PubMed · 5473651
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B G Rogers. 1970. Good management includes effective safety programs.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5473651/
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Process operation is the most hazardous activity next to the transportation and drilling operation on an offshore oil and gas (OOG) platform. Past experiences of onshore and offshore oil and gas activities have revealed that a small mis-happening in the process operation might escalate to a catastrophe. This is of especial concern in the OOG platform due to the limited space and compact geometry of the process area, less ventilation, and difficult escape routes. On an OOG platform, each extra control measure, which is implemented, not only occupies space on the platform and increases congestion but also adds extra load to the platform. Eventualities in the OOG platform process operation can be avoided through incorporating the appropriate control measures at the early design stage. In this paper, the authors describe a methodology for risk-based process safety decision making for OOG activities. The methodology is applied to various offshore process units, that is, the compressor, separators, flash drum and driers of an OOG platform. Based on the risk potential, appropriate safety measures are designed for each unit. This paper also illustrates that implementation of the designed safety measures reduces the high Fatal accident rate (FAR) values to an acceptable level.
Two similar serious accidents occurred at a metal refining process installation within a 6-month time interval. The first one killed ten people, and the second accident one person. The accidents provide a typical case history of how a safety management system and a corresponding organisation could have prevented the occurrence of such an accident or, at least, have reduced its effects. The case is also interesting because it illustrates the physico-chemical complexities forming the root cause of the accidents.