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Refining & Petrochemicals Insights
21 published articles carry the Refining & Petrochemicals tag, the most recent dated 2026-11-02. Every one is written from work done on the bench, not from the brochure.
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Every TCR Engineering insight tagged to Refining and Petrochemicals: 21 articles, newest first, from the testing and integrity work this sector runs on.
All Refining & Petrochemicals insights, newest first
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TCR Arabia appointed exclusive Saudi agent for Nitin Castings' reformer tubes and alloy castings
Nitin Castings Limited, the BSE-listed Indian maker of centrifugally cast reformer, cracker and MIDREX tubes, has appointed TCR Arabia its exclusive…
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Acoustic emission testing of storage tanks and FRP pressure vessels: what is active now, and what it takes to find out
TCR Advanced Engineering runs acoustic emission testing on above-ground storage tanks and pressure vessels, including new FRP vessels under…
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ASTM G31 immersion corrosion testing at Mahape: how a metal behaves in your own liquid
TCR Engineering's Mahape laboratory runs ASTM G31 laboratory immersion tests: a coupon of the client's metal, in the client's own solution, weighed…
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Rebuilding a 13Cr valve seat on a WCB body: the qualification is an overlay, and E410 is the wrong filler
A request for a WPS to rebuild scored 13Cr gate valve seats looks routine. It is two decisions most repair shops get wrong: the build-up is qualified…
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Hydrogen induced disbonding testing to ASTM G146 opens at Mahape, and why the overlay fails on the way down
TCR Engineering's Mahape laboratory is taking client specimens for hydrogen induced disbonding testing to ASTM G146. What the test reproduces, why…
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Reformer tube fitness for service: Evolve by TCR opens a complimentary webinar on 25 September 2026
Watch the complete recording of the 25 September 2026 webinar, and see the two-day intensive programme in Vadodara on 29 and 30 October. Both address…
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ARTiS comes to Japan: answering when a reformer tube comes out, not whether it is damaged
TCR Engineering and TCR Advanced are taking ARTiS, the automated reformer tube inspection system, into Japan with Chugai Technos Corporation of…
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Hydrogen induced disbonding is not cathodic disbondment: what ASTM G146 tests, and what it does not
Two tests share the word disbonding and almost nothing else. ASTM G146 is about stainless overlay on a reactor shell in hot hydrogen; cathodic…
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On-Site PMI Testing in India: Positive Material Identification Across Refineries, Plants, and Fabrication Shops
Positive material identification finds alloy mix-ups before installation. TCR Engineering verifies alloys on site across India with 12+ portable XRF…
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RT Film Digitalisation: Why Indian Industries Are Finally Moving Away from Physical Film Storage
TCR Engineering digitises RT films for Indian oil & gas projects, reducing physical film storage while preserving radiographic quality per IOCL specs.
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Heat Exchanger Tube Testing by Eddy Current: How TCR Engineering Works
Eddy Current Testing reveals wall thinning in heat exchanger tubes before failure. TCR's probe inventory, built up over years of service, covers the…
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Reformer Tube Inspection Services Petrochemical: Why Your Plant's Future Depends on Getting This Right
ARTiS inspects reformer tubes, with Level III FFS assessment per API 579 by TCR Advanced Engineering, estimating the remaining life of each tube.
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TCR Engineering Approved by Toyo Engineering & Technip
TCR Engineering labs in Mumbai & Bhubaneswar are now approved by Toyo & Technip for Indian Oil's Paradip PTA project.
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TCR's Inspection Strategies for Aboveground Storage Tanks
Tank integrity with advanced NDT solutions like AE, MFL, PAUT & robotic inspections, supporting safety, compliance, and longevity
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Protect Your Heat Exchangers with TCR's World-Class Tube Inspection Services
Know the condition of your heat exchanger tubes. TCR Engineering carries out tube inspections with current-generation NDT
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Paresh Haribhakti - Plant Integrity Solution workshop
Plant Integrity Solution workshop hosted by KNPC
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Reliance Industries appreciates TCR Advanced
NKK Prasanna, E&M head at CES Hazira, RIL gave the appreciation letter
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Ras Tanura Refinery Corrosion Awareness Day
TCR Arabia demonstrated majority of its advanced inspection activities related to Corrosion Studies on that day
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Partnership with CIA for cooker drum inspection in KSA
Baseline Laser Scan and Remote Visual Inspection of Coker Drums inspection in SATORP
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Paresh Haribhakti speaks at MICMEP-EAC 2009
Mr. Paresh Haribhakti spoke on Root Cause Failure Investigation and Remaining life assessment of Reformer tubes
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61st Annual Technical Meeting - Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)
Paper given “Metallurgical Investigation of blister formation on Hydrocracker Reactors of Refinery”
