Management
Reliability: Consider amended warranties for rotating equipment
If you have ever encountered a situation where an equipment manufacturer declined to offer warranties, allow us to share three case histories.
Case study: Plan and execute a coke drum replacement project
The delayed coking unit is a critical part of a refinery’s crude oil process flow and profitability.
People
Honeywell UOP president and CEO Rebecca Liebert has been named by Profiles in Diversity Journal as a winner of its 15th annual Women Worth Watching Awards.
Viewpoint: An engineer’s guide to networking
Innumerable articles and training programs have been written on the subject of networking.
People
Courtney McShane has joined Willbros Group Inc. as director of business development for the Marcellus Shale region and Eastern Seaboard.
Implement a competency management system for process safety
Managing the competency of company personnel is a critical aspect of process safety.
Teaching an old plant new tricks: The rise of the methanol plant revamp
The last time we saw such marked activity in the methanol industry was back in the 1990s and early 2000s, when methanol production in North America plummeted by almost two-thirds.
People
Dr. Alexander Horch has been named as the new head of development at HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH.
Engineering Case Histories: Case 91: Helping those interested in a technical career
As engineers and managers, we are often approached by parents or friends interested in a technical career for their children or others.
Reliability: Machinery quality assessment on twin-screw compressors
Machinery quality assessment (MQA) is similar to bid conditioning, and both relate to structured efforts.
- Vioneo awards Lummus polypropylene contract for world's first industrial scale fossil-free plastics from green methanol facility 8/19
- Research: Developing an energy-saving, carbon-capturing method for making ethylene glycol 8/19
- Emerson announced the release of its new Rosemount 3144S temperature transmitter 8/19
- Chinese refiners sweep up Russian oil after Indian demand falls 8/19
- Indonesia plans quick-to-build oil refineries for U.S. crude 8/19
- Russia's ultra low-sulfur diesel exports from Primorsk scheduled to rise in August 8/19
