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Asia/Pacific

SABIC chief meets Chinese delegations, notes high commitment to China ops

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) hosted senior Chinese official He Lifeng – vice party secretary of the Tianjin city government – on Friday at its headquarters in Riyadh, offering what the company said was a strong sign of support for its growing business profile in China.

Spent caustic management: Remediation review

Understanding of waste components needed for proper spent caustic disposal

Tips on communicating LOPA results to management

Mustang Engineers, LP: Shah, G. C.

Communicate clearly and explain thoroughly

Pilot-operated safety relief valves: A simple, effective plant upgrade

GE Energy: Scott, J. R.  |  MacKinnon, N.

Replacing spring-loaded valves can help increase efficiency and output

Relief device inlet piping: Beyond the 3 percent rule

Smith & Burgess LLC: D. Smith
Smith and Burgess LLC: Burgess, J.
Smith and Burgess: Powers, C.

With careful consideration, an engineer can be certain that an installation will not chatter

Safety instrumented function design reduces nuisance trips

Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.

Implementing low-cost best practices can provide peace of mind

Improve material balance in high-purity distillation control

Summa Control Solutions Inc.: Nino, S.

Using dual-composition conserved energy efficiency, reduced reprocessing and allowed higher throughput

Case 65: Taking risks and making high-level presentations

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Tips on how to communicate with managers

Investigation: Failure of a steam generator

SABIC R&T: Babakr, A.  |  Bairamov, A.

In case history, engineers search for root cause of water-side tube failures for a 23-year-old boiler

HP Viewpoint: The evolution of safety in the oil and gas industry

KBR: Lyons, C.

As a safety professional with 25 years of experience in the hydrocarbon and chemical industries, I’ve had the unique opportunity to view first-hand the evolution of safety. Upon entering this fie..