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    Ova090 Rt Us For Oil And Gas Pipelines Bp
    Matthew Hawkridge
    June 10, 2021
    Pipelines play an essential role in the oil and gas industry, but they are not fail-safe. To minimize downtime and interruptions, issues must be resolved quickly and effectively...
    Table 1. The ANSI/ASME standard recommends using label colors in these ways. The last four give users options to create their own facility standards for contents not already defined by the standard. All graphics courtesy of Creative Safety Supply
    Jesse Allred
    Sept. 27, 2018
    Well-marked piping is critical to safety.
    Under rapid-flow conditions, a wake forms behind the thermowell and generates vortices that rotate in opposite directions. These vortices are then shed, resulting in oscillating lift-and-drag forces that cause the unsupported stem to vibrate to the point of mechanical failure. All graphics courtesy of WIKA Instrument
    Adam DeLancey
    Aug. 27, 2018
    These temperature-detecting devices are widely used across the manufacturing industries, but are prone to failure due to vortices.
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    Abhinav Khushraj
    Aug. 13, 2018
    Optimization through analytics is the way of the future.
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    Jonathan Wilkins
    July 23, 2018
    Face the inevitable in process plants.
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    Robyn Tucker
    July 12, 2018
    Oil and gas companies are focusing on operational expenditure following 2016’s oil price plunge.