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by ben
14 Feb 2026, 17:36
Forum: HSE Engineers
Topic: OTJ Practices
Replies: 3
Views: 48580

Re: OTJ Practices

In petrochemical / O&G, Off-the-Job (OTJ) incidents are managed seriously because statistically, OTJ fatalities (especially road crashes) often exceed on-the-job fatalities . Mature operators treat OTJ under Personal Safety Risk Management, not as HR trivia.
Most companies anchor OTJ under:
ISO ...
by ben
07 Feb 2026, 11:40
Forum: Inspection & Reliability Engineers
Topic: Web Values
Replies: 3
Views: 23771

Web Values

Are they are resources available to provide the applicable minimum piping code compliant inspection on the piping welds, when made?
Means, after just providing the basic data, if that could be provided.
by ben
07 Feb 2026, 11:37
Forum: Inspection & Reliability Engineers
Topic: CP Unavailability
Replies: 3
Views: 30634

Re: CP Unavailability

There are certain things which you need to consider involving the inspection history of storage tank related to its bottom plat condition.
Any point in time, during the operation, has there been reported any issue with the bottom plate while CP was all good?
CP protection unavailability can actually ...
by ben
24 Jan 2026, 20:27
Forum: Inspection & Reliability Engineers
Topic: Transfer line refractory inspection
Replies: 4
Views: 44449

Re: Transfer line refractory inspection

I assure you that performing a monthly IR inspection of transfer line is not too frequent a call.
It would only be “too frequent” if:
You have no defined acceptance criteria
You are not trending results
You take no action on anomalies

But if you are:
Comparing to a baseline
Trending hot spots ...
by ben
21 Jan 2026, 06:28
Forum: Inspection & Reliability Engineers
Topic: Transfer line refractory inspection
Replies: 4
Views: 44449

Re: Transfer line refractory inspection

My take on this would be to perform an immediate IR inspection after every startup.
Once you have taken the system in service without any issues, continue monitoring, and recording on monthly basis the same IR inspection.
You want to do anything over & above this, take the call but this we ...
by ben
18 Jan 2026, 06:36
Forum: Inspection & Reliability Engineers
Topic: Welding Nickel Alloys & Interpass Temperature
Replies: 9
Views: 92321

Re: Welding Nickel Alloys & Interpass Temperature

Now these are some of the practical difficulties which the EU faces when controlling the welding at site.
Compliance with qualified WPS requires a 3rd party or site QC team to be in place. And they need not only to be having WPS documentation only but over and above, the specifications which are ...
by ben
11 Jan 2026, 10:53
Forum: Project Engineers
Topic: Pressure Vessels - Basic Calculations
Replies: 3
Views: 61668

Re: Pressure Vessels - Basic Calculations

That is useful one.
Thanks.
by ben
03 Jan 2026, 18:38
Forum: HSE Engineers
Topic: Scaffolding Safe Works - References
Replies: 3
Views: 44485

Re: Scaffolding Safe Works - References

O men, thank you.
EN12810, 12811, and ASSE A10.8 are good ones.
Got the details needed.
by ben
03 Jan 2026, 18:35
Forum: Project Engineers
Topic: Structural members calculations
Replies: 3
Views: 50893

Re: Structural members calculations

Ftool seems to be handy.
Shared with my colleagues.
Hope that helps. Thanks.