This book describes the application of major safety reviews used in the process industries, with a focus on the petroleum, petrochemical, and chemical sectors. The underlying principles and practices can readily be transferred to any operation that involves a continuous or batch process system which is subject to a major incident with the potential for injuries, fatalities, major property damage, environmental impact, or serious effects on business operations. The book provides guidance on qualitative hazard analyses for review teams. OSHA and EPA, as well as national governments all over the world, require industry to conduct these reviews as a safeguard against catastrophic fire, explosions, and oil spillages.

From the Preface: “...The first edition of this book was entitled Application of HAZOP and What-If Safety Reviews to the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Chemical Industries and was issued in 1994. Since that time, the use of Process Hazard Analyses (PHA)s has become more prevalent and the threat to industrial and commercial facilities from security incidents has also become more relevant..It was therefore felt prudent to update the first edition to include these aspects and also incorporate additional technical updates and features...”

Target Audience: Facility, process, safety, loss and fire prevention engineers; regulators, inspectors, and consultants concerned with process safety.

Table of Contents:

Purpose and Scope

Objective and Description of PHA, What-If, and HAZOP Reviews

Adaptation to Security Vulnerability Analysis (SVA)

Team Members, Qualifications, and Responsibilities

Management Support and Responsibilities

Review Applications for Typical Facilities

Review Procedures

Review Worksheets

Report Preparation and Distribution

Handling and Resolution of Recommendations

Schedule and Cost Estimates

Appendices

Index