November 2014

Special Report: Plant Safety and Environment

An examination of three recent accidents in the downstream industry

With these accidents, has refining internationally fallen sub-standard in terms of safety? Such a question is likely best addressed by examining the existing HPI standard.

School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen: Jones, J. C.

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Jones, J. C. - School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, UK

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