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		<title>OSHA Mechanical Integrity Enforcement Tightening</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OSHA Mechanical Integrity Enforcement Shift + Financial Cost Quantification OSHA&#8217;s mechanical integrity enforcement just tightened. 40% of all Process Safety Management (PSM) violations in 2026 audits are mechanical integrity (MI) related—overage inspections, missing thickness-measurement records, undocumented QA on pressure vessels. With the 2026 violation cap at $9,259 per violation, a single refinery audit can stack [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Run a RAGAGEP Currency Check in 5 Steps (Before Your Auditor Does)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A 5-step workflow for auditing RAGAGEP currency in your PSM program before OSHA does — built around API 510, API 570, ASME VIII, and the $165,514 willful-violation math.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Digital Twins Are Saving Refineries Billions. They’re Missing the Layer That Matters Most for Process Safety.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[50% of oil &#038; gas companies use digital twins, saving billions. But most twins model equipment, not the engineering standards underneath. The missing compliance layer is the biggest opportunity in process safety AI.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The 50-Year Refinery Gap Just Closed — Here’s What That Means for American Engineering</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the first time since 1977, someone is building a new crude oil refinery in the United States. America First Refining broke ground this month on a 168,000 barrel-per-day facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas. Fluor is running front-end engineering. Axens is licensing the hydroprocessing, catalytic reforming, and isomerization units. Reliance Industries is backing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The PSM Compliance Gap Most Refineries Don’t Know They Have</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[1/6] The average U.S. refinery has ~40 written engineering standards covering pressure vessels, piping, tanks, relief systems, and rotating equipment. A recent audit I walked through found that 34 of them referenced editions superseded before 2020. RAGAGEP requires compliance with “current generally accepted good engineering practice.” The gap is where $165,514 willful violations live. Per [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>50% of Oil &#038; Gas Companies Now Use Digital Twins. The Other 50% Are Running Blind on Process Safety.</title>
		<link>https://porrittinc.com/oil-gas-digital-twins-process-safety-50-percent-adoption-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[50% of oil &#038; gas firms use digital twins in 2026. Shell saves $2B/year. But most digital twins model equipment, not the compliance standards underneath. That gap is where real risk lives.]]></description>
		
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		<title>$1.1 Billion in Refinery Turnarounds Started This Quarter. Your Standards Documentation Should Have Been Ready in January.</title>
		<link>https://porrittinc.com/refinery-turnaround-season-q1-2026-standards-documentation-gap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[$1.1B in refinery turnarounds started Q1 2026. ExxonMobil, Marathon, and Valero account for nearly half. Standards documentation gaps surface every turnaround cycle. Here is how to stop the scramble.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Oil &#038; Gas Companies Are Still Managing Standards in Excel — and What It’s Costing Them</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most refineries track engineering standards compliance in Excel. Here’s what that’s actually costing them — and why AI-assisted gap analysis is the alternative that fits.]]></description>
		
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		<title>OSHA’s 2026 Fine Increase Just Hit — $165,514 Per Willful PSM Violation</title>
		<link>https://porrittinc.com/osha-2026-fine-increase-psm-willful-violation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Porritt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OSHA’s 2026 penalties hit: $165,514 per willful PSM violation (+3.1%). Expanded enforcement targets energy and chemical manufacturing.]]></description>
		
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