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Industry Insights is a monthly newsletter sharing technical articles on engineering topics that matter most to engineers, inspectors, and asset managers. Whether you’re deepening your expertise or staying current on evolving best practices, each article is designed to be practical, relevant, and applicable to your work.
This Month in Industry Insights
Theme: Risk-Based Inspection
A risk-based inspection (RBI) plan can look rigorous on paper and still send inspection effort to the wrong place, because the result is only as sound as the data and damage mechanism assumptions behind it. This month, Industry Insights looks at where RBI programs gain or lose their technical basis, from the statistics behind tube bundle risk and the added rigor of fitness-for-service (FFS), to the data quality that decides whether new inspection technology pays off and a primer on how RBI connects to corrosion control and operating limits.
Featured Articles
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Better Tools, Same Problem: Why Inspection Technology Only Pays Off on a Sound Data Foundation
Asset Integrity, CCDs & IOWs, Corrosion, CorrSolutions, Damage Mechanisms, Inspection, Mechanical Integrity, Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), SoftwareRead More →: Better Tools, Same Problem: Why Inspection Technology Only Pays Off on a Sound Data FoundationInspection technology has advanced considerably, but every new tool reads the same underlying circuit, monitoring location, and thickness records, so…
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Enhancing Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) with Fitness-for-Service (FFS)
Ammonia, CCDs & IOWs, Codes & Standards, Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI), Damage Mechanisms, Fertilizer, Fitness-For-Service (FFS), Fracture Mechanics, Mechanical Integrity, Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Storage TanksRead More →: Enhancing Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) with Fitness-for-Service (FFS)An API 581 assessment of a refrigerated ammonia storage tank almost always recommends inspecting at the earliest opportunity, yet opening…
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Engineering 101: Where Should Inspection Dollars Go? Prioritizing High-Risk Equipment with RBI and CCDs
Asset Integrity, CCDs & IOWs, Codes & Standards, Corrosion, Damage Mechanisms, Engineering 101, Inspection, Mechanical Integrity, Process Safety, Refining, Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)Read More →: Engineering 101: Where Should Inspection Dollars Go? Prioritizing High-Risk Equipment with RBI and CCDsA single overhead line leak can cost a refinery $400,000 USD or more per day in lost margin, and many…
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Breaking the Cycle: From Reactive Maintenance to Risk-Based Heat Exchanger Tube Bundle Inspection
Asset Integrity, Codes & Standards, Heat Exchangers, Inspection, Mechanical Integrity, Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)Read More →: Breaking the Cycle: From Reactive Maintenance to Risk-Based Heat Exchanger Tube Bundle InspectionTube bundle failures are estimated to cost the refining industry $20 billion USD a year, yet most owner-users still manage…
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Explore more than 75 technical articles written by Equity Engineering, CorrSolutions, and Equity Software team members. Industry Insights includes articles focused on asset integrity, mechanical integrity, fitness-for-service (FFS), process safety, materials and corrosion, rotating machinery, vibration analysis, and risk-based inspection (RBI).
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The Equity Industry Insights Newsletter is a free monthly publication from The Equity Engineering Group, delivering expert-written technical articles to engineering professionals across the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical processing, midstream, fertilizer, and renewable energy industries. Each issue spans the full spectrum of industrial asset integrity and reliability — covering risk-based inspection (RBI), fitness-for-service (FFS), process safety management (PSM), damage mechanisms, piping vibration, pressure relief, rotating machinery, corrosion engineering, structural integrity, and more — with content ranging from advanced technical deep-dives and real-world case studies to Engineering 101 foundational articles grounded in standards like API 579, API 580/581, ASME FFS-1, and ASME B31.3. Whether you are a seasoned mechanical integrity engineer, an inspection specialist, or an early-career professional looking to sharpen your skills, Industry Insights delivers the practical, actionable knowledge you need to improve operational reliability, optimize asset lifecycle management, and make better engineering decisions. Subscribe for free and browse our full archive today.