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QRA Method for Land-Use Planning around on-Shore Oil and Gas Facilities

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 15, 2011
In the Dutch legislative context, facilities that handle or store large amounts of hazardous substances must carry out a quantitative risk analysis (...

Acid Release From Catalyst Tanks

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 15, 2011
This is the story of how the cumulative effects of several seemingly innocent changes to a catalyst system resulted in a near miss Process Safety...

Fatal Explosion Caused by An Intermittently-Used Fuel Gas Piping System

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 15, 2011
A fatal explosion occurred at a foundry during a routine test of an intermittently used propane standby system. Just prior to the explosion,...

Implementing Process Safety In Petrochemical Complex - 20 Years of History In Camacari, Brazil

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 15, 2011
The objective of this paper is to share the lessons learned during 20 years of implementing a safety culture in Camaçari Petrochemical Complex,...

PSM Metrics Impact on Process Safety Culture

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 15, 2011
Several years ago our facility recognized the need to expand from a PSM Program managed by a small group to a PSM Culture owned by the full facility...

Evaluation of Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valve Maintenance Intervals and Extension of Maintenance Times Using a Weibull Analysis with Modified Bayesian Updating

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
The Savannah River Site (SRS) spring operated pressure relief valve (SORV) maintenance intervals were evaluated using an approach provided by the...

Specifying Reliability Performance to Meet PSM Expectations

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Mechanical Integrity (MI) programs are two of the fourteen elements that the Process Safety Management (PSM)...

Best Practice for An Evergreening Pressure Relief Systems Management Program

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
Most oil and gas refining and petrochemical organizations have a Process Safety Management (PSM) program that stems from the requirements outlined...

Improving Process Safety Culture: An Audit Checklist for Effective First Line Supervision Based on Common Operations Failure Modes

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
The Abnormal Situation Management® Consortium funded a study to investigate common failure modes and root causes associated with operations practices...

Application of the NFPA 654 Dust Layer Thickness Criteria – Recognizing the Hazard

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
This paper is an overview of the NFPA 654 layer thickness criteria, including the 2010 TIA, and potential misinterpretations that could result in...

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