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May 13 2016 Process Analytical

The Backbone Of Regulatory Compliance And Process Monitoring

* Previous blog posts highlighted the need for a reliable sample transport and analytical system in process monitoring and regulatory compliance programs. If your sample system is up to par but...

May 06 2016 Process Analytical

One Thing You Can Do To Improve Amine Detection And Save Money

Sour gas can damage pipelines and pump stations. H2S and other sulfur compounds can corrode pipeline systems and pose a significant health risk to workers. Amine natural gas sweetening plants help to...

April 29 2016 Oil & Gas Upstream & Downstream

How To Get The Most Out Of Your EPA 325 Fenceline Investment

* EPA Method 325 requires low-level monitoring of benzene at the refinery fenceline. Compliance will be costly to refineries; but to make the most of the dollars invested and to fully comply with the...

April 22 2016 SilcoTek

Do SilcoTek Coatings Change Surface Roughness?

Will SilcoTek® coatings make my part surface smoother or rougher? The short answer is no. The why and how takes a bit of explaining. Why is surface roughness important? Surface roughness (Ra) is an...

April 14 2016 Corrosion

Unleashing The Potential Of Stainless Steel

Dr. Min Yuan will be hosting a webinar entitled "Unleashing The Potential Of Stainless Steel With SilcoTek Coatings In Corrosive Environments". Min is a Research and Development Scientist with...

April 08 2016 Process Analytical

One Detail That Can Kill Your Entire Tier 3 Compliance Program

By 2017, the EPA’s Tier 3 gasoline sulfur regulations require that oil refineries reduce the average sulfur level in gasoline by more than 60 percent, to just 10 parts per million (ppm), from the...

March 31 2016 Corrosion

SilcoTek Successfully Coats Earth, Alien Activity Up 75%

A year ago today, SilcoTek® announced their most ambitious coating project yet, coating the world's oceans! Today SilcoTek announced the successful completion of that project and more! In an often...

March 25 2016 Process Analytical

Where Corrosion Multiplies Damage By Orders Of Magnitude

As if corrosion wasn't bad enough! Excessive maintenance, frequent component replacement, and lost productivity add up to high cost and frequent headaches. According to US Government studies,...

March 18 2016 SilcoTek

Top 5 SilcoTek Coating Myths

Like mister Yetti and Nessi here, SilcoTek® coatings have their own cloud of myths hanging over their heads. No offense to the believers out there, you go right on searching for those mythical...