it seems like the rules and regulations are changing everyday. There is good… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | August 14, 2014 NonMetallic Composite Wrap Pipe Repair... Nonmetallic composite wrap repairs are wraps comprising two constituents: A fabric woven from a fiber such as graphite or glass… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | July 28, 2014 Inspection Planner Position Helps Lead to Turnarou... Providing “Best in Class” risk based fixed equipment turnaround inspection planning entails a four phase workflow process to scope, plan,… Read More
Machinery | July 23, 2014 Reciprocating Compressor Cylinder Alignment (Often... Compressor cylinder bore misalignment can cause failures that are often not attributed to misalignment. Crosshead shoes uneven wear, compressor piston… Read More
Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls | June 17, 2014 Systems Obsolescence Mitigation Strategy... The majority of industrial plants around the world have long since deployed microprocessor-based systems to automate the monitoring, control and… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 16, 2014 Hazard Identification: The Mitigation Hierarchy an... Hazard Identified; What Next? As we’ve discussed in recent articles, once a hazard is identified as legitimate, it needs to… Read More
Capital Projects | April 17, 2014 Black Boxes On Cranes – Useful Tool or Liabi... Industry is concerned about the “Black Boxes” on Cranes. Are they a useful tool or a liability? They record everything… Read More
Ammonia & Syngas | March 25, 2014 Working on the Road – Using the Cloud... I was recently preparing for a cross-country trip and I had to decide what to take. Normally it is necessary… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | March 21, 2014 Predicting the Remaining Life of Corroded Buried P... When planning or performing a wall thickness inspection of buried pipe, it is necessary to establish the procedure to be… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | March 19, 2014 Designing Elevated Temperature Equipment with Inte... If the behavior of discontinuity stresses due to pressure is not properly understood in elevated temperature design, unconservative designs can… Read More
