Middle East
Deferred maintenance causes upsurge in pump failures
Maintenance & Reliability
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/ Americas
/ Asia/Pacific
/ Crude oil
/ Engineering & Design
/ Europe
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/ Pumps
Not addressing the root cause of a failure puts resources and employees at risk
Avoid costly engineering faults, missteps and miscalculations
Maintenance & Reliability
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/ Project Management
/ Americas
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/ Piping
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Experience does count, especially in achieving success in capital and revamp projects
Nickel recycle: Extending service life for reformer tubes
Maintenance & Reliability
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/ Natural Gas
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Case studies investigate methods to conserve high-nickel tubes for fertilizer facilities
Consider new materials for ethylene furnace applications
Maintenance & Reliability
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An innovative metallurgy solves maintenance issues
Testing and repair options for critical dry-gas seal: Updates
Maintenance & Reliability
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/ Asia/Pacific
/ Compressors
/ Europe
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/ Rotating Equipment
Do your research when sending compressor seals out for renovations
How to justify root-cause failure analysis for pumps
Maintenance & Reliability
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/ Rotating Equipment
New method uses annualized risk to determine RCFA analysis levels
Spiral heat exchanger in desalter service solves fouling issues
Environment & Safety
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/ Refining
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Technology offers problem-free operation along with considerable maintenance savings
Optimize reordering of critical raw materials and parts
New models evaluate the ‘total’ costs in receiving and storing materials for a refinery
Case 62: Useful shaft stress equations to remember
Maintenance & Reliability
/ Process Optimization
/ Americas
/ Asia/Pacific
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Committing several equations to memory can be useful
Is your antifoam compatible with the amine system?
Several options help minimize operation costs and mitigate unscheduled shutdowns
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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction