Advance Process Safety Operations and Technology for Oil & Gas Industry

Introduction

This course provides a solid understanding of process safety techniques and how applying these techniques can improve safety, equipment reliability, environmental performance and reduce overall costs. It presents an overview of the elements comprising process safety, practical examples, and how process safety can be integrated into day-to-day operations.

Process Safety Management (PSM) has been developed by the American OSHA to prevent or minimize the consequences of a catastrophic release of toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHC) from a process.  The process can include any group of vessels that are interconnected or separate vessels that are located such that an HHC could be involved in a potential release.  This course will help you to develop PSM plans or revise the existing ones, so you can be assured your program meets the OSHA requirements and your company employees are working under the safest possible conditions.           

This course provides an in-depth study of each PSM element of HSEMS PSM program and how the overall architecture applies to each. The course introduces each PSM element and the specific guidelines and best practices for integrating PSM element requirements into their corporate program (such as quality and reliability programs) and evaluating program compliance throughout the implementation phase. This course also covers how to expand PSM program to include RBPS (Risk-Based Process Safety) elements as proposed by the CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety), Aiche, PSM program.

Further, the course covers the quantitative and qualitative analysis methods of safety engineering & risk management.  It provides guidance in planning, implementing, and managing an overall safety engineering program. It includes coverage of such applicable science and engineering principles as risk, human reliability, fault logic, failure modes, incident cost, and prediction.

The course is presented in an applied format where several different types of industries are discussed such as Oil, Gas, Chemical, Petrochemical, Power, and manufacturing industries. Regulatory influence on system and process safety is discussed. Quantitative aspects of the course include the application of risk analysis, fault tree analysis, process hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP), vapor-cloud dispersion modeling, human reliability analysis, failure modes, and effects analysis, etc.

Objectives

Upon the successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply best practices in process safety management including the human factor in the success of a comprehensive process safety management system
• Demonstrate the proper application of the appropriate science and engineering principles and quality applicable aspects of risk, human reliability, fault logic, failure modes, incident cost, and incident prediction
• Apply  the following system-safety analysis techniques and methods:
  • Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
  • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  • Risk Assessment and Analysis
  • Energy Trace and Barrier Analysis
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Other techniques to discussed include; Technique for Human Error Rate Prediction (THERP)
• Explain the planning and management principles of a system safety program
• Determine what elements of a system safety program are critical to assessing the effectiveness of an overall program
• Employ safety conditions in the workplace and the need for formal written procedures
• Discuss the analysis of potentially dangerous conditions for risk management
• Identify hazardous chemicals and discuss confined spaces, excavations & elevated areas
• Describe the safety aspects of gases & pressure vessels and emergency procedures
• Discuss how the safety auditing system can gauge the company’s safety status as well as technical reports and accident investigations to reduce future risks
• Develop an understanding of the overall Management of Risk Process
• Apply a variety of techniques to determine and quantify potential risks & risk assessment and apply the Safety Life Cycle

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

The course is intended for facility, production, and drilling engineers; supervisors, and managers involved with the design, construction, or operation of production facilities or drilling operations. The course is applicable to all operations including onshore and offshore operations. Also, this course is intended for operations, production, process, safety and HSE managers, engineers, officers, researchers, senior shift supervisors, and shift superintendents.  Further, this course is also suitable for governmental, regulatory authorities & municipalities and foremen.

Course Outline

After participation in this course, the participant will be able to understand: the evolution of process safety, why process safety incidents still occur and steps needed to reduce the number of incidents, applicability of process safety to exploration and production operations, the team approach for process safety, each of the elements of process safety, and how to implement and improve process safety at your location.