Process Safety Management
Oil and gas companies handle the most dangerous chemicals and processes across all industries.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Type
- Classroom
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About Training
Oil and gas companies handle the most dangerous chemicals and processes across all industries. Catastrophic incidents and casualties are products of the failure to manage process safety. The danger present in everyday operations is evolving thus it is essential to always improve in handling risk and hazard. Most companies already have established safety guidelines to follow. However, there is a constant need to continuously improve implementation and existing methodologies in order to gain better efficiency and attain optimal operations in a safe work environment.
This course addresses the above needs in process safety management. Aside from learning the methodologies and techniques in reducing risks and hazards, it will also integrate the concept of business continuity improvement to address how to further develop existing methodologies that companies have. The course will start with tackling the technical elements on risk & hazard identification (HAZOP, HAZID, SIL, LPA, etc.). It would then move on to the procedures in risk and hazard reduction and their application in having an inherently safer system design. The topic on contractor management shall also tackle how to manage safety between end-users and engineering contractors. Lastly, to culminate the course, guidelines on how to improve productivity and profitability through continuous improvement in safety management will also be provided. Extensive case studies will be discussed in order to learn from past industry accidents and catastrophes. Moreover, in-depth class discussion will be facilitated in order to promote a good exchange of industry knowledge amongst delegates.
Training Objectives
- IMPROVE safety skills through techniques in process safety management
- INTEGRATE risk & hazard reduction methods across the full spectrum of process safety elements
- UNDERSTAND the critical elements necessary for safety design
- GAIN practical risk reduction methods ready for implementation
- APPLY techniques in process safety management through practical exercises and industry case studies
- MANAGE high-risked working environment
- OVERCOME the limitations and blocks to acheiving a optimal process safety
- PROMOTE business continuity improvement through understanding of safer systems design
Audiences
- PSM Managers/Engineers
- Process Managers/Engineers
- HSE Managers/Engineers
- Operations Managers/Engineers
- Maintenance Managers/Engineers
- Control Monitoring, Emergency Response Perssonel, and those who are involved with Process Safety system in their company
Instructor
Deborah L. Grubbe, P.E., CEng
Deborah Grubbe is a well-known consultant with over 30 years of experience in disciplined operations of manufacturing, safety, and engineering across industries including the oil and gas. She has served as Vice–President of Group Safety for BP Global in London, and her term in BP was considered to be the safest years ever for the company. She has also served as Vice-President for Safety Change Management in BP in the US, handling 5 refineries which had the highest need for safety improvement. Moreover, she is well-experienced in the characteristics of safe operations during her 27 years at DuPont. She has held corporate director position in safety, operations, and engineering. Aside from her industry experience, she is also a lecturer for Process Safety Management at Purdue University since 2008.
Her organizational affiliations spans across governmental, industrial and technical, and education bodies:
- US National Safety Council, Board of Trustee (Present)
- International Safety Council, Board of Directors (Previous)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Board of Directors (Previous)
- Center for Chemical Process Safety (Previous)
- National Society of Professional Engineers, Vice Chair (Previous)
- State of Delaware Registration Board for Professional Engineers (Previous)
- American Society of Safety Engineer Member (Present)
Deborah Grubbe is currently the owner and principal consultant of Operations and Safety Solutions LLC, a consultancy firm which specializes in safety and operations troubleshooting and support, with her major clients including Shell and Dupont. She also serves in Purdue University College of Engineering as member of Dean’s Advisory Council, Process Safety Management Course Developer, and Lecturer. She is currently a member of the Board of Advisors and a lecturer for the University of Alabama-Birmingham Advanced Safety and Engineering Management Master’s Program.
Daily Aims
DAY 1 - Elements of PSM
- Introduction to Process Safety Management (All Elements)
- Process Design Stages
- General HSE & Process Safety System
- Prep: Texas City Refinery Case Study
DAY 2 - Risk Reduction Methods
- Multiple Blocks to Safety
- Review of Texas City Case Study (Focus: Safety System, PSM Elements, Business Outcome)
- Class Discussion
- Risk Reduction Methods & Systems by PSM Element
- Items to be Incorporated to their particular PSM Elements
- Prep: Buncefield Case Study (Focus: Safety System Breakdowns, Audit Failures, Lack of Training & Development and its Role in the Start-up, Role that SIS could have played to prevent the incident)
DAY 3 - Practical Workshop I
- Case Study Review & Discussion:
- Instructor-led Overview: Inherently Safer Design & Strategies
- Process Monitoring & Control
- Calculations for Reliability: Instructor-led Discussion and Lecture with Sample FMEA calculation (Class Exercise
- Safety Critical Equipment Fire Zoning , Electrical Hazardous Area Classification
- Prep: Piper Alpha Case Study (Focus: Process Safety Failures in Offshore Operations
DAY 4 - Practical Workshop II
- Case Study Review: Piper Alpha Case Study Advanced Investigation
- Management of Change
- In class Case Study - 2010 Deepwater Horizon Incident Focus: Contractor Management, PSM Causes Developments in Safety, Health, & Environment
- Risk Reduction & Contractor Safety Management
- Class Discussion: End-User and Contractor Relationship
- Key Steps of Contractor Safety & Typical Pitfalls
- Managing Maintenance Contractors
- Managing Safety within Different Types of Contracts
Training Schedule
| Code | Start Date | End Date | Locations | Cost | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PST0186-201302 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | SGD 5,995 | Deborah L. Grubbe, P.E., CEng | ||
| PST0186-201301 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | SGD 5,995 | Deborah L. Grubbe, P.E., CEng |
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