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BP tackles Texas City failings British Petroleum's tragic March 2005 explosion has been well-documented through the press. Read here to find out how that tragedy spurred the development of a new program addressing management issues at BP. |
04/12/2006 |
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PIPs 10th Annual Conference New Tools New Realities will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 in Houston, Texas. The one-day conference will include presentations, a demonstration from key industry leaders, several workshops, and award activities to recognize contributions from PIP Member Companies participants. |
04/07/2006 |
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Editor-in-Chief Mark Rosenzweig writes that the causes of two incidents should get attention from other processors. |
01/24/2006 |
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The worst thing that can happen at your plant is that an employee suffers a serious injury from a preventable accident. Follow some proven maintenance pointers to keep operations safe. |
01/23/2006 |
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Wireless poses its own tangles With so many wireless devices now available, the question is: can they all work together? |
01/11/2006 |
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Pipe joint poses safety concerns Readers ponder how to deal with an asbestos gasket. |
12/31/2005 |
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Only experience can prove that safety systems will work when they have to. |
11/27/2005 |
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EPA seeks to reduce TRI reporting burden The EPA has proposed a new act in regards to reducing Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). Read here to get the details on how it might affect your plant. |
11/27/2005 |
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New ideas hatch in process development Dont expect pilot plants to disappear as better tools and techniques enhance efforts. |
11/09/2005 |
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Fieldbus Wars continue: EDDL vs. FDT/DTM Fieldbus technology expert Dick Caro predicts that as Ethernet-based control networks converge into the domain of fieldbus, there will eventually be a conflict between OPC/DX, FDT/DTM, and EDDL. |
10/12/2005 |
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Process Industry Practices civil, structural, architectural package complete and available As of June 2005, almost 480 PIP Practices in all eight disciplines had been published. Around 560 total Practices are targeted for publication and maintenance. The Civil, Structural, Architectural (CSA) discipline makes up 43 of the total PIP Practices. |
08/29/2005 |
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Theres still room to improve industrys good safety performance, says Editor in Chief Mark Rosenzweig in his monthly column. Mechanical integrity programs generally need more attention. |
08/25/2005 |
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Chemical makers play the power game Chemical manufacturers are using a range of strategies to cope with rising power costs. They are relying more on pooling and cogeneration. |
08/25/2005 |
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Automated spray control pays dividends Just because nozzles are spraying doesnt mean that they are spraying precisely, and precision spray performance can bring rewards in terms of throughput, quality and bottom-line profits. |
08/16/2005 |
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EDDL enhancements gain momentum Several major vendors have now announced plans to fully support enhancements to the electronic device description language (EDDL) used by HART devices, reports Ed Ladd of the HART Communication Foundation. These enhancements will allow users to interact with their intelligent devices in new ways. They ease configuration, even of complex instruments, and support storage of historical data for troubleshooting and diagnostics. |
08/16/2005 |
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Can you safely grandfather your SIS? Making a claim that an existing safety instrumented system satisfies a new ANSI standard should not be taken lightly. Before doing so, it is essential to assess several critical factors. |
08/11/2005 |
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Interpersonal skills could be key to career advancement In a high-tech workplace, it is a persons high-touch skills that set one apart from their peers. |
06/27/2005 |
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Barriers to Industrial Energy Cost Control: The Competitor Within The Alliance to Save Energy conducts ongoing research of the competitor within, a.k.a. organizational barriers to energy efficiency. The barriers to energy management are rooted in the very complexity of modern organizations. Communications and incentives are the key to overcoming these barriers. |
06/08/2005 |
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Automating Valve Procurement (AVP) through a PIP “Valve Matcher Catalog System” Automated Valve Procurement (AVP) is a proposed joint effort between Process Industry Practices (PIP) and FIATECH. AVP is, in three words, online valve matching. |
05/25/2005 |
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Use it or Lose it: Chemical Industry Energy Consumption One of the chemical industrys biggestand most misunderstoodbusiness opportunities is the recovery of income lost to energy waste. |
05/15/2005 |
