Browsing MKOPSC Process Safety Symposium by Title

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    • Was Murphy Wrong? Thoughts on the Application of Murphy’s Law to the Operation and Design of Chemical Plants 
      Hendershot, Dennis C. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
      We’ve all heard of Murphy’s Law. It has been stated in various forms, generally something like “If something can go wrong, it will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.” We often quote Murphy’s Law, often in a light-hearted ...
    • We Don’t Learn Enough from Incidents: the Roots of Human Errors 
      Philippart, Mónica (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Process Safety aims to prevent and control incidents that have the potential to release hazards that could result in serious undesired outcomes. It has been widely agreed for some time now that human error is a causal ...
    • Web Enabled – Real Time Business and Process Analysis to Increase Productivity in Industrial Plants. 
      Bascur, Osvaldo A. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
      Intelligent systems (IS) technologies have received much attention in a wide range of process engineering applications including process operations. Due to the rapid change applying the latest technologies has become a ...
    • WellSafe Initiative– Chevron’s Well Control Assurance Program 
      French, Mike; Robichaux Marcel; Smith, Jeff; Hinojosa, Robert (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)
    • What API RP 752 Does Not Tell You – But People Will Ask 
      Cornwell, John B.; Ishii, Benjamin R. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      Over the past several years, Quest Consultants Inc. has conducted building siting studies per API RP 752 for a range of facilities in the United States and abroad. This paper summarizes several of the issues encountered ...
    • What is a QRA and What Can It Tell You? 
      Marx, Jeffery; Cornwell, John (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      Over the past ten years, there has been a growing focus on risk analysis and risk assessment in the process safety community. Regulations like the EPA's Risk Management Program have brought the word risk to the forefront ...
    • What to do if PSM/HSE performance flattens out? Resuming your drive to ZERO 
      Arendt, Steve; Curtis, Rick (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)
      Most companies have a continuous improvement expectation in their PSM/HSE mission and values. Many companies measure PSM/HSE performance with lagging and leading metrics. Some companies are pursuing Operational Excellence. ...
    • What You Ask For Isn’t Always What You Get 
      Kas, K.; Hendershot, D.; Johnson, S. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)
      Engineers designing equipment for a new process routinely specify the required material of construction. But how can we be sure that the specified material of construction was actually installed? These three incidents ...
    • Where to Begin –A Parametric Study for Vapor Barriers at LNG Export Facilities 
      Hendrickson, B.; Marsegan, F.; Gavelli, F. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      Vapor barriers are widely used to contain the release of flammable mixtures in LNG facilities in the United States. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling tool FLACS has been validated and accepted for detailed ...
    • Zero Based Maintenance Program 
      Falzone, Matthew (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)