Browsing MKOPSC Process Safety Symposium by Title
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)Over the years, there have been many technological advancements in the industry and a hugegrowth in terms of operating capabilities. Being among the fastest growing organisations, managing enterprise wide risk effectively ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) was found in 1955 as a small private company. Over time, through acquisitions and advanced growth, the company has now grown to its current size with total sales of 79 billion US dollars in ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)As the size of Ultra Deep Water (UDW) facilities increases in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), designs must consider the potential adverse effects associated with vapor cloud explosions in large congested areas and understand ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)A large vapor cloud explosion (VCE) followed by a fire is one of the most dangerous and high-consequence events that can occur at petrochemical facilities. As the size and complexity of facilities increase, designs must ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)New, fully three dimensional, technologies are now making it possible to more quickly and accurately simulate and predict the consequences of accidental releases leading to vapor cloud explosions (VCE) at a wide variety ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)This paper presents results from a test program carried out to determine the peak deflagration pressure achieved within a congested enclosure vented through one wall of the enclosure. The industry standard in the United ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)Metrics have existed for many years across the occupational realm. In more recent times, there has been a focus on the use of metrics to monitor process safety. This has traditionally focused on lag metrics, as these are ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)This paper presents the results of the first phase of the pressure transmitter reliability data project executed by the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center’s (MKOPSC) Instrument Reliability Network (IRN). The quality ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)The U.S. oil and gas industry continues to experience major accidents, in spite of many regulatory, industry and company investigations, responses and improvement initiatives. These accidents have involved all segments of ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)Building a deep-water drilling rig that incorporates the latest technology while meeting internal requirements, client specifications, and budget constraints, can be a daunting challenge. Doing so in a post-Macondo environment ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)A substantial explosion attributed to thermal decomposition of o,o-dimethyl phosphoramidothioate (DMPAT) resulted in 1 fatalities and 1 injury in Taichung, Taiwan, in 2016. An analysis of this explosion indicated that such ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)Fire and explosion hazards in industrial storage units have gained a considerable attention in recent years. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) storage terminal accident in Jaipur, India, is a recent example of Vapor Cloud ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)OSHA is contemplating revising the Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard, 29 CFR 1910.119, to require third party compliance audits. The author has facilitated over 50 third party PSM compliance audits and participated ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)After an incident investigation we gather the facts, assign causes and compile a set of lessons that should, if learned well, prevent a similar incident from occurring. If the company has a good process safety management ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)Many chemical and oil and gas organizations have Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) programs in the form of the American Petroleum Institute (API) API Recommended Practice (RP) 580 Risk-Based Inspection program. Numerous organizations ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)The safety and health standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act [OSHA] do not specifically address life safety in chemical plants, other than requiring owners and operators to “provide a safe place to work” and ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)From project inception to continuous plant operation a stream of safety studies will be conducted on the process, and the identified hazards will have to be either eliminated or reduced to an acceptable risk level. This ...