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
Process Technology | August 13, 2025 Core Components of an Effective OEMS in High-Hazar... In Part One of this series, we discussed organizing your business documentation within the framework of an operations excellence management… Read More
Learning & Development | August 6, 2025 Clear Career Progression: Key to Keeping Your Best... Did you know limited advancement opportunities are among the top reasons employees seek new jobs? While salary, benefits, and hybrid… Read More
Engineering Standards | August 4, 2025 Transforming Corporate Standards – Part 2: Integ... “It’s the least terrible way we know how to do this – so we call it best practice.” The use… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | July 30, 2025 When Flares Fail: Design Oversights and Lessons fr... By Monika Ko with contributions from Patrick Williams Flares are designed to be the last line of defense – a… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | July 23, 2025 Why the Metric of Man-Weeks Is Insufficient for Ma... With rising cost pressures and restrictions on increasing labor, many organizations find themselves facing a substantial maintenance backlog. Ensuring that… Read More
Learning & Development | July 9, 2025 BechtCONNECT: Scaling Expertise for Greater Effici... In today’s refining and petrochemical industries, success isn’t just about cutting costs. It’s about making sure every dollar spent delivers… Read More
Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls | June 24, 2025 Justifying Electrical Infrastructure Investments w... Investing in electrical infrastructure, whether it’s a new substation, a distribution system upgrade, or a network expansion, requires more than… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | June 18, 2025 Pinch Design in Practice: Balancing Energy Efficie... Pinch analysis is widely used for designing heat recovery systems within the process industries. However, it is not a panacea.… Read More
Process Technology | June 11, 2025 Why an Operations Excellence Management System (OE... High-hazard industries – like oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, nuclear power, and mining – deal with processes and materials that… Read More
Learning & Development | May 21, 2025 Learning from Experience: Becht’s Expert Instruc... At Becht, technical training isn’t just about presenting information—it’s about passing on decades of experience, lessons learned in the field,… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 14, 2025 The Impact of Proper Maintenance Planning and Sche... I recently spent time with a client who had just introduced planner/schedulers into their maintenance work process with a focus… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | May 7, 2025 Energy in a Pinch: How Did We Get Here?... The 1970s was a period of spiraling energy prices, driven largely by the Arab oil embargo of 1973 and the… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 30, 2025 Why Do Equipment Failures Persist? The Answer Lies... Let’s talk about something that’s always top of mind in our industry: equipment reliability. It’s not just a box to… Read More
