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Process Technology | June 21, 2022

Consider Taking a Long-Term View in a Shortsighted...

Production facilities are all about what can we produce today. Everything can be rushed. When problems arise, people want the…

Crude Refining & Production | June 16, 2022

Moving From a Reactive Culture To a Proactive Cult...

With Abby King Moving from a reactive to proactive culture is not an easy thing to do, partially because there…

Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 11, 2022

How to Select the Right Maintenance Metrics to Mea...

A common phrase is “What’s measured is managed”. What’s also true is that measuring the wrong things can drive unintended…

Crude Refining & Production | March 9, 2022

Pride Comes Before The Fall…...

This is the second (and hopefully last) in a personal series on slips trips and falls. Many of you may…

Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | March 1, 2022

Breakthroughs in Predictive HTHA Life Assessment: ...

Published in the Inspectioneering Journal, January/February 2022 Introduction Nearly two years ago, in an Inspectioneering Journal article, Practical HTHA Experience…

Crude Refining & Production | August 30, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Recovery – Methodical Steps...

I personally went through Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ike during my career living in the Gulf Coast. Restarting our plants…

Software Tools | December 23, 2014

Statistical Analysis of Non-Destructive Examinatio...

In 2008, Becht Engineering was awarded a project by the Materials Technology Institute (MTI) to develop an inspection guideline document…

Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | February 28, 2022

Recent Advances in Becht’s HTHA Damage Modeling ...

Overview We presented a comprehensive five part series on our HTHA modeling approach in the fall of 2020. This series…

Crude Refining & Production | February 25, 2022

A Step in the Right Direction...

Most of us have heard of the benefits of walking at least 10,000 steps a day. Weight loss and heart…

Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | February 17, 2022

Assessing Actual vs. Planned Work Hours of a Maint...

Using a Simple Methodology to Determine the Best Estimate of the True Productivity Performance Can Lead to Further Improvements Abstract…

Strategic Business Planning | February 14, 2022

Improving Energy Efficiency – Addressing Sco...

With contributing authors: Grant Jacobson, Roberto Tomotaki, Greg Zoll and Fred Lea Recently published in Decarbonization Technology As the energy…

Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | February 10, 2022

The Best Path To Maintenance Cost Reduction...

While most organizations acknowledge a link between maintenance and reliability, the maintenance and reliability departments are often held within separate…

Learning & Development | February 7, 2022

Becht + RPS Partnership = World Class Training Exp...

Becht is proud to announce the integration of RPS Training into our Becht catalog of training courses. Bob Campagna and…

Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | February 3, 2022

Ammonia Plants...

The nitrogen, ammonia, hydrogen, urea, and syngas industries are vital to the production of various petrochemical products for worldwide consumption.…

Crude Refining & Production | February 2, 2022

Do You Look Both Ways Before Crossing a One-Way St...

I do. Why? It’s a lesson that was burned into my brain as a child. “Look both ways before you…

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