Information that can reveal the root cause of an incident resides in many places — within the plant or process unit, in control rooms and offices, and even in witnesses’ minds. Here’s how to find the data and conduct effective witness interviews.

This article offers a detailed reliability-based methodology for determining the safety integrity level of instrumented systems by providing overpressure protection where arrangements of multiple pressure-relief valves are impractical to implement.

Understand how you and others solve problems, and use that knowledge to cultivate organizational relationships and improve individual and team efforts.

This procedure for commissioning a large chemical complex can help reduce the time required and minimize expenses.

Before selecting a centrifuge for your application, understand its principles of operation and investigate the key process variables.

This article explains the principles behind minor-component trapping, summarizes industrial experiences and provides guidelines for diagnosing and addressing the problem.

Follow these suggestions for identifying and validating a consultant, as well as for making the most effective use of the consultant’s expertise.

Avoid large work queues by proactively anticipating the resource needs of your company using dynamic capacity models.

The regeneration of sulfolane, a common extraction solvent, is difficult. With proper attention to design and operation, problems can be minimized.

Preparation and training can help minimize your facility’s — and your own — vulnerability to criminal prosecution for environmental violations.