Mike Johnson has over 42 years’ experience in major hazards research and studies, originally joining British Gas Research & Development, now part of DNV (Email: michael.johnson@dnv.com). In the early part of his career, his work included a full risk assessment of the Canvey Island LNG terminal, one of the first major applications of quantified risk assessment in the oil and gas industry. In 1984, he took over responsibility of carrying out large-scale experimental research of vapor cloud explosions. Much of the data generated from this...Read more
Olivier Baldan is Head of Section for Safety Risk Norway within DNV (Email: olivier.baldan@dnv.com). He is responsible for a team that delivers services including quantitative risk analysis (QRA), qualitative risk analysis (e.g., HAZID, HAZOP, etc.), advanced simulation modeling, and human factors and barrier management in the oil and gas industry. In addition, his team provides safety services for other markets such as alternative fuels for the maritime industry and battery technology. Baldan graduated as a chemical engineer in 2008 from the...Read more
Paul Murray is the Principal Consultant and Head of Section in the Aberdeen office within DNV U.K., and has over 10 years’ experience (Email: paul.murray@dnv.com). As well as being responsible for a team delivering technical safety studies for offshore installations in the North Sea and worldwide, he has experience in working closely with operators and engineering contractors to provide consulting services for installations at various stages from concept design through to decommissioning. His main areas of focus are on risk-based decision-...Read more
Zoë Wattis, PhD, is a principal consultant for DNV and has 24 years’ experience within the Safety Risk team based in the U.K. (Email: zoe.wattis@dnv.com). She specializes in leading and providing technical support for both onshore and offshore technical safety and failure frequencies. This includes the delivery of a whole range of safety studies from concept design through to as-built. Wattis is technical lead for the development of CloudQRA, a web-based QRA package for use in offshore risk assessment. As part of this work, Wattis, jointly with Paul...Read more
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