Mark Bell: About the Author
Senior Asset Integrity Consultant, Ethos Mechanical Integrity Solutions
Mark Bell is a Senior Asset Integrity Consultant with Ethos Mechanical Integrity Solutions. Prior to this he was a Principal Engineer with Shell Oil Company. Mark retired from Shell Oil in October, 2012, after 39 years of serving in various positions in their refineries and corporate technology group – all focused in the area of Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity. Following his retirement from Shell, Mark has been performing mechanical integrity assessments, including the API’s Process Safety Site Assessment Program, Process Safety Management audits and focused mechanical integrity assessments. He has also served as an expert witness and advised various companies on their internal fixed equipment mechanical integrity procedures and practices.
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Published Articles
We have seen many different inspection recommendation management systems. Most of them struggle to effectively manage all inspection recommendations. However, a few of them are excellent. What makes an effective system?
This is part two of a three part article describing some of the advanced on-stream inspection methods available for use in inspection of pressure equipment in the petroleum and petrochemical industry. These methods can be used, under the right...
This three-part article describes some of the advanced on-stream inspection methods available for use in inspection of pressure equipment in the petroleum and petrochemical industry. These methods can be used, under the right circumstances, to...
In Part 1 of my article, I focused on several issues that are vital to the successful application of any inspection information management system. In Part 2 of my article, I will concentrate on several...
Inspection record systems, used to be just that, a place to "record" data. Our industry has spent many millions of dollars collection data to put into our "record" systems. The problem was trying to manage and utilize the millions of pieces of...
