Designing and operating safe chemical reaction processes

whitePaper | October 5, 2022

The race to a zero carbon future is on. Global oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical companies alike have announced ambitious and broad carbon mitigation.

whitePaper | April 22, 2022

As the impacts of climate change increase, China announced the goal of "striving to peak CO2 emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060".

whitePaper | May 11, 2021

This paper outlines the importance of correct design of a conveying and feeding system for calcium carbonate in plastics compounding operations and how it is not a trivial proposition because of the number of variables that affect the flow and different powders.

whitePaper | July 15, 2021

With aging equipment and facilities, operators face increasing challenges in maintaining equipment reliability, integrity and safety. One of the biggest hidden threats to efficient and safe operation is deteriorating sampling equipment. However, oil and gas companies often operate sampling systems as separate entities within their systems. This leaves operations open to gaps and potential risks in their sampling system.

whitePaper | May 22, 2022

The authors thank Pramoda Gode, Joshua Miller of ICCT, Puneet Kamboj of CEEW, Gerald Ollivier of the World Bank, and Pierpaolo Cazzola and Craglia Matteo, both of ITF, for helpful reviews. Any errors are the authors’ own.

whitePaper | December 30, 2019

The industrial control systems for production facilities in eight countries from North America to Asia were being managed locally at each site, with no standardized components or corporate view. Reporting on the security status of these systems relied heavily on manual processes and often was not reliable. System data was not always logged and was not always accurate