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Legal View: Legal Implications of Using Contractors As Operators

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
Using contractors to perform operations within a plant can significantly raise the legal risks of an employer. In this regard, OSHA may view the...

Properly Size Two-Phase PRV - Easier Than API 520 HDI Method

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
API 520 Part I (9 th edition) selected three (3) methods to size two-phase PRV. One of them is the HDI (Homogeneous Direct Integration) method...

Radiant Heat Flux Impact Criteria for API RP 752 Building Siting Studies

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
Building siting studies are an increasingly important part of process safety, as they are required for facilities that fall under OSHAâ€...

Jurisdictional Boundaries in Midstream - Where Is the Line?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
Midstream Operations are familiar with the applicability of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials (PHMSA) regulation of the Department of...

Selecting the Proper Gas Compressibility Z for Relief Valve Sizing

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
Selecting the Proper Gas Compressibility Z for Relief Valve Sizing Freeman Self ( feself@bechtel.com ) Satyajit Verma ( sverma4@bechtel.com ) Bechtel...

Contractor's View: Ownership Is the Secret of Success

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
IMCO General Construction has been contracted by Rio Tinto Legacy Management to Operate and Maintain the Holden Mine Remediation Site Waste Water...

Don’t Walk the Line – Dance It!

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
An 86% reduction in Tier 1 and Tier 2 loss of primary containment incidents has been realized in the five years following the introduction of Walk...

Good Engineering Practice in Protecting Low-Pressure Tanks

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
It is more than three years since the last edition of API 2000 was empowered and almost ten years since ISO 28300 became worldwide recognized...

Our Process Safety Journey Continues: Operational Discipline Today

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
In the late 1980’s, DuPont defined Operational Discipline (OD) as the deeply rooted dedication and commitment by each member of an...

Pressure Relief Sizing Using Area to Charge Scaling Method and Automatic Pressure Tracking

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
Several vent sizing methodologies have been developed and presented in “The Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS)...

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