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Environment & Safety

Ensuring site-wide consistency in relief system analyses

Jacobs Consultancy: Brendel, R.

Follow these protocols when evaluating common-cause failure scenarios for flares and headers

Avoid confusion when performing safety integrity levels

Cteris Consulting Inc.: Cheddie, H.
Zakum Development Company: Khalil, Y. A.

Here's how to differentiate safety instrumented fuction demand modes

Software tools are never a substitute for competency

exida Canda Ltd.: Kozma, S.

Sound practice, experienced-based judgment and teamwork are still needed for safety engineering success

Prevent storage tank fires

SGS North America Inc.: Ritchie, R.

Implementing these safety rules can reduce risk

Requirement engineering and management - Part 1 - safety critical elements identification

ADEPP Academy: Salimi, F.-F.

Use these guidelines to determine the safety-critical elements and tasks

Update management of your cooling water systems

Baker Hughes: Hernandez-Mena, R.  |  Laxton, G.

New 'fit-for-purpose' biocide program provides broad-spectrum biofilm control

Wastewater treatment: A refinery case study

Attock Refinery Ltd.: Ahmed, N.  |  Alam, N.  |  Khurshid, A.  |  Kirmani, Z. U.  |  Shafique, M

This refiner used an in-house initiative to troubleshoot plant-wide process water problems

Design and implement an effective equipment integrity management system

TEFEN Venture Consulting Italy: Nicolo, F.
ERG Raffinerie Meditterranee SpA: Spampinato, M.

Consider this "integrity-only-specific" innovative methodology

Integrating security into the safety lifecycle

JOHN CUSIMANO, Guest Columnist       Comments? Write: jcusimano@exida.com         Thanks to IEC 61511 ..

HP Automation Safety: Safety culture for operations and maintenance

exida LLC: Goble, W.

While recently analyzing failure records from different petrochemical plants, some interesting trends emerged from the information. A particular instrument model experienced significantly different fa..