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April 2016

The Extraordinary Challenge of Mega-Projects

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
Shale related developments led to the renaissance of the petrochemical industry in North America. Last 5 plus years have seen an unprecedented pace...

Identify SIF and Specify Necessary Sil, and Other IPLs, As Part of PHA/HAZOP, or Why It Is Not Necessary to "Boldly Go Beyond HAZOP and LOPA"

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
This paper shows how to apply the qualitative definition of IPLs within the setting of a process hazard analysis (PHA) to get most of the gain from...

Developing Power, Influence and Leadership for Successful Process Safety Culture

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
It is widely recognized that the development of strong safety cultures has the single greatest impact on the reduction of organizational accidents, a...

Implementacion De Ventanas Operativas (IOW) En Refineria Latina

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
Implementación de ventanas operativas (IOW) en Refinería Latina: Introducción El siguiente trabajo describe el camino recorrido por una refinería...

The Use of Familiar Tool to Diffuse the Feeling of Unease Relating to the Possible Non-Dependability of Barriers of Protection

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
Despite the efforts that many organizations have put into the implementation of Process Safety Management system, there are still opportunities for...

Human Factors and Their Impact on Plant Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
History is full of technology breakthroughs, all striving to increase productivity and efficiency, from the steam engine and the telegraph; we’...

How Committed to Process Safety Is Committed Enough? - Doing Process Safety Cultural Communication As the Inevitable Ethical Dimension for Vision 20/20

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
Temple model to Egg model --- Tomb to house with alive landlord Vision 20/20 's Myth or Reality --- An Inevitable Ethical Dimension Vocabulary of...

Culture, Competence and Compliance

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
Atlantic LNG is one of the world’s largest producers of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). From our base in Trinidad, we operate a four-train...

High / Continuous Demand Hazardous Scenariosin LOPA

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
Layer of protection analysis (LOPA) has become one of the most important risk analysis techniques in the process industry to determine the integrity...

Revisions to FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheet 7-14, Fire Protection for Chemical Plants

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2016
For nearly two centuries, businesses across the globe have relied on FM Global and its data sheets—property loss prevention engineering...

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