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Hi All, I've been asked to undertake a study for ignition prevention. We have a newly installed vent tower (natural gas)which has during recent storms been ignited because of lightning strikes. The closest we can get to the top is 20M where we have a working platform and a potential base of...

Hope someone can help here. We recently did a flow test on a drain line by connecting it to a tanker filled with water. The tanker had 2 compartments each open to atmosphere and each with its own control valve. A hose was connected to each of the compartment and rolled out down a hill to a 'Y'...

I've just been involved in a FEED study for the treatment of storm water released from bunded areas. The final report recommended a pumped solution that is: Water would be gravity fed to a pump and then passed through a parallel plate separator before going to public drain. The pump offered...

Has anyone here tried to implement TOC to running multiple projects. If you have do you have any advice on where/how to start. I work for an organisation that really needs to get its act together and I really like the concepts of TOC.

I've been posed with a question and would like to find out more: We are working on a propane cooling system which has the potential under failure to expose local piping systems to flash temperatures below the recommended operating temperature range of the plant steel. Given that these flash...

Hi, I know adsolutely nothing about bio-engineering but have an idea that I would like to investigate. What do you add to organic waste in order to accelerate natural decay. More bacteria, more food for bacteria, more something else?

I am currently employed as a project engineer (mechanical) looking after a range of offshore cranes. I am increasingly asked to look at electric/electronic curcuit diagrams and have no idea how to really interpret what I am seeing. Can anyone recommend some good books or websites.

Can anyone help to clarify an issue I have with the concept of stress intensity factor in fatigue analysis. A crack will only grow when the value of 'K' reaches a critical value 'KIC'. or A material will fail completely if 'K' reaches 'KIC'

I am thinking about undertaking a few courses on 3D modelling. What are the main packages used for pipepline/ process?

The contract that I am working on finishes soon and I am now looking for the next role. I live in an area where unemployment is high and good jobs are few and far between. For the last 6 years I have been working in office based roles up to a level of senior manager within an SME. Here's the...

I am looking for a course to study next year and am thinking of going further into O&G production / exploration. What is the best Uni in the UK for O&G?

Hi all, I am looking for some general information on sand separation and riser design. Can anyone recommend good sources or books.

Hi all, can anyone help. I am looking for the fracture toughness kic of 50D plate. Thank you

I am struggling to visualise the effect and apply the relevant laws to the following model and am wondering if anyone could help. An inflatable such as a cycle inner-tube fully inflated at ground level to the correct pressure would react 'how' at altitude in say a non-pressured storage...

Does anyone know where I might be able to find the official accident report into the Alexander Keilland disaster

Does your organisation offer opportunities to mature students?

Can anyone help on this: I have been asked to find the maximum stress under which a range of identical test bars would have the following probability of survival: 1/e, 98% I have found the weibull modulus but cant think of how to get it to the next stage.