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Risk management

A "Normal" Accident -- The Loss of the RAF Nimrod XV230: A Failure of Leadership, Culture, and Priorities

Analyzing accidents can demonstrate how much they have in common with everyday operations. Business principles and sound engineering practices can be at odds.

January 27, 2016 • Howard Duhon • Oil and Gas Facilities
Risk management

Why Business Advice Is Often Bad Advice

Whether using internal expertise or outside consultants, projects and initiatives can go awry due to cultural issues and bad management advice. This can have implications for many aspects of a business, including process safety.

January 28, 2016 • Howard Duhon • Oil and Gas Facilities
Field/project development

How to Avoid Project Train Wrecks

Why do we as an industry do so poorly in executing large capital projects? Oil and gas is not alone. The many reasons for failure of megaprojects fall into five broad categories.

March 23, 2016 • Oil and Gas Facilities
Separation/treating

Savvy Separator: Underperforming Gas Scrubbers: How to Fix Them and How to Avoid Them

The main drivers for sizing gas scrubbers have been performance requirements, process conditions, and project specifications. However, optimizing cost, delivery times, and weight is not the same as improving scrubber performance.

March 22, 2016 • Elizabeth Morillo • Oil and Gas Facilities
From the Publisher: A New Chapter Begins

As rig counts and oil prices fall to low levels not seen in decades, no one in our industry is immune from the impacts. However, adversity can spur innovation and lead to changes that set us up for future success.

March 31, 2016 • Glenda E. Smith • Oil and Gas Facilities
Flow assurance

Experimental Investigation of Three-Phase Low-Liquid-Loading Flow

An experimental study was conducted by use of a 6-in.-inner-diameter facility to analyze three-phase stratified wavy flow in horizontal pipelines.

March 1, 2016 • Cem Sarica • Oil and Gas Facilities
Peer Reviewed Papers - Overview

Report on experimental study to investigate characteristics of three-phase stratified wavy flow in horizontal pipelines.

March 31, 2016 • Gerald Verbeek • Oil and Gas Facilities
Field/project development

Project Complexity Requires Enterprise Thinking

The failure rate for megaprojects is often blamed on complexity. A dinner during ATCE asked whether there is a limit to the degree of complexity we are capable of effectively managing.

November 9, 2015 • Pam Boschee • Oil and Gas Facilities
Separation/treating

Separations Technology Technical Section Continues Success and Growth Into 2016

In its fifth year, the Separations Technology Technical Section has grown to more than 1000 members. The new section chair provides his perspective on what the future holds.

November 5, 2015 • Jimmie Riesenberg • Oil and Gas Facilities
Pipelines/flowlines/risers

Effectiveness of Bypass-Pigging Solutions in Multiphase-Flow Pipelines With Waxy Crude Oil: Evaluation and Innovative Solution

Bypass pigging has advantages over conventional approaches. Its application to multi-phase flow with high wax content crude is discussed.

November 18, 2015 • Oil and Gas Facilities

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