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Process Safety Boot Camp

Instructor-led (classroom) Course
This intensive 4-day course is also offered periodically throughout the year to the broader chemical engineering public. Taught jointly by process safety veterans with decades of experience at major companies from the process industries, the course is highly interactive.Read more

Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

CCPS was established in 1985 to focus on engineering and management practices that can prevent and mitigate catastrophic accidents involving release of hazardous materials. CCPS is supported by sponsors in the chemical and hydrocarbon process industries and active worldwide via conferences, books, databases, education, research, and more.

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Safety in the LNG Value Chain

Dec 12, 2012
Georges Melhem, Henry Ozog

In this webinar, presenters describe and examine potential LNG (liquefied natural gas) hazards and risk-reduction methods for the LNG value chain ― production and consumption.

Designing LNG Vapor Dispersion Exclusion Zones to Protect the Public

Apr 5, 2012
Jerry Havens
The LNG industry, if not the entire energy industry, may be at a crossroad. Expectation of large shale gas supplies in the United States, with a backdrop of international economies in precarious states, makes more uncertain the promise of major investments in LNG import facilities. Already, a...

Two Incompetent Workers; Too Close for Comfort ñ Part 1

Apr 4, 2012
Mike Broadribb
Learning from experience is one of the four pillars of Risk-Based Process Safety. Incidents that occur at one facility often provide opportunities to strengthen management systems at other facilities. Sharing the technical lessons learned from incidents is morally right and vital to improving...

NOx Risk Mitigation for the Co-Feeding of Natural Gas to the Sasol CTL Complex

Apr 4, 2012
Michael Schnobel
Natural gas has been a co-feedstock to the reformers in the Sasol CTL complex since 2004. A more beneficial way is to re-route natural gas to the cryogenic separation unit and thus only reform the separated methane in the natural gas feed. However, introducing NO x into the cryogenic separation...

Modeling of Underground Hydrogen Pipelines

Apr 4, 2012
Elizabeth Lutostansky
Hydrogen is a critical component in the production of cleaner fuels. Underground pipelines provide a safe, reliable supply of hydrogen to refineries and the petroleum industry. Proper assessment of the risks associated with underground hydrogen pipelines requires an accurate model of the jet fire...

Emergency Block Valves

Apr 4, 2012
Joe Viviano
An Emergency Block Valves (EBV) is used as a means of isolating flammable or toxic substances in the event of a leak or fire. The installation, and use, of EBV's in many hydrocarbon services will significantly reduce the potential of fire and explosion damages caused by loss of hydrocarbon...

Inherently Safer Technology Implementation -Risk Reduction and Risk Shifting

Apr 4, 2012
Iclal Atay
On March 25, 2008 the State of New Jersey adopted rules requiring facilities regulated under the Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act (TCPA) Program to perform Inherently Safer Technology (IST) reviews. By January 2010, 85 facilities performed IST reviews and submitted their findings to the New Jersey...

Major Turnaround in An Olefins Plant: A Process Safety Point of View

Apr 4, 2012
Pablo Ricardo Barrera
The process safety management in an industrial plant is a critical success factor for companies integrated in a global market. The equipments should have maximized performance and operational runlenght without compromising process safety. The challenge for excellence performance drives companies to...

Turnaround Excellence - Key Success Factors

Apr 4, 2012
Bobby Vichich
Turnaround Excellence is more than a state of being… it is a journey. Achieving and sustaining excellence is wholly dependent on a site approach of shared accountability towards Turnaround Excellence and must be a continually improving process. Starting well in advance of “feed out”, a long range...

Working Under Pressure (How do you manage pressure hazards?)

Apr 4, 2012
Dr. Angela E. Summers
Industry is increasingly moving towards utilizing High Integrity Protective Systems (HIPS) to reduce flare loading and prevent the environmental impact of pressure venting. HIPS are becoming the option of choice to help alleviate the need to replace major portions of the flare system in existing...

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