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Category: Blog

Adding Value #24

Posted on May 28, 2021June 2, 2021 by kent

A client was evaluating a used plant for an expansion project. Of course it was advertised as a great deal, […]

Adding Value #20

Posted on November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 by kent

It’s amazing how some problems keep repeating themselves. That’s where the RCE experience and expertise comes into play for our […]

Adding Value #19

Posted on October 2, 2020October 8, 2021 by kent

Here at RCE, some times we’re so good at our job that we cost ourselves business. We had been engaged […]

Adding Value #18

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by kent

The RCE “rule” is that you must have a pre-alarm before a shutdown. The reason for this “rule” is that […]

Adding Value #17

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 by kent

Inadvertent valve opening is a scenario that comes up time and time again during process hazards reviews. An example of […]

Adding Value #16

Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 by kent

Sometimes operations have to make adjustments to account for issues with equipment performance. One recent example was a GSP type […]

Adding Value #15

Posted on June 12, 2020June 22, 2020 by kent

Garbage in equals garbage out. That’s an old saying but it still applies to many things. In this case it […]

Adding Value #14

Posted on May 15, 2020May 20, 2020 by kent

A gas plant was utilizing all their residue compressors to process 200 MMSCFD when it designed to have one as […]

Adding Value #13

Posted on May 1, 2020May 20, 2020 by kent

Interesting optimization finding. A gas plant was operating in what appeared to be pretty good shape. Ethane recoveries were right […]

Adding Value #12

Posted on April 17, 2020June 12, 2020 by kent

A new plant was started up recently and instead of getting ethane recoveries in the mid 90% range as expected, […]

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