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Rotating Equipment Maintenance in Oil & Gas: Ensuring Reliability, Safety, and Profitability Industry

In the oil and gas industry, rotating equipment forms the mechanical backbone of operations. From upstream drilling rigs to downstream refineries, machines such as pumps, compressors, turbines, and motors keep facilities running efficiently. Any failure in these critical assets can disrupt production, trigger safety incidents, and cause costly downtime. As

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Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) in Oil & Gas: A Complete Guide

1. Introduction In industries such as oil and gas, chemical processing, power generation, and manufacturing, ensuring asset reliability and operational safety is a constant priority. Traditional time-based inspection schedules often lead to unnecessary downtime, unplanned outages, or missed failure indicators. Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) offers a smarter alternative — a data-driven,

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Welding Repair and Inspection: Failures & Maintenance in Oil and Gas Industry

Welding repair and inspection are foundational to maintaining the safety, integrity, and performance of industrial equipment across sectors such as oil and gas, power generation, petrochemical plants, mining, and manufacturing. Proper welding repairs restore the structural strength of critical components like shell-and-tube heat exchangers, pressure vessels, pipelines, boilers, and storage

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Root Cause Analysis in Process Industries

Root Cause Analysis in Process Industries: A Comprehensive Guide

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a systematic problem-solving process for identifying the fundamental causes of faults, failures, or incidents, rather than just addressing their immediate symptoms. In high-hazard environments like refineries, petrochemical plants, and chemical facilities, RCA is crucial for safety and reliability. By digging into why an issue occurred,

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