LIABILITY in Petroleum Refineries and Chemical and Natural Gas Plants

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1 0 The 2nd international conference on Improving LIABILITY in Petroleum Refineries and Chemical and Natural Gas Plants Houston, Texas November 15-18,1993 Hydrocarbon Processing* Gulf Publishing Company P.O. Box 2608 Houston, Tx 772S USA

2 IMPROVING RELIABILITY IN PETROLEUM REFINERIES AND CHEMICAL AND NATURAL GAS PLANTS November 15-18,1993 * Marriott Houston Westside * Houston, Texas Conference Program Monday, November 15, :00pm Registration, Cocktail Reception, Exhibition Tuesday, November 16, :00am Registration, Buffet Breakfast 8:00 Introductory remarks SESSION ONE: Managing for Reliability 8:15 1. Quantifying the Value of Third-Party Inspection in the Hydrocarbon Processing Industries, Thomas P. Hurley, President, Hurley Technical Services, Inc., Medford, NJ 8:55 2. Improved Reliability Through Site Surveys, Audits, and Benchmarking, Erich H. Scheller, Manager, Maintenance Services/Engineering and Ecology, BASF Corporation, Parsippany, NJ 9:20 3. Time of Day and Risk of Downtime Events: A Correlation, Richard B. Jones, Ph.D., Vice President, hsb Reliability Technologies Inc., Hartford, CT, and Gary P. Daileda, Manager of Project Development, Texas Eastern Pipeline Products Company, Houston, TX 10:10 Coffee Break, Exhibition SESSION TWO: Maintenance Safety Management 10:40 4. Integrated Maintenance: The Next Frontier, Robert Hasselbaum, Manager, Customer Services/Marketing, The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, MA 11:15 5. Improved Reliability Through Maintenance Safety Management, Walter Bare, Director, Process Services, BHP Engineering & Construction, Inc., Corpus Christi, TX 11:55 Lunch, Exhibition 1:10 6. Reducing Consequences in Chemical Plant Operation, Dr. R.L. Schuyler, Consultant Manager, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Beaumont, TX 1:50 7. HAZOPS as a Basis for Reliability Management, Stephen Unwin, Division Manager, Technology & Hazard Evaluation, SAIC, Dublin, OH and Bob Roberts, Manager of Process Safety & Risk Assessment, Ultramar, Inc., Wilmington, CA 2:30 Coffee Break, Exhibition

3 Page 2 SESSION THREE: Reliability Information, Regulation, & Documentation 3:00 8. Tracking Equipment Reliability by Proper Application of Maintenance Management Software, Paul Smith, CMMS Consultant, EDS Company, Houston, TX 3:40 9. Practical Considerations for Engineering Evaluation and Analysis Applied to Process Equipment Integrity, Adam C. Weinstein, P.E., Director, Design & Analysis Department and Donald H. Stoneburg, P.E., Supervisor of Engineering, GPS Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA 4: Improved Plant Performance Through Access to Good Process and Maintenance Information, Michael Wittliff, Maintenance Scheduler, and Chuck Roberson, Computer Applications Supervisor, Citgo Refining and Chemicals, Corpus Christi, TX and Mark O'Hearne, Refining Solutions Manager, Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro, MA 5:00 Cocktail Reception, Exhibition Wednesday, November 17, :0Oam Breakfast Buffet SESSION FOUR: Reliability Assessment Techniques 8: How Fault Trees Can Lead You to the Root Causes of Your Process Equipment Failures, Robert X. Perez, Senior Reliability Engineer, Citgo Petroleum Corporation, Corpus Christi, TX 8: A Statistical Analysis of Pump and Motor Reliability Data Using the Hazard Plotting Technique, James E. Corley, Senior Staff Consultant, The MITRE Corporation, New Orleans, LA 9: Evaluating Equipment Life Under Erosion and Wear Conditions, Jan B. Smith, P.E., President, and David Mele, Engineering Associate, Applied Reliability, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, 10:00 Coffee Break, Exhibition SESSION FIVE: Materials Engineering for Reliability 10: The Role of Materials Engineering in Chemical Plant Reliability, Gregory Kobrin, Principal Division Consultant, and Dean G. Damin, Consultant, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Beaumont, TX 11: Materials of Construction Critical to Process Safety Management Programs, T.T. Phillips, Chief Metallurgist, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Houston, TX 11:50 Lunch, Exhibition

4 Page 3 SESSION SIX: Improving Machinery and Equipment Reliability 1: Bearing Life Extension and Reliability Features of Modern ANSI Pumps, Dr. Lev Nelik, Manager, R&D Engineering, Goulds Pumps, Inc., Seneca Falls, NY 1: Engineered Repairs to Turbomachinery to Improve Mechanical Performance and Reliability, Peter Alexander, Engineering Manager, Hickham Industries, Inc., LaPorte, TX 2:30 Coffee Break, Exhibition 3: Improving the Reliability of Rolling Bearings in Centrifugal Pumps, K.E. Meyers, Manager of Applications Engineering, SKF USA Inc., King of Prussia, PA 3: Reliability Impact of Engineered Seals for Mixer and Reactor Shafts, Dr. Ing. Peter Waidner, Manager, R&D, Burgmann Seals, Germany 4: Impact of Mechanical Structures and Piping on Machinery Reliability, B. Moustakakis, P.E., Chief Mechanical Engineer, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Houston, TX 5:00 Adjourn Thursday, November 18, :00am Breakfast Buffet SESSION SIX: Improving Machinery and Equipment Reliability (continued) 8: Equipment Reliability Improvement Through Reduced Pipe Stress, L.C. Peng, P.E., President, Peng Engineering, Houston, TX 8: Retrofitting Older Turbomachinery with Vibration Monitoring: Ten Guidelines to Assure Project Failure, Ken Ward, Senior Staff Engineer, Amoco Chemical Company, Houston, TX 9: Improving Chemical Processing Industry Equipment Reliability with Practical Water Treatment, Kenneth P. Bloch, Account Specialist, Betz Industrial, Beaumont, TX and Kevin Chapmond, Area Engineer, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Orange, TX 10:00 Coffee Break, Exhibition

5 Page 4 SESSION SEVEN: Lubrication and Wear-reduction Methods 10: Oil Mist Lubrication Systems for Improved Reliability and Maintenance Cost Reduction, Kris K. Bajaj, P.E., Stewart Warner Corporation of Canada, Ltd., Ontario, Canada 11: Case Histories Justify Advanced On-Stream Oil Purification Techniques, Judith L. Allen, President, NuVlsion Systems, L.C., Houston, TX 11: Enhanced Reliability Through Engineered Closed-Loop Oil Mist Systems, Tom Ward, Vice President, Lubrication Systems Company, Houston, TX 12:20 Closing Remarks, Adjourn

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