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HAZOP: Our Primary Guide in the Land of Process Risks: How can we improve it and do more with its results?
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2015)
All risk management starts in determining what can happen. Reliable predictive analysis is key. So, we perform process hazard analysis, which should result in scenario identification and definition. Apart from material/substance ...
Does a HAZOP reveal to us all the hazards we need to know, or are we overlooking serious threats?
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2018)
The HAZOP process as part of a PHA has been well established and in LinkedIn groups discussions have been on the best supporting software and best practices; the latter, e.g., on different opinions whether a checklist and ...
Data-Based Semi-Automatic Hazard Identification for More Comprehensive Identification of Hazardous Scenarios
(2017-05-30)
As chemical process plants have become more involved and complex, the likelihood of hazardous incidents has increased simultaneously. That is, the more complex a facility’s systems, the more factors engineers must consider. ...
Auditing the Quality of Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) Studies
(2017-07-20)
The petrochemical industry is subject to various federal and local regulations and requirements that are challenging to meet and resource-intensive. Time and human factors often lead to a “check box” mentality where ...
Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Offshore Production Platform by Bayesian Network Application to HAZOP and Bow-tie Studies
(2016-12-02)
Successful risk management in an offshore oil and gas production platform requires accurate and up-to-date probability of occurrence of process safety events. Traditional hazard identification and risk assessment techniques ...