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
Strategic Business Planning | July 2, 2025 FCC Catalyst: Cost-Cutting vs. Value-Add... The business cycle beckons, reminding refiners that staying competitive means keeping costs in check. As the tide pulls back, every… 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
Strategic Business Planning | June 17, 2025 Capturing Margins Through Timely and Accurate Crud... Refineries face unprecedented complexity in crude procurement. Price volatility, geopolitical instability, and shifting crude slates have made traditional feedstock selection… 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
Strategic Business Planning | June 4, 2025 Technical Due Diligence for Existing Assets: Ident... By Tracy Sadowski with contributions from Rick Hoffman, Joseph Jacobs, Mel Larson, and Andrew Last Buying, upgrading, or selling an… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | June 4, 2025 Technical Due Diligence for New Technologies: Redu... By Tracy Sadowski with contributions from Rick Hoffman, Joseph Jacobs, Mel Larson, and Andrew Last Investing in a new technology… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 28, 2025 Shortening the Turnaround Window Through Efficient... By Ralph Davies with contributions from Gordon Lawrence Maintenance turnarounds are an unavoidable part of operating a refinery, petrochemical plant,… 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
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | April 23, 2025 So, You’ve Got IOWs—What’s Next?... The refining and petrochemical industries have recently seen an increased focus on integrity operating windows (IOWs). The first edition of… Read More
Learning & Development | April 16, 2025 Why Cutting Training in a Lower-Margin Environment... With the current market volatility and economic uncertainty, many oil & gas companies are looking to tighten their budgets and… Read More
