Process Safety

Preventing major accidents. HAZOP studies, explosion hazards and hazardous-materials handling in oil and gas operations.

• HAZOP — HAZOP (Hazard and Operability study) is a structured team review that finds what can go wrong in a process design. Learn nodes, parameters and guidewords, how to record causes, consequences and safeguards, risk ranking with a risk matrix, and how HAZOP fits in the safety lifecycle.
• Explosion Safety — Explosions release energy fast enough to create damaging pressure waves. Learn deflagration vs detonation, vapour cloud explosions (TNT equivalency, scaled distance, overpressure effects), dust explosions (K_st and the dust pentagon), inerting and limiting oxygen concentration, venting and suppression.
• Hazardous Materials — Handling toxic, corrosive and reactive chemicals safely. Learn GHS classification and SDS, exposure limits (TLV, IDLH, AEGL), toxicology basics, dilution ventilation, Gaussian plume dispersion of toxic releases, reactive chemical hazards, storage and transport.