Antonio Seijas: About the Author
Sr. Fixed Equipment Engineer, Phillips 66 Company
Antonio Seijas holds a Bs. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar (Venezuela), Specialization on Mate- rials Science and Inspection from Universidad Central (Venezuela), and a MSc degree in Welding Engineering from the Ohio State University. Mr. Seijas has over twenty years of experience in mechanical integrity, materials, metallurgy and corrosion engineering of fixed equipment for the oil and petrochemical industry, and has worked for Phillips 66 (former ConocoPhillips) Company since December 2010. He is a member of the API Task Group on Fitness-For-Service (currently ASME/API FFS Joint Committee), an active member of the API Subcommittee of Corrosion & Materials and Subcommittee of Inspection, including the task groups for API RP 582, API RP 581, and API 934G. Mr. Seijas is also a contributing member of the ASME PCC-2 Sub-Group on Welded Repairs.
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Fired furnaces in the petrochemical and refining industry are critical pieces of equipment that can have a major impact on process unit safety, reliability, and economics. They are complex pieces of equipment, where tubes and other pressure boundary components might fail due to relatively short periods of upset conditions.