With more brownfield capital projects coming back to life many operating companies are mobilizing to increase their facility's charge rates.
If you are one of these companies looking for improvements, correctly evaluating your flare system's maximum capacity could "make or break" your project's feasibility studies.
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Topics:
Overpressure Protection,
Feasibility Studies,
RAGAGEP,
Flare Optimization,
Quantitative Risk Assessment,
QRA,
Rate Increase,
API 521,
CAPEX,
Disposal System Design,
Dynamic System Modelling
The Opportunity:
A major United States refinery was recommended to spend $2 Million on a temporary blast proof tent during turnaround from a facility siting study conducted by a third-party contractor.
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Topics:
Facility Siting,
Case Study,
Refinery,
Engineering Review,
RAGAGEP,
Third Party Review,
Overly Conservative Assumptions,
Engineering Analysis
The Opportunity:
Regulators will often require that a facility review their process safety management systems on a routine basis. These audits can be performed with internal or external resources. A PSM covered gas plant in the U.S. wanted to hire a consultant to perform an audit. Furthermore, the site wanted the results presented in such a way that they could understand and improve upon the shortfalls of their PSM systems. Based on conversations with other gas plants in the region, the site selected Smith & Burgess to perform the audit.
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Topics:
Process Safety Management,
Case Study,
RAGAGEP,
PSM,
PSM Review,
Industry Compliance,
Compliance,
PSM Audit,
Gas Plant,
Regulatory Compliance,
Gap Assessment,
Engineering Standards