High Integrity Systems and Safety Management in Hazardous Industries
High Integrity Systems and Safety Management in Hazardous Industries

Author: J.R Thomson

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2015-01-09

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0128020342

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This book is about the engineering management of hazardous industries, such as oil and gas production, hydrocarbon refining, nuclear power and the manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Its scope includes an overview of design standards and processes for high integrity systems,safety management processes as applied to hazardous industries and details best practices in design, operations, maintenance and regulation. Selected case studies are used to show how the complex multidisciplinary enterprises to design and operate hazardous plant can sometimes fail. This includes the subtlety and fragility of the robust safety culture that is required. It is aimed at professional engineers who design, build and operate these hazardous plants. This book is also written for business schools and university engineering departments where engineering management is studied. - An overview of design standards and processes for high integrity systems - An overview of safety management processes as applied to hazardous industries - Best practices in design, operations, maintenance and regulation

Performance Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries
Performance Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries

Author: Robert Bruce Hey

Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing

Published: 2017-04-06

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13: 0128104473

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Performance Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries: A Systems Approach is a practical guide on the business cycle and techniques to undertake step, episodic, and breakthrough improvement in performance to optimize operating costs. Like many industries, the oil, gas, and process industries are coming under increasing pressure to cut costs due to ongoing construction of larger, more integrated units, as well as the application of increasingly stringent environmental policies. Focusing on the 'value adder' or 'revenue generator' core system and the company direction statement, this book describes a systems approach which assures significant sustainable improvements in the business and operational performance specific to the oil, gas, and process industries. The book will enable the reader to: utilize best practice principles of good governance for long term performance enhancement; identify the most significant performance indicators for overall business improvement; apply strategies to ensure that targets are met in agreed upon time frames. - Describes a systems approach which assures significant sustainable improvements in the business and operational performance specific to the oil, gas, and process industries - Helps readers set appropriate and realistic short-term/ long-term targets with a pre-built facility health checker - Elucidates the relationship between PSM, OHS, and Asset Integrity with an increased emphasis on behavior-based safety - Discusses specific oil and gas industry issues and examples such as refinery and gas plant performance initiatives and hydrocarbon accounting

Handbook of Research on Key Dimensions of Occupational Safety and Health Protection Management
Handbook of Research on Key Dimensions of Occupational Safety and Health Protection Management

Author: Živkovi?, Snežana

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-12-10

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1799881911

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Much remains to be known about occupational safety and health, occupational diseases, legislation, practices, and cases worldwide, as well as the implications for sustainable development in different countries in pandemic crisis conditions. Thus, a better understanding of the different safety and health management developments across different contexts to assess their impact on sustainability is needed. The Handbook of Research on Key Dimensions of Occupational Safety and Health Protection Management discusses the necessity to protect the workforce and the importance of occupational safety and health management. This book will encourage organizations to create a preventative safety and health culture. Covering topics such as economic development, employment injury insurance, and personnel security, this book is an excellent resource for managers of public and private organizations, executives, professionals, researchers, policymakers, human resource managers, government authorities, professionals, students, and academicians.

Harnessing the Power of Failure
Harnessing the Power of Failure

Author: John Steven Newman

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2018-09-13

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1787541991

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In this book the authors employ the SFCS approach to explore a vast array of failure events in multiple sectors of transportation, industry, aerospace, construction, and critical infrastructure.

Human Error in Process Plant Design and Operations
Human Error in Process Plant Design and Operations

Author: J. Robert Taylor

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1498738869

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In contrast to nuclear plants and aerospace systems, human error is largely ignored in quantitative risk assessment for petroleum and chemical plants. Because of this, current risk analysis methods are able to calculate and predict only about one-third of the accidents happening in practice. Human Error in Process Plant Design and Operations: A Pra

Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

Author: Ishaani Priyadarshini

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-02-04

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1000530639

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Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity are two emerging fields that have made phenomenal contributions toward technological advancement. As cyber-attacks increase, there is a need to identify threats and thwart attacks. This book incorporates recent developments that artificial intelligence brings to the cybersecurity world. Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity: Advances and Innovations provides advanced system implementation for Smart Cities using artificial intelligence. It addresses the complete functional framework workflow and explores basic and high-level concepts. The book is based on the latest technologies covering major challenges, issues and advances, and discusses intelligent data management and automated systems. This edited book provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators. It presents and discusses the most recent innovations, trends and concerns as well as practical challenges and solutions adopted in the fields of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems
Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems

Author: CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-08-28

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0470048077

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In recent years, process safety management system compliance audits have revealed that organizations often have significant opportunities for improving their Mechanical Integrity programs. As part of the Center for Chemical Process Safety's Guidelines series, Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems provides practitioners a basic familiarity of mechanical integrity concepts and best practices. The book recommends efficient approaches for establishing a successful MI program.

Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Author: Frank Lees

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2012-11-05

Total Pages: 3685

ISBN-13: 0123977827

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Safety in the process industries is critical for those who work with chemicals and hazardous substances or processes. The field of loss prevention is, and continues to be, of supreme importance to countless companies, municipalities and governments around the world, and Lees' is a detailed reference to defending against hazards. Recognized as the standard work for chemical and process engineering safety professionals, it provides the most complete collection of information on the theory, practice, design elements, equipment, regulations and laws covering the field of process safety. An entire library of alternative books (and cross-referencing systems) would be needed to replace or improve upon it, but everything of importance to safety professionals, engineers and managers can be found in this all-encompassing three volume reference instead. - The process safety encyclopedia, trusted worldwide for over 30 years - Now available in print and online, to aid searchability and portability - Over 3,600 print pages cover the full scope of process safety and loss prevention, compiling theory, practice, standards, legislation, case studies and lessons learned in one resource as opposed to multiple sources

The Safety of Systems
The Safety of Systems

Author: Felix Redmill

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-03-05

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1846288061

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The Safety of Systems contains the invited papers presented at the fifteenth annual Safety-critical Systems Symposium, held at Bristol, UK in February 2007. The papers included in this volume cover a broad spectrum of important safety issues. They provide a combination of industrial experience and recent developments, and are presented under a variety of headings.

Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems
Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems

Author: CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-04-11

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1118216229

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In recent years, process safety management system compliance audits have revealed that organizations often have significant opportunities for improving their Mechanical Integrity programs. As part of the Center for Chemical Process Safety's Guidelines series, Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems provides practitioners a basic familiarity of mechanical integrity concepts and best practices. The book recommends efficient approaches for establishing a successful MI program.