Using artificial intelligence to improve safety: Robert Nuttal, principal engineer at Petronas talks about how the company uses innovative strategies to maximise storage safety and efficiency in the Middle East
March 27, 2019
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My article published in CEP magazine of AIChE
My article "Risk Based Process Safety - What happens when organizations don’t follow risk-based process safety guidelines?" has been published in the March 2019 issue of Chemical Engineering Progress of American Institute of Chemical Engineers. I have written about 12 incidents that I have experienced and related them to the elements of CCPS Risk Based Process Safety guidelines.
This is my second article that has been published in CEP. The first "Moving Process Safety into the Boardroom" was published in September 2015.
https://www.aiche.org/resources/publications/cep/2015/september/moving-process-safety-board-room
This is my second article that has been published in CEP. The first "Moving Process Safety into the Boardroom" was published in September 2015.
https://www.aiche.org/resources/publications/cep/2015/september/moving-process-safety-board-room
March 4, 2019
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February 15, 2019
Handling Hot Work Hazards @BiodieselMag
Handling Hot Work Hazards @BiodieselMag: The risks associated with performing hot work in a biodiesel facility are many. Fires and explosions caused by sparks from lit torches are, unfortunately, not uncommon. Each incident has its own string of causes and effects, but every loss caused by hot work is 100 percent preventable.
February 11, 2019
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February 3, 2019
Ignition sources
The late Dr Trevor Kletz used to say "Ignition sources are free". We often tend to overlook all potential sources and focus on only the obvious sources. These include:
- Cigarettes/matches etc
- Cutting and welding
- Hot surfaces
- Dryers and furnaces
- Sparks due to impact
- Sparks from electrical equipment;
- Vehicles
- Mobile phones
- Space heaters
- Spontaneous heating
- Friction heating
- Stray currents from electrical equipment
- Static electricity
- Lightning strikes
- Electromagnetic radiation of different wavelengths
January 31, 2019
Breakdown: Process Safety In The Oil & Gas Industry
Breakdown: Process Safety In The Oil & Gas Industry: Oil & Gas IQ offers authoritative insight and opinion on all aspects affecting the oil and gas industry.
January 26, 2019
Preventing incidents: Effective process safety management
Preventing incidents: Effective process safety management: To prevent dangerous process incidents from occurring, facilities should employ effective communication, provide workers with appropriate training, and have strong and up-to-date policies and procedures in place.
January 22, 2019
January 19, 2019
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