Safety and Security Review for the Process Industries: Application of HAZOP, PHA, What-IF and SVA Reviews / Edition 4

by Dennis P. Nolan

Overview

Dennis Nolan, drawing on decades of experience as a well-known safety author and senior loss prevention specialist at Saudi Aramco, provides the essential procedures and checklists in Safety and Security Review for the Process Industries. In addition to guiding the reader through the selection and execution of efficient and complete hazard analysis and safety reviews (such as HAZOP, PHA, What-If, SVA, LOPA, Bowtie), Nolan shares his personal experience and illustrates procedures with real-world examples. Updated throughout to reflect changing practices, the fourth edition expands its scope.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323322959
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/18/2014
Edition description:	4th Revised ed.
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr. Dennis P. Nolan has had a long career devoted to risk engineering, fire protection engineering, loss prevention engineering and systems safety engineering. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business Administration from Berne University, Master of Science degree in Systems Management from Florida Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is a U.S. registered professional engineer in fire protection engineering in the state of California.He is currently on the Executive Management staff of Saudi Aramco, located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as a Loss Prevention Consultant/Chief Fire Prevention Engineer. He covers some of the largest oil and gas facilities in the world. As part of his career, he has examined oil production, refining, and marketing facilities under severe conditions and in various unique worldwide locations, including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and North and South America. His activity in the aerospace field has included engineering support for the NASA Space Shuttle launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center (and for those undertaken at Vandenburg Air Force Base, California) and “classified” national defense systems. Dr. Nolan has received numerous safety awards and is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, He is the author of many technical papers and professional articles in various international fire safety publications. He has written at least four books, several published by Elsevier.

Table of Contents

1. Purpose2. Scope3. Objective and Description of PHA, What-If and HAZOP Reviews4. Adaptation to Security Vulnerability Analysis (SVA)5. Specialized Reviews – Bow-Tie Analysis, Layers of Protection Analysis, and Safety Integrity Levels6. Team Members, Qualifications, and Responsibilities7. Management Support and Responsibilities8. Review Applications for Typical Facilities9. Review Procedures10. Review Worksheets11. Report Preparation and Distribution12. Handling and Resolution of Recommendations13. Schedule and Cost Estimates

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Achieve compliance and avoid disasters, accidents, and financial loss with this step-by-step professional guide to hazard analysis and security review techniques