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Explore Swagelok Reference Point
Explore the Swagelok Fluid System Blog The quality of Swagelok components tells one part of our story. The other part? The successes we help our customers achieve by sharing our deep and varied knowledge across industries and applications. Browse our blog content by selecting a category below. ...
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How to Detect and Protect Against Pressure Gauge Failure
How Can You Tell A Gauge Is Broken or May Fail? Pressure gauges seem small but are a critical part of systems across industries. The visual indication of system pressure they provide lets you know whether everything is operating within the desired range or if a problem is imminent. A gauge not func...
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Offshore Platform STO Support: HCML Success Story
Operational Success in the Husky-CNOOC Madura Limited Shutdown Shutdown, turnaround, and outage (STO) activities are among the most complex and time‑sensitive phases of oil and gas operations. Success depends on precise coordination, reliable supply chains, and technical partners who can respond qu...
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How to Avoid FPSO Vessel Fluid System Construction Issues
Tackling the Complexities of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Construction Tommy Jamail, Senior Regional Construction Manager, Asia Pacific Barry Rowe-Platts, Technical Lead, Engineering Services As members of the oil and gas industry have sought to maintain profitable upstream op...
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Supporting Green Hydrogen Production and Storage
Small Molecule, Big Impact: How Everfuel is Paving the Way for Green Hydrogen Production Hydrogen is the next great frontier in energy. It is plentiful, easy to extract, and when used as a fuel, it produces no CO 2 emissions. It holds tremendous promise as a clean, efficient source of power for a w...
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Inventory and Innovation at a Carbon Capture Company
Consignment Inventory Helps Carbon Capture Tech Company Save Thousands Annually Failure is not an option for carbon capture company LanzaTech’s Georgia-based facility, Freedom Pines—especially when doing the important work of helping its customers convert carbon emissions into usable fuels and chem...
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How Fluid Systems Impact the Cost of Semiconductor Fabs
Why High-Performing Fluid Systems Matter in New Semiconductor Fab Construction Masroor Malik, Lead Solutions Specialist, Semiconductor When building a new semiconductor fabrication facility (or “fab”), there are many considerations, including speed to market, material and installation standardizat...
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Seven Tips for Effective Plant Turnarounds
Seven Tips for More Effective, Efficient Plant Turnarounds Mike Aughenbaugh, Associate Target Market Manager, Swagelok, and Steven Robertson, Downstream Sales Manager, Swagelok Southeast Texas Plant turnaround is a major undertaking for chemical plants and refineries around the world. These comple...
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Tackling Global Complexity for a Successful Petrochemical Plant Construction Megaproject
Tackling Global Construction Complexity for a Successful Megaproject Major petrochemical plant construction projects often involve the coordination of dozens of global vendors, typically over the course of several years of careful planning, engineering, and development. Once in commission, the stak...
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What Are Fugitive Emissions & How to Avoid Leaks
Exploring Effective Strategies to Decarbonize and Cut Fugitive Emissions Mike Aughenbaugh, Associate Target Market Manager, Swagelok A confluence of factors is driving change throughout the oil and gas industries. Widespread decarbonization efforts and consent decrees from the U.S. Environmental...