SPE In Focus: Process Safety

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Current Process Safety News: Journal of Petroleum Technology

Advanced Multifunction Autonomous Robot for Gas Detection

This paper presents a robot integrated with a microcontroller that provides multiple functions to help with data logging, analysis, and reporting to identify hazards and improve safety protocols.

Blockchain for Process Safety and Integrity Management

This paper focuses on the application of blockchain technology and the use of distributed ledgers on process safety and integrity management.

Approach Aims To Prevent Process Safety Incidents

ADNOC’s process safety management (PSM) framework has 15 elements that cover all aspects of management, and the company’s PSM Framework Pillars and Elements provide a consistent risk-based approach to process safety management.

Investigators Find Operating, Training Deficiencies Contributed to Fatal Refinery Explosion

OSHA cited BP with 10 serious violations, saying the gas production plant lacked adequate training and process controls for leaks. The explosion killed two workers in September.

Online Course Tackles Risk-Based Process Safety for All Engineers

Risk is a common thread that runs throughout all engineering disciplines. This course aims to present how to understand and identify hazards, analyze risk, and understand the importance of a comprehensive management system.

Report Reveals Growing Gap Between Process Safety Goals and Reality

Data from Sphera’s latest Safety Report reveals a persistent gap between the intent and reality of process safety management, while environmental, social, and governance concerns are a growing consideration for process-safety management and operational-risk management professionals.

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