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Management

HP Water Management: Phosphorus elimination in cooling tower treatment program

U.S. Water Services Inc.: Mowbray, M.

A heightened focus on environmental sustainability is apparent in today’s industry, and for a good reason.

HP Engineering Case Histories: Case 87: How an engineering consultant can help your company

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

While engineering consultants are available for a wide range of client requirements, such as developing or reviewing specifications for new equipment, this article is only concerned with analyzing equipment failures.

Improve refinery margins with new crude selection concept

Statoil Refining Denmark: Knudsen, P. U.
Frontline Systems, Inc.: Maleki, S.

A refinery with an active crude selection strategy encompassing dedicated staff, preapproval of all new crudes and an updated crude acceptance window can gain $0.5/bbl–$1/bbl vs. a more passive strategy.

Managing the recovery from the Jaipur oil terminal fire

Oil Industry Safety Directorate: Dutta, H.

In October 2009, a devastating fire at the oil terminal in Jaipur, India, killed 11 people, injured many more and incurred a significant financial loss.

HP Reliability: Hire or train a reliability professional?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

The statistics on job seekers with college degrees and job seekers qualified to do the work for which they actually apply will differ.

HP Automation Safety: Ensure the safety and security of industrial control systems

ARC Advisory Group: Cosman, E. C.

Process safety and cyber security are distinctly different disciplines, but there is now a growing realization within the downstream automation sector that they are related.

HP People

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Wood Group Mustang has appointed Elaine Lisenbe to the position of chief financial officer (CFO), and Valencia Amenson to VP of human resources.

Enabling the refinery of the future—Safety first

Trinity Integrated Systems: Mulholland, D.

Within this “new” economy, automation systems must be capable of delivering new levels of productivity and scalability, while ensuring safety, managing globalizations and addressing new workforce demographics.

Implement best practices in enterprise-wide operations management

Flint Hills Resources, L.P.: Wilson, D.

Several lessons learned were identified during the refinery project implementations.

Create an operator ownership culture to achieve continuous improvement in reliability—Part 2

Shell: Parris, M.
Tesoro Petroleum (retd.): Cameron, D.

Operators have a significant influence on a plant’s reliability.