Come See Us at the 13th Global Congress on Process Safety in San Antonio!
Come by and see us at the AIChE 13th Global Congress on Process Safety in San Antonio, Texas March 26th thru 29th, 2017! We'll be presenting papers and speaking on multiple topics at the conference, and will also have a booth set up in the exhibit hall, so come by and sell hello, and let's [...]
Keys to Avoid Making A Dog’s Breakfast Out of Your MOC System
In an invaluable addition to the Process Improvement Institute compendium of Free Resources, PII colleagues Revonda Tew and Tim Waugh present an important paper that discusses how to ensure the Management of Change system addresses a change’s effect on implementation of other process safety management systems and discusses common MOC workflow weaknesses that can undermine [...]
Black Swans or Wild Geese?
The term Black Swan is certainly over-used. We did a study a couple of years ago on 50 major process safety events over a 25 year span. Of those, none were black swans... but, some in the industry (some managers & process safety speakers) referred to them as black swans... "how could we have known?" [...]
New Papers in Free Resources on Identifying SIF-SIL as part of PHA/HAZOP, PHA of Non-Normal Operation Modes, and Writing Operating Procedures and Troubleshooting Guides GalleryNew Papers in Free Resources on Identifying SIF-SIL as part of PHA/HAZOP, PHA of Non-Normal Operation Modes, and Writing Operating Procedures and Troubleshooting Guides
New Papers in Free Resources on Identifying SIF-SIL as part of PHA/HAZOP, PHA of Non-Normal Operation Modes, and Writing Operating Procedures and Troubleshooting Guides
Just posted in the Free Resources section of the Process Improvement Institute website are three new and invaluable papers related to issues important to process safety management professionals everywhere: Identify SIF and Specify Necessary SIL, and other IPLs, as part of PHA/HAZOP Learn why it is not necessary to “Boldly Go Beyond HAZOP and LOPA.” [...]
Does LOPA really replace 90% of the QRA?
Well, that depends on what you call QRA. Some companies (the folks they have taught) define QRA as only the high level risk assessment that may be performed at the early design phase of a project to make large siting and fire protection (and other mitigation) decisions. LOPA does not replace that specific QRA. But [...]