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Your Checklist for Oil and Gas Safety
Your Industrial Fluid System Safety Checklist Mike Frost, Regional Area Manager, Field Engineering (Asia-Pacific) Industrial fluid systems are responsible for transporting high-pressure, high-temperature liquids and gases throughout plants in numerous industries. Optimizing the performance of thes...
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How Mechanical Grip Fittings Can Optimize Oil and Gas Assets
Swagelok ® FK Series Fittings Versus Cone and Thread Fittings: Understanding the Differences and Benefits Doug Nordstrom Cone and thread fittings have been a reliable choice for a variety of oil and gas applications for years. When used with special antivibration glands and installed by knowledgea...
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3 Reasons to Audit Your Offshore Fluid System
3 Reasons to Audit Your Offshore Fluid System Mark Garvey, Field Engineer, Swagelok Scotland “Is that really the state of my rig?” If you are the operator of an offshore hydrocarbon platform, this is a phrase you do not want to find yourself saying. But in my work as a field engineer for Swagelo...
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How to Avoid Fluid System Leaks
Why System Performance Depends on Proper Tube Preparation Quality tubing and highly engineered fittings form some of the most critical connections in any refinery. A number of variables must be considered when ensuring each of these connections is optimal—material type, tube size, wall thickness, ...
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How to Reduce Costs and Improve Safety with a Better Gas Distribution System Design
Q&A: How to Reduce Costs and Improve Safety with More-Efficient Gas Distribution Gas distribution systems are critical to the efficient operation of refineries, research facilities, laboratories, and other industrial sites. If you operate one of these facilities, however, gas distribution and deliv...
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Specifying High Performance CNG/LNG Fittings
What to Look for When Specifying CNG/LNG Tube Fittings Chuck Hayes, Lead New Product Development Engineer Vehicle manufacturers around the world are increasingly pursuing compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified natural gas (LNG) as viable clean fuel options to comply with strict emissions requi...
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Swagelok & HOERBIGER Collaborate to Reduce NOx Emissions on Legacy Engines
Swagelok Custom Solutions Helps HOERBIGER Reduce CO, NOx Emissions on Legacy Engines by 80 Percent Trey Sinkfield, Field Engineering Manager, Swagelok Southeast Texas After multiple attempts to work with local machine shops, HOERBIGER Engineering Services (HES) turned to Swagelok for help. The rel...
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API 682: Building Better Mechanical Seal Support Systems
API 682 and You: Building Better Mechanical Seal Support Systems Sean Hunsicker, Market Manager, Chemical & Refining Market Mechanical seals became the dominant sealing technology in refineries and chemical plants in the 1980s, causing the American Petroleum Institute (API) to establish a committe...
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Sample Cylinder Maintenance FAQ: What You Should Know
FAQ: What You Should Know About Sample Cylinder Maintenance Tristian McCallion, custom solutions manager, Swagelok Edmonton In any industrial environment where grab sampling is a part of regular operations, keeping your sample cylinders in safe working condition is a necessity. Damaged or malfunct...
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Analyzing Your Sampling Needs
Grab Sampling vs. Online Analyzers: Which is Right for You? Sampling is a necessity for all kinds of industrial facilities—and there are two main options of how operators can effectively do it. The traditional method of grab sampling —also called spot sampling, field sampling, or just sampling—has...