The Inspectioneering Journal

We dedicate this forum to the owners/operators of Chemical Refining and Utility process facilities. In the section of this web site, browse the summaries of past Inspectioneering Journal issues. Some of the topics covered as they relate to equipment integrity and reliability include:

Inspection Technologies: On-Stream, Taditional & Advanced
Inspection Field Case Histories
Inspection Data Management Systems
Fitness-for-Service Engineering
Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
Process Safety Management
Case Histories
Regulatory Updates
Standards Updates
Equipment Reliability Issues
Industry Meeting Synopses
Materials & Engineering Issues
Equipment Failure Analyses

11 Years - IJ Past and Future

September/October 2005 Industry Survey - Click here to download

"Great article, simplifies the relationship among these key documents. I'm going to have all our inspectors read it, and then work some more on understanding the parallels with the NBIC, and the relationship of all of the above with regulatory requirements - specifically how it is that we promote compliance with API standards without their being adopted under our legislation as mandatory rules."
Mike Poehlmann, R.P.T. (Eng) Manager of Inspections, Alberta Boilers Safety Association

"I was going over the Mar/Apr-2004 Inspectioneering journal. It is very ironic that there was a section on IR (infrared monitoring). We are experiencing the exact same issue here with our XXX heater. In fact, some of the IR images presented in the paper are almost identical to ours, with the spalled external scale. We actually attempted to lightly scrape the OD of our tubes with a lance and removed some of the external OD deposits (flue gas deposits only) and I immediately saw a tube temp. reduction of approximately xxx F.
Articles like this are a big help in our line of work!
All the best" Brian van Klaveren, Petro-Canada Refinery

"Bravo, on recent articles on Inspection Database management systems! The value of shared experiences like these is tremendous!," James Fortune, DuPont Corporation

"An IJ article entitled, "Piping Inspection - Improving Thickness Data Taking Accuracy" prompted valuable discussion here. It helped us make the right decision on a very important matter", Mark Badrick, Bahrain Petroleum Company

"Just a note to let you know how valuable the Inspectioneering Journal is to us. We particularly like the annual index summary, calendar event section, and articles written by our peers who talk the same language. The journal is easy to read and it has even more value now that it is in digital format. We find that it is a very useful tool keeping us abreast of new and improved technology on the market for inspection activities. Keep up the good work..", Mike Badeen, Phillips 66 Company