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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: Codes & Standards
Codes and standards are the technical and legal foundation of safe process facility design and maintenance, yet gaps in knowledge, documentation, and organizational commitment continue to expose facilities to compliance risk, equipment failures, and costly reactive work. This month, Industry Insights explores codes and standards from multiple angles, with articles covering explosion venting, process design knowledge management, pressure equipment integrity standards, and a foundational introduction for early-career engineers.
Featured Articles
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Local PWHT and Weld Residual Stress: A Case Study in Welding and PWHT Simulation
Codes & Standards, Damage Mechanisms, Fitness-For-Service (FFS), Mechanical & Structural Engineering, Welding & Weld RepairsRead More →: Local PWHT and Weld Residual Stress: A Case Study in Welding and PWHT SimulationA local PWHT procedure that fully complies with WRC 452 does not guarantee the residual stress relief assumed in fitness-for-service…
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New Guidance for the Design of Fillet-Welded Patches
Asset Integrity, Codes & Standards, Mechanical & Structural Engineering, Mechanical Integrity, Piping, Pressure Vessels, Welding & Weld RepairsRead More →: New Guidance for the Design of Fillet-Welded PatchesThe current ASME PCC-2 Article 212 guidance for fillet-welded patch repairs is known to be conservative, frequently driving patch plate…
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Engineering 101: Run, Repair, or Replace? A Guide to Pressure Equipment Repair
Asset Integrity, Codes & Standards, Damage Mechanisms, Engineering 101, Fitness-For-Service (FFS), Inspection, Mechanical Integrity, Piping, Pressure Vessels, Welding & Weld RepairsRead More →: Engineering 101: Run, Repair, or Replace? A Guide to Pressure Equipment RepairNot every inspection finding requires physical repair, and not every repair that looks straightforward actually is. This article in our…
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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.