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Fluid System Leak Detection and Inspection
Common Causes and Costs of Fluid System Leaks Fluid system leaks are a common occurrence in most plants. Because you’re charged with maintaining your plant’s safety and profitability, even the smallest leak can present an issue. That’s why it’s helpful to understand how and why leaks occur, how to ...
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Tube Cutting Tools and Other Essential Fluid System Tools
Proper Tube Cutting and Welding Tools Support Reliable Fluid System Assembly and Maintenance Roger Bott, Technical Service Engineer and Certified Welding Inspector, Swagelok Fluid systems range from simple to complex in plants worldwide, and many factors go into their safe, profitable operation. F...
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North Sea Gas Field Operations Success
Total System Expertise: How Swagelok Delivered Assurance to a North Sea Gas Field The Challenge: Developing a High-Stakes North Sea Gas Asset When a large European oil and gas operator based in the UK made the decision to develop a gas condensate field in the North Sea, expectations were high. Sit...
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Pitting Corrosion vs. Crevice Corrosion in Stainless Steel
How to Recognize and Prevent Pitting Corrosion and Crevice Corrosion Buddy Damm , Senior Scientist, Swagelok Corrosion—the deterioration of engineered materials by chemical interaction with their environment—is an extraordinarily costly problem. The global cost of corrosion is estimated at approxi...
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Improving Operations with JIP33 Gas Fitting Standards
How the JIP33 Tube Fitting Specification Improves Oil and Gas Operations Logan Boatright, Senior Global Account Manager, Swagelok Imagine this: A major oil and gas operator was commissioning a topside module with more than 2,000 small-bore tube fitting connections. They selected a supplier that ...
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What is a Pressure Relief Valve: Purpose & Why it's Essential
How to Enhance Chemical Plant Safety With Relief Valves Shaji Arumpanayil, Product Manager, Swagelok Modern fluid systems in chemical plants and refineries can be vast, with countless feet of small-bore tubing branching in various directions to accomplish several important functions. With this co...
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Chikyu: Exploring Earth’s Secrets with Offshore Drilling
Deep-Sea Research Vessel Uses Offshore Drilling Techniques to Unlock Earth’s Secrets The deepest parts of the ocean floor hold the answers to some of the Earth’s greatest mysteries. The gradual movement of the planet’s crust and plate tectonics reveals clues to unlocking those mysteries—or what res...
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Closed Loop Sampling Systems: How to Reduce Emissions
How Can You Reduce Fugitive Emissions During Sampling? Consider Closed-Loop Systems Matt Dixon , Global Technical Lead, Swagelok Company Unintentional release of emissions into the atmosphere can occur at various locations throughout refineries or chemical plants. And due to increasingly stringe...
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Closing the Manufacturing Skills Gap: Develop a Well-Trained Team
Closing the Manufacturing Skills Gap: Develop a Well-Trained Team Andy Hitchcock, Product Manager, Global Services Manufacturing plants all over the world are facing a growing challenge—highly-tenured employees nearing retirement, creating a manufacturing skills gap. For plant managers, this means...
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How Scania Stays at the Forefront of CNG Bus, Refueling Station Technology
How Scania Stays at the Forefront of CNG Bus, Refueling Station Technology The streets of Madrid, Spain, are becoming quieter and cleaner—partially in thanks to Scania, a major vehicle manufacturer that provides city buses powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) to EMT Madrid, the biggest transpor...