Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 19, 2018 Multi-Discipline Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA... Becht Engineering is at the forefront of performing extensive Root Cause Failure Analyses (RCFA) for its clients in heavy industry.… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 1, 2017 Storage Tanks Floating Roofs – Challenges In... Over one hundred thousand floating roofs have been used in hydrocarbon (oil) storage tanks since the 1950s. A majority of… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | October 22, 2017 Reliability Program Implementation and High-Altitu... This is the third in a series of Blogs on improving plant reliability performance through changes in culture, programs, equipment… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | October 5, 2017 Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) – A Key Eleme... Many companies and organizations have been on the reliability journey for a number of years, while others are just beginning. … Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | September 4, 2017 Reliability Beliefs – Driving Organizational... This is the second in a series of Blogs on improving plant reliability performance through improvement in culture, programs and… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | June 19, 2017 Making Bad Actor Elimination Programs Work... This is the first in a series of Blogs on improving plant reliability programs through improvements in culture, programs and… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 15, 2016 Storage Tanks – Maintenance & Reliabili... The safe operation, maintenance and reliability of roofs in large tanks, does require special considerations in their design, construction and… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 15, 2016 Risk Based Work Selection (RBWS) – An Essential ... Turnarounds (TA) in refining units are executed periodically, on a planned basis, to meet multiple objectives, such as regulatory compliance,… Read More
Process Technology | April 12, 2016 PSM Implementation is a Challenge – Maintain... The Process Safety Management rule (PSM), OSHA 1910.119, was implemented in the early 90’s, more than 20 years ago. Implementation… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | January 16, 2016 Becht Advisors Exceed Client Expectations... Gulf Coast Refinery Turnaround Becht Engineering mobilized Advisors to Louisiana to supplement a Client’s operations organization during a 45-day, fourth… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | January 15, 2016 Mitigating Turnaround Discovery Risk... Recently, a Becht Inspection Planner was preparing the Inspection Turnaround Plan for a client’s HF Alkylation Unit. When reviewing the… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 17, 2015 Risk-Based Work Selection – A Process Focusing o... Risk Based Work Selection (RBWS) is one of the Best Practices used by refiners in managing safety and reliability of… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | October 7, 2015 Repair versus Replace – Not Always an Easy Decis... Equipment Operators face hundreds of work list items while planning for scheduled maintenance events. For each item the owner must… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 23, 2015 Check Valves: Often Forgotten – Till They C... Integrity management of piping systems involves functional testing, inspection and maintenance of components which are identified as “safety critical”. Typically,… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 15, 2015 Reliability Gap Assessment – A Critical Step... Every Refinery whether small or big, isolated or a part of a larger group generally has practices to improve reliability… Read More
