Operational Readiness

Guidelines for Managing Process Safety Risks During Organizational Change

March, 2013

An understanding of organizational change management (OCM) — an often overlooked subject — is essential for successful corporate decision making with little adverse effect on the health and safety of employees or the surrounding community.

Avoiding Static Ignition Hazards in Chemical Operations

September, 1999

Written by Laurence Britton, who has over 20 years' experience in the fields of static ignition and process fire and explosion hazards research, this resource addresses an area not extensively covered in process safety standards or literature: understanding and reducing potential hazards associated...

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Mechanical Integrity of Tubing

May

2012

Process Safety Beacon

Proper installation, maintenance, and inspection of metal tubing is important in preventing fires and toxic material releases in process plants. Do not forget about tubing just because it is usually small. Even a small leak can cause a fire that can...

Practical Compliance with the EPA Risk Management Program: A CCPS Concept Book

July, 2009

At last, smaller chemical processing operations have truly easy access to process safety and risk management programs tailored to meet their needs. Written as a "how to" book with checklists, it offers sufficient information for managers of facilities with small chemical operations to implement a...

Analysis of the transfer and distribution of sulfur in the typical refinery

Apr 4, 2012

Li Shi

Analysis of the transfer and distribution of sulfur in the typical refinery

ìBridging SEMS Between the Owner, Operator, and Contractorî

Apr 3, 2012

Ester Brawley

As of November 2011, offshore platforms have been required to develop and implement a Safety and Environmental Management (SEMS) Program. The offshore industry has many unique challenges that their onshore counterparts have not had to face. One of the biggest challenges facing the offshore industry...

Practical Approach to Vendor Package HAZOP Studies and Preparing the Package Vendor for the Ordeal

Apr 3, 2012

Steven T. Maher

During the design phase of a project, vendor packages (e.g., compressors, water desalination) are typically treated as a "black box" with a very specific function, and the typical perspective of the buyer/owner/operator is that safety issues have been thoroughly vetted, based on the package vendor...

Case Histories and Technology Innovations for StorageTank Loss Prevention

Apr 3, 2012

Szu-ying Huang

Storage tanks are most common material containing units in process industries. There have been many accidents associated within storage tank (material deficiency, structure design failures, operation error etc.) or among storage areas throughout the history. For example, overfilling has already...

Challenges in Applying PSM to Production Pilot Plants & Laboratories

Apr 3, 2012

Bruce D. Bullough

The CordenPharma Colorado, Inc. (CPC) site in Boulder includes at least eight production facilities. The majority (six) are production laboratories and pilot plants, with synthesizers and vessels of a few liters to a few thousand liters. All of the production process systems are connected to at...

Explosion Hazards of Multicomponent Combustible Gas Mixtures

Apr 2, 2012

Alfonso F. Ibarreta

Laminar and turbulent premixed flame burning velocities are two parameters that are sometimes needed to evaluate explosion hazards. There is ample information in the literature regarding the burning velocities of most common ignitable gases and vapors in air. Little information, however, is...