All Plant Management
Process safety benchmarking is a first
Added: 11 May 2011
Dr Julian Hought of HFL Risk Services reveals the results of the chemical industry’s first ever pro…
Siemens to start remote maintenance services
Added: 15 Apr 2011
Manchester, UK – Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies is adding remote services to its …
Fluor links with predictive maintenance firm Azima DLI
Added: 14 Apr 2011
Irving, Texas - Fluor Corp is to team with Azima DLI of based in Woburn, Massachusetts-based suppli…
CSB maintenance warning marks fatal Tesoro accident
Added: 8 Apr 2011
Washington DC – Marking the one year anniversary of the tragic accident at the Tesoro Refinery in A…
Veolia begins North Sea decommissioning project
Added: 5 Apr 2011
Tyneside, UK – Veolia Environmental Services (UK) has started work on a project to decommission off…
EU's machinery safety changes pose a threat
Added: 1 Apr 2011
Machine builders, OEMs and even end users could face losing business and be hit by penalty fines if…
Software aids Novacem's 'carbon-negative' cement process
Added: 31 Mar 2011
London – Novacem is using Autodesk’s AutoCAD Plant 3D software to optimise its plant design and pro…
Visible benefits of 3D plant and process design software
Added: 30 Mar 2011
Projects to build a new processing line can typically cost £15-£20 million, so it is critical that …
Buckled pipe prevented BOP from protecting Deepwater Horizon rig
Added: 24 Mar 2011
Washington – The blowout preventer (BOP) stack on the BP Deepwater Horizon rig failed because a pie…
Don't gamble with CE marking when upgrading machinery
Added: 23 Mar 2011
Advice from Stewart Robinson, consultant engineer at Pilz Automation Technology:
Corby, UK – Since M…
Brunner Mond improves staff safety at UK chemical plants
Added: 17 Mar 2011
Northwich, UK – Brunner Mond, part of Tata Chemicals, is to roll out Crown Computing’s workforce ma…
Bayer tracks down hidden efficiencies
Added: 15 Mar 2011
Bayer Technology Services (BTS) has developed a process optimisation programme that is being applie…
Demolition man
Added: 15 Mar 2011
Richard Vann on planning for decommissioning and assembling the best team for the job
UPM drives improvement at paper plant
Added: 4 Mar 2011
Shotton, UK – UPM has completed an extensive low voltage AC drive refurbishment programme at its S…
ERIKS: Reducing motor maintenance costs
Added: 1 Mar 2011
ERIKS report highlights five important aspects of adopting an asset management approach to motor ma…
CRC 'virtually impossible' to enforce
Added: 22 Oct 2010
London – Changes to the CRC will be ’virtually impossible’ to enforce unless significant improvemen…
Unwanted equipment presents a legal minefield
Added: 19 Oct 2010
London – Many companies disposing of unwanted work equipment are failing to comply with the require…
Northumbrian Water upgrades Darlington STW
Added: 19 Oct 2010
Darlington, UK – Northumbrian Water has completed a major refurbishment of its Stressholme sewage t…
OSPRAG advances UK oil spill response
Added: 19 Oct 2010
London – Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) claims to be making significant …
