Most Petrochemical and Refinery Facilities utilize embedded mechanical contractors to handle the day to day maintenance (and sometimes new construction) activities. While this is practical in many situations, often, the…
Brittle fracture at low temperatures can be a major problem with carbon steel and many alloys, if not properly considered in the design stage, and verified with testing. Steel is…
*** Emergency Update on Nickel Pricing *** There has been a tremendous amount of volatility in the commodity market over the past two days with Nickel pricing. The London Metal…
If pumps are the “heart” of your processing system, piping would be the veins and arteries that get your product from one piece of equipment to the next, ultimately transferring…
The Code assigns responsibilities to three different entities when it comes to pressure vessels. First is the fabricator, who has the main responsibility to ensure that all aspects of the…
The 2021 edition of the code is now mandatory for all new orders as of January 1, 2022. Many updates and changes were made in this edition of the code.…
