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February 7, 2018 By Daniel J. Grucza at Hunton & Williams LLP
Last October, we saw the State of California implement its “PSM for Refineries” standard and now the State of Washington’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) appears to be following suit, releasing draft language to adopt a rule of its own. This new chapter will only apply to Process Safety Management (PSM) for petrochemical refining facilities. |
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June 1, 2017 By Nickole C. Winnett at Jackson Lewis P.C.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued two reports on the safe management of hazards by small businesses and storage facilities that use highly hazardous chemicals in business processes. |
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August 25, 2016 By Nickole C. Winnett at Jackson Lewis P.C.
The first increases to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines for violations of safety regulations since 1990 went into effect on August 1, 2016. The increases are substantial: the maximum penalties have increased by 78 percent. |
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Industrial Rope Access is a proven method of achieving a safe work position at elevated heights or areas that are difficult to access. When combined with advanced NDE technologies, rope access technicians can substantially reduce the cost of inspections and maintenance activities by virtually eliminating the need for fixed scaffolding. |
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September/October 2015 Inspectioneering Journal
By Jeremiah Wooten at Inspectioneering, LLC.
Inspectioneering recently had the opportunity to sit down with Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton and discuss the evolution of reliability in the oil and gas industry. |
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August 10, 2015 By Linda Otaigbe at Jackson Lewis P.C.
OSHA has recently issued three memoranda updating guidance on its Process Safety Management (“PSM”) standard. |
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May 11, 2015 By Nick Harwood at Aetos Group
Last Wednesday the FAA announced an initiative to allow three additional commercial drone applications; applications that will bring big value to the Oil and Gas and Petrochemical industries. Today, drone operators must have a Section 333 Exemption from the FAA to conduct commercial operations in the United States. |
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November/December 2014 Inspectioneering Journal
By Marc McConnell, P.E. at Pro-Surve Technical Services, Josh Yoakam at Holly Refining and Marketing - Tulsa, LLC, and Jeannie Beth Richey at Sasol North America, Inc.
The role of an API inspector is rapidly changing. Necessary skills for success have transformed as technology, standardization, and regulations have become part of the way of life. |
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InVista is a lightweight, hand-held ultrasonic in-line inspection tool (intelligent pig) capable of detecting pipeline wall loss and corrosion in unpiggable or difficult-to-inspect pipelines. The pipeline geometry inspection data captured by the InVista tool is exceptionally powerful when combined with the LifeQuest™ Pipeline fitness-for-service capabilities, providing an integrated solution set for the pipeline industry. |
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November 24, 2014 By Nick Schmoyer at Inspectioneering
For over 20 years, OSHA's process safety management (PSM) standard worked to guarantee safe and healthy workplaces in industries that use hazardous chemicals. For most of that time the standard had remained largely unmodified. This all changed last year. |
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July/August 2014 Inspectioneering Journal
By Jeremiah Wooten at Inspectioneering, LLC.
The Province of Alberta has a long history of pressure equipment safety dating back to 1897 when the first boiler laws were introduced to regulate the new technology of steam boilers. Boiler inspectors were hired, and soon thereafter the Alberta Boilers Branch was established as the government organization that administered those laws. |
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July/August 2011 Inspectioneering Journal
On October 7, 2010, EPA maintained the November 10, 2010 compliance date for drilling, production or workover facilities that are offshore or that have an offshore component, and for onshore facilities required to have and submit Facility Response Plans (FRPs). However, EPA extended the compliance date an additional year for all other facilities to amend or develop a SPCC Plan until November 10, 2011. |
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InVista is a lightweight, hand-held ultrasonic in-line inspection tool (intelligent pig) capable of detecting pipeline wall loss and corrosion in unpiggable or difficult-to-inspect pipelines. The pipeline geometry inspection data captured by the InVista tool is exceptionally powerful when combined with the LifeQuest™ Pipeline fitness-for-service capabilities, providing an integrated solution set for the pipeline industry. |
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NBC News, January 25, 2017
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Tuesday to advance the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines. |
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It is difficult to cover all inspection applications with basic inspection procedures like radiography, ultrasonics, magnetic particle testing, and dye penetrant inspection. Owner-operators are finding that advanced NDE services such as guided-wave ultrasonics, AUT corrosion mapping, and eddy current testing are essential tools to keep their facilities operating safely and efficiently. |
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Our proprietary furnace tube inspection system, FTIS™, is an ultrasonic inspection technology capable of rapid, automated fired heater coil inspection in refinery fired heaters. The data captured by our furnace tube inspection system is exceptionally powerful when combined with our LifeQuest™ remaining life assessment capabilities, providing an integrated solution set for refinery fired heaters in the refining and chemical industries. |
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Reuters, September 30, 2016
Formosa Chemicals & Fiber Corp , a unit of Formosa Plastic Group, said on Friday it will shut down its plant in central Taiwan beginning next week as the local government declined to renew permits for its cogeneration equipment. |
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Reuters, September 12, 2016
EU antitrust regulators have halted their scrutiny of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont's proposed merger while the companies provide more information regarding their $130 billion deal. |
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U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration, August 5, 2016
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found three repeat and eight serious safety violations at Solvay Specialty Polymers' chemical facility in West Deptford, New Jersey. |
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U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration, July 25, 2016
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found serious safety violations at Air Liquide's steam methane reformer plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. |
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U.S. Department of Transportation, May 19, 2016
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced today that it has completed its investigation of the May 19, 2015, Plains All-American pipeline release in Santa Barbara County, California. |
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Los Angeles Daily News, May 18, 2016
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has been fine $2.25 million by the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for failure to adequately maintain equipment in its natural gas transmission system that underlies a large portion of Los Angeles. |
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Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, February 3, 2016
The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a new Advisory Bulletin this week to remind all owners and operators of underground gas storage facilities to consider the overall integrity of the facilities to ensure the safety of the public and operating personnel and to protect the environment. |
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board, January 13, 2016
An ongoing investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) of the February 18, 2015 explosion at the ExxonMobil Refinery in Torrance, California, has uncovered multiple process safety management deficiencies that led to the accident and a serious near miss. |
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, November 20, 2015
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced a settlement with HollyFrontier Corporation resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations regarding fuel quality emissions standards and testing requirements at three HollyFrontier facilities. |
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OSHA, July 15, 2015
In November 2014, a worker was overcome at a DuPont chemical manufacturing facility when a supply line unexpectedly released more than 20,000 lbs. of methyl mercaptan, a deadly chemical. Three co-workers came to the worker's aid in an attempted rescue, but all four were asphyxiated fatally by the colorless, flammable, and highly toxic gas. |
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U.S. Pipeline and Hazardouse Materials Safety Administration, July 6, 2015
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardouse Materials Safety Administration has proposed new requirements to strengthen Federal pipeline safety regulations related to pipeline accident and incident notification. The Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery and Accident Notification proposed rule would also allow PHMSA to recover costs for pipeline design reviews... |
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US Chemical Safety Board, December 1, 2014
Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) formally announced that to “Modernize U.S. Process Safety Management Regulations” is the Board’s newest Most Wanted Safety Improvement, concluding that implementation of key federal and state CSB safety recommendations will result in significant improvement of Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations in the United States. |
