Sets out proven techniques and procedures that extend machinery life, reduce maintenance cots, and achieve optimum machinery reliability in the petroleum processing industry. Draws from the Best Practices in the US and Europe, and compares them with Good and Better Practices. Earlier editions were published in 1982 and 1988; the new material here includes availability and reliability statistics for major machinery, benchmarking data, guidance for relevant life-cycle cost studies, electric motor reliability, modern sealing technology, and synthetic lubricants. Well illustrated with line drawings and graphs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.