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Maintenance: How to conduct successful turnaround maintenance at refineries
June 16, 2020

PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that, since 2014, the oil and gas industry has put off noncritical spending to reduce costs.

Highlights from a maintenance and reliability audit
June 09, 2020

Staffers in many plants in modern industry are assigned to job functions related to reliability assessment and implementation.

Safety: Where foresight replaces hindsight: How AI impacts the future of oil and gas safety
June 02, 2020

According to the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), there were 31 fatal incidents across the industry in 2018.

Supply Chain: Thinking outside the box: Unconventional supply chain planning
May 26, 2020

When you think of your supply chain, what do you consider?

Rapid reaction to market volatility
May 19, 2020

While there is no way to predict the length of the current pandemic or crude price volatility, you can help your refinery navigate risk and manage uncertainty

The downstream dilemma: Past, present and future of downstream energy
May 12, 2020

The oil industry’s interest in the downstream segment of the business has known ups and downs.

How to use technology to mitigate job-hopping and retain millennial workers
May 06, 2020

Workforce experts and employers often suggest that the millennial generation is responsible for sparking the job-hopping trend.

E&C execs discuss industry work and leadership in the "new normal"
April 28, 2020

Rice Global Engineering & Construction (E&C) Forum first virtual roundtable

Industry Perspectives: New petrochemical projects flat year-over-year
April 21, 2020

New perochemical project announcements plateaued year-over-year

Engineering propylene: Value unlocking with the PDH process
April 14, 2020

Propylene is at the core of the petrochemical industry, with the synthesis of its numerous derivatives finding greater application in industries from textile to automobile, cosmetics and beyond.