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The upcoming marcus evans HSE Excellence for Fossil Generation Conference — set to take place August 6–8, 2013, in Dallas, Texas — will address critical challenges and lessons learned in the industry to drive solution-based topics, including worksite safety management, confined space, safety training, fall protection, EPA regulations, combustible dust, electrical arc flash, retaining knowle

Don Thomas of Thomas Industrial Coatings, Inc., a solution provider at the marcus evans Petrochemical & Refining Summit 2013, on preventing disasters by making safety a top priority.

Safety has to be the number one priority in the petrochemical and refinery plant maintenance industry, advises Don Thomas, Founder, Thomas Industrial Coatings, Inc. “Once there is safety, quality

John Hofmeister, a speaker at the marcus evans Petrochemical & Refining Summit 2013, on ensuring energy for the future.

“Energy producers need to think of consumers, and not wholesalers, as their customers,” says John Hofmeister, Former President, Shell Oil Company and Chief Executive, Citizens for Affordable Energy. “It is consumer sentiment that sets the parameters for the public dialogue on energy. To be successful in the

As a result of record low natural gas and feedstock prices the Chemical, Petrochemical, and Refining Industries are operating at increasingly higher levels of production.  This means more maintenance; personnel and contractors are required to operate efficiently and effectively. 

The effect on shutdowns and turnarounds means that maintenance, reliability, planning, turnaround, and similar personnel have to modify and improve their efforts managing

Outages are huge, multi-million dollar projects that are crucial to the upkeep and maintenance of power plant assets. Due to the downturn of the economy, companies are cutting back on maintenance budgets. Outage and maintenance managers need to determine the best strategies

While electric and gas utility companies have developed business continuity and disaster recovery plans in the past, the challenging economic environment of recent years has caused utilities to both accelerate new plan development and strengthen existing plans. With increasing threats such as pandemic, natural disa

Utilities need to ensure that critical systems and processes can be restored in a timely manner during a crisis, with reduced negative operational and financial impacts. The marcus evans Business Continuity & Organizational Resilience for Utilities Conference will address major topics such as preparing for major storms and natural disasters, business continuity planning, critical infrastructure as it relates to the ICS, lessons learned in a business recovery resumptions program and capita

With global operations on the rise, procurement and supply chain professionals are grappling with the realization that many do not have the infrastructure in place to handle the level of usage that will be required for transporting equipment to the plays. Strategies need to be put in place to assess how they assure the delivery and transportation of equipment and ensure it does not become a task that requires huge expenditure and c

Energy Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) should design and develop standardized decision-making frameworks to maintain a consistent approach to managing risk, says Brent Ridge, Chief Financial and Risk Officer, Energy Northwest. “The most important risk management strategy is driving judgments down the organization and not driving decisions up,” he goes on to say.

A speaker at the upcoming marcus evans Energy CFO Summit, in Dallas, Texas, February 25-26,

Jonathan Lauer of the Healthcare Performance Alliance, a solution provider at the marcus evans National Healthcare CXO Summit Spring 2013, on approaching cost reduction in a sustained and effective way.

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