Advanced Process HAZOP

Course Overview

Risk management is a critical phenomenon for which proactive approach must be taken for an organization to succeed. Organizations have been emphasizing on process safety to minimize the risk’s posed by hazardous industries. Process hazard analysis (PHA) is considered as a critical tool in the execution of a successful risk management system. Hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies are identified as being the qualitative risk assessment methodology of choice in the process industries. Additionally, emphasis is on this aspect of process hazard analysis.

Who Should Attend?

Personnel who can attend this course are:

• Maintenance personnel
• HSE technical personnel
• Control engineers
• Instrumentation engineers
• Project engineers
• Process engineers involved in modification and design

Program Outline

Risk Assessment: Introduction Hazards, Risk and Risk Assessment: The concepts Risk Evaluation methods Risk Assessment Integration within Risk Management Risk Assessment Methodologies: Qualitative, Quantitative and Semi Quantitative   HAZOP: Techniques of risk assessment Hazards Identification and Analysis Techniques: Introduction HAZOP: Hazard identification and analysis techniques The requirements for a successful HAZOP study: Where and when to use HAZOP Description: Team Composition for HAZOP studies Process variables and guide words used for HAZOP studies Application of HAZOP to relevant processes: Syndicate exercise   Leadership Techniques for HAZOP Facilitator / team leader Requirements for HAZOP Scribe Requirements for HAZOP Do’s and don’ts: Facilitating HAZOP studies Description: Information required to allow successful HAZOP studies The opportunity to facilitate a HAZOP meeting: Case study Commercial software used for HAZOP and Management of Change ‘MOC’: Review   Description of Consequence Analysis Understanding the Theory behind fire, explosion and toxic dispersion modelling utilized in Quantitative Risk Assessments Understanding distinct types of Fires and their effects on equipment and people Understanding the distinct types of Explosions and their effects on equipment and people Software available for consequence calculations: Review   QRA Role Quantified Risk Assessment “QRA”: Introduction Event Tree Analysis in scenario development: The description of Role Fault Tree Analysis for multi-causation analysis: The description of Role ETA and FTA: Applications Understanding Failure Data for use in QRA’s Individual and Societal Risk Software available for Quantitative Risk Assessments: Review Summary

Program Objectives

This training programme will enable the delegates to:

• Acknowledge the evaluation and estimation of risks such as Quantified, Semi quantified and Qualitative risks
• Acknowledge the HAZOP studies their short comings and their associated benefits
• Acknowledge the fundamental concepts of risk management and risk assessment
• Understand the analysis procedures and techniques for hazard identification
• Understand the concept of cause consequences analysis: The role of event trees and fault trees in accident prevention
• Acknowledge the requirements of a facilitator, team leader, team and scribe members during the studies of HAZOP