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Refining: Despite decline, Group 1 base stocks are here to stay

Posted June 30, 2020 •

Given increasingly stringent automotive specifications and the advent of the International Maritime Organization’s 2020 sulfur regulations, the continued...

Can you build resilience in uncertainty?

Posted June 23, 2020 • 00:06:45

2020 may be the worst year in history in the Oil & Gas industry. We witnessed one shock after another. Learn more in this AVEVA sponsored podcast.

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Maintenance: How to conduct successful turnaround maintenance at refineries

Posted June 16, 2020 • 00:08:09

PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that, since 2014, the oil and gas industry has put off noncritical spending to reduce costs.1 In 2016, for example, the...

Highlights from a maintenance and reliability audit

Posted June 9, 2020 •

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

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

Posted June 2, 2020 • 00:06:40

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