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To Shale or Not to Shale - Refinery Configuration Analysis at the 10000 FT Level While Getting a 100 Ft Level Value Estimate

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
Subject Summary: The spate of closing refineries and the increasing supply of light, clean transport fuel- suitable hydrocarbons from new drilling...

Reliable Technology Selection Links Value Chains: LNG Transfer in FLNG

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
Many onshore LNG projects are struggling with cost-blowout mainly due to construction delays, skilled labor shortage, environmental issues, etc. In...

Tube Inserts for Heat Exchangers - Energy Conservation and Run Optimisation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
The improvement that can be obtained from tube inserts in heat exchangers have been the subject of several studies performed by TOTAL. These studies...

Equations for Flammability Parameters, Pmax and KG

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
The maximum pressure of gas combustion, P max , and the deflagration index, K G ,are very important flammability parameters that are used for risk...

Relief Systems Design: Simplifying Assumptions Gone Wrong

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
The process of evaluating an entire facility’s relief and flare systems design can be extremely time consuming and costly. In most cases, simplifying...

A Leader's Tactical Approach to Influence Changes in Process Safety Culture

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
Following the Texas City disaster and the subsequent publishing of “Failure to Learn”, many companies were awakened to the idea that their top...

Impact of DDT on FPSO Explosion Risk Assessment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
In recent explosion accidents on onshore petrochemical facilities, it has been concluded that a deflagration-to-detonation-transition (DDT) took...

What Should Leaders be Held Accountable for When It Comes to PSM Performance?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
What should leaders be held accountable for when it comes to PSM Performance? Accountability is much easier to describe than to create or instill...

Perspectives on Ragagep

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice or RAGAGEP is a fundamental building block of OSHA's PSM standard. OSHA has announced...

Emergency Response Leadership: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2014
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