Take the anxiety out of plant turnarounds

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Take the anxiety out of plant turnarounds

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Aug 28, 2023

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This episode examines the use of digital tools and resources to effectively plan a refinery/plant turnaround, as well as using those digital technologies to better plan maintenance and operations moving forward.

Released:

Aug 28, 2023

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A weekly podcast from Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine for the downstream, petrochemical, refining and gas processing industries. It’s easy to subscribe, just click the subscribe button on iTunes or Blubrry.

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Take the anxiety out of plant turnarounds

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