1 Jun, 2018
9 Practical Tips for Motivating Oil and Gas Teams
The key to success in any project is PEOPLE. This Tip of the Month shares some practical tips that have been proven successful in motivating people on oil and gas teams.
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What You Need to Know About Production Logging
Production logging is a critical component of developing optimum modeling, completion and stimulation practices. This subsurface Tip of the Month (TOTM) discusses what you need to know to make your production logging both efficient and effective, and how to handle the unique challenges presented by horizontal wellbores.
Read More >1 May, 2018
The #1 Problem Facing Turnarounds, Shutdowns and Outages
Learn how you can resolve the biggest problem facing turnarounds, shutdowns and outages.
Read More >1 May, 2018
The Importance of Process Safety Specification Breaks
This tip of the month (TOTM) explains specification breaks or spec breaks. It highlights why they are important in the design and operation of surface facilities in the hydrocarbon industry and how to avoid mistakes that can have catastrophic consequences.
Read More >1 Apr, 2018
How to Effectively Manage Project Stakeholders
Have you ever had trouble communicating or even working with project stakeholders? This tip of the month (TOTM) will discuss the key to effectively managing those stakeholders and review an internal stakeholder management process all companies should use.
Read More >1 Apr, 2018
Impact of CO2 on Natural Gas Density
Due to the importance of CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery and the increasing interest in CO2 capture and sequestration, this facilities tip of the month (TOTM) was undertaken to prepare simple charts for accurately estimating the density for hydrocarbon systems containing nil to 100% CO2.
Read More >1 Mar, 2018
Multiphase Flow Measurement - What is it?
In this tip of the month (TOTM) we will review multiphase measurement, and examine the general impact of flow regime, water cut, salinity and flowing fluid density.
Read More >1 Mar, 2018
Why Do Projects Fail?
This tip of the month (TOTM) will study what project failures look like, examine the main causes and explain how to set yourself up for success.
Read More >19 Feb, 2018
EBOOK: Best Tips of the Month
We are excited to announce the release of our complimentary ebook: “Best Tips of the Month”, 2018 edition. Download your copy today!
Read More >1 Feb, 2018
Optimum Feed Tray Location in an NGL Fractionation Column
This tip of the month (TOTM) will demonstrate how to determine the optimum location of a feed tray in an NGL fractionation or distillation column by a short-cut method and the rigorous method using a process simulator. As an example, we will consider sizing a deethanizer by performing material and energy balances, distillation column short-cut calculations and rigorous tray-by-tray calculations. Finally, the TOTM will determine the optimum feed tray location by the short-cut and rigorous methods.
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