Pipelne that spilled oil was badly thinned

There are excellent lessons to be learnt fom this incident. It reinforces what I have always been saying : Smart technology needs Smart people! It cannot function alone...

http://news.yahoo.com/pipeline-spilled-oil-california-coast-badly-corroded-073802050.html?soc_src=copy


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Lessons from the Maggi Noodles relevant to process safety!

I am keenly following the current crisis in Maggi Noodles being withdrawn temporarily in many states in India due to alleged high content of lead and mono sodium glutamate. What can we learn from this episode? CRISIS MANAGEMENT!

Are you ready for crisis management in your organization?

I cannot but draw attention to the tylenol crisis in the mid 80's in USA when some tylenol tablets were contaminated with cyanide by a miscreant. The way Johnson and Johnson handled that crisis is a text book case of Crisis Management.
Read about that in this link. Be prepared!


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Hydrogen safety

Good practical article on hydrogen safety. Worth reading in this link

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Calculations help determine carbon steel piping in cold temperature relief service - Oil and Gas Journal

Calculations help determine carbon steel piping in cold temperature relief service - Oil and Gas Journal 
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NTSB Safety Alert Urges Pilots to ‘See and Be Seen’ in the Air

NTSB Safety Alert Urges Pilots to ‘See and Be Seen’ in the Air

The safety alert has parallels in Process Safety. I feel that with overdependence on automation and technology, plant operators also are slowly forgetting how to run a plant!


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