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ARE WE READY? By Failing to Prepare You Are Preparing to Fail
DR. CÉSAR MALAVÉ
Dean, Texas A&M University at Qatar
On behalf of Texas A&M University at Qatar, I’d like to welcome you to the 2018 Qatar Process Safety Symposium. We are proud to have hosted this event for the past nine years and even more proud of our collaboration with our friends and partners at ConocoPhillips Qatar. Without their unwavering support, we would not be able to organize and produce this event, which has brought so much to industry in Qatar. Process safety is a recognized, fundamental value in Qatar and this event is proof positive of this fact. This symposium also illustrates the important and unique collaboration between industry and academia in assessing risk, and developing and sharing best practices for process safety challenges. The goal of this symposium mirrors the goal of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center: To support industry professionals and students, and create new knowledge in the field of study, to make process safety second nature throughout all employee sectors and levels and to all practitioners.
Lastly, I’d like to acknowledge the two biggest champions of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar: His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry for the State of Qatar, and His Excellency Dr. Ali Al-Mulla, Assistant Secretary General for Industrial Projects Sector, Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting. When we first discussed launching this extension of the center, these two leaders believed that process safety was a fundamental element of the continued growth and development of Qatar’s industries. This has proven to be true, and the center—as well as the training and knowledge it provides— would not exist in Qatar were it not for their belief in what we do. We owe a debt of gratitude to His Excellency Dr. Al-Sada, His Excellency Dr. Al-Mulla, and the many collaborators from industry and academia who believe that process safety is not achieved by accident and who support the development of process safety in Qatar and the region. This year’s theme asks an important question: Are we as prepared as we could—or should— be? As we reflect on ourselves and our work throughout the next two days, know that the MKOPSC and Texas A&M at Qatar are here to help you answer these difficult questions. We are engineering leaders in Qatar and we thank you for joining us. Dr. César O. Malavé Dean, Texas A&M University at Qatar
TODD CREEGER
President, ConocoPhillips Qatar Over the last eight years, the Qatar Process Safety Symposium has made valuable contributions to the field. Facilitating the collaboration between industry and academia, encouraging the sharing of best practices, analysis of incident case studies and new legislations, surveying recent academic advances, and examining management methodologies have been catalyzed by this event. Now in its ninth year, the symposium continues to advance our understanding of the subject.
ConocoPhillips, together with our trusted partner, Texas A&M University at Qatar, are pleased to co-host the 2018 Qatar Process Safety Symposium. The most valuable resource in any company, organization, or society is its human capital. Every day in Qatar, thousands of individuals work together to extract, process, market, and deliver natural gas. Collaborating proactively to ensure their safety, and that of the community at large, is our responsibility as civic partners in the communities where we operate. Deepening our knowledge of process safety is critical to preventing incidents and potentially saving lives. This year, we explore the theme of “Emergency Preparedness”, which is integral to Qatar’s human capital development, in line with Qatar National Vision 2030. I am confident the caliber of dialogue at this symposium will lead to meaningful strides made toward these lofty objectives.
Safety will always be ConocoPhillips’ top priority, and this commitment to safety is mirrored by our partners and stakeholders in Qatar. Coming together to share valuable knowledge and experience is fundamental to future success in our industry in Qatar and across the globe. We look forward to many productive and enlightening discussions in the coming days. Stay safe. J. Todd Creeger President, ConocoPhillips Qatar
AGENDA
Sunday, 8 April 2018 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration/refreshments
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Opening of the 2018 Qatar Process Safety Symposium
8:45 – 8:50 a.m.
Welcome Dr. César Malavé, Dean, Texas A&M University at Qatar
8:50 – 8:55 a.m.
Welcome Todd Creeger, President, ConocoPhillips Qatar
8:55 – 9 a.m.
Keynote address Dr Ali Al-Mulla, Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting
9 – 9:40 a.m.
Keynote presentation “Building capacity through emergency response preparedness” Dirk Faveere, Senior Vice President HSE, ConocoPhillips
9:40 – 10:30 a.m.
Panel discussion “Are we ready? By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Award ceremony
10:45 – 11 a.m.
Coffee break/poster session
11 – 11:30 a.m.
11.30 a.m. – noon
Track I: Emergency response
Track II: Research and technologies in process safety I
“Lula, a very large scale exercise: Response to a major oil spill following a blowout incident”
“Experimental validation of consequence models for ethylene transportation pipelines rupture ”
Christophe Dubau, TOTAL E&P Qatar
Dr Tomasz Olewski, MKOPSC
“Emergency response actions and investigations into the cause of a total power loss on an offshore installation”
“Virtual reality as a training tool for oil and gas personnel” Dr Emilio Alvarez, ExxonMobil Research Qatar
Dr. Aubrey Thyer, DNV GL
Noon – 12:30 p.m.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. 1:30 – 2 p.m.
“Ensuring a sound emergency planning process—key lessons learned”
“A dosage-based methodology for simulating crowd evacuations in toxic environments”
Dr. Gemma Dunjó, iOMosaic
Nawayd Shaikh, MKOPSC
Lunch and networking/poster session “Be prepared: Expect the unexpected” Jack Cranefield, Qatargas
2 – 3 p.m.
“The safety triad: Building a robust system for dealing with NaTech events” Dr. Sam Mannan, MKOPSC
3 – 3:15 p.m.
Wrap up/end of the first day
Monday, 9 April 2018 8 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration/refreshments
8:30 – 9:15 a.m.
Keynote presentation “Learning, leadership and being prepared — the keys to robust process safety” Dr. Geoffrey Maitland, Imperial College London
9:15 – 10 a.m.
“Designing efficient emergency response plans: Lessons learned from years of investigating incidents” Dr. Scott Davis, Gexcon US
10 – 10:40 a.m.
“The importance of unified command when responding to a large-scale incident in the State of Qatar” Lee Grant, Qatargas
10:55 – 11 a.m.
Coffee break
11 – 11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.– noon
Track III: Process safety management
Track IV: Risk control
“Applying process safety in shipping”
“Hazards of confined space—‘control the hole’”
Steve Palmer, Nakilat
Ryan Price, QCHEM
“Contractors HSE management”
“Changes to industry guidance for relief and blowdown system design and impact on existing infrastructure”
Chris Rowbotham, DuPont Sustainable Solutions
Praveen Lawrence, PSE Limited
Noon – 12:30 p.m.
“Examining the impact of national culture values and a safety communication workshop on perceptions of workplace safety” Dr Stephanie Payne, Texas A&M University
“Embracing big data challenges for pressure relief and disposal systems performance indicators” Dr. Abdul Aldeeb, Siemens LLC
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and networking
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
“Review and analysis of incidents in the world since QPSS 2017 by MKOPSC-Q students” Jack Altwal and Jasir Jawad, MKOPSC
2:15 – 3 p.m.
“Building process safety competency development programs—experience from MKOPSC ” Dr. Luc Véchot and Dr. T. Olewski
3 – 3:15 p.m.
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Keynote Address Speaker His Excellency Dr. Ali Al-Mulla Assistant Secretary General for Industrial Projects Sector, Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting
His Excellency Dr. Ali Hamed Al-Mulla is Assistant Secretary General for Industrial Projects Sector at the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) representing the State of Qatar. Before joining GOIC, His Excellency Dr. Al-Mulla was the Director of the Central Administration of Health, Safety and Environment at Qatar Petroleum (QP) for 12 years. His Excellency has more than 25 years of experience in various prominent positions, notably Vice Chairman of the General Authority of Civil Aviation from 2001 to 2004 and the Director of the Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD).
His Excellency Dr. Al-Mulla has a B.Sc. in professional meteorology, climatology and atmospheric sciences from St. Louis University in Missouri (USA). He was the first Qatari to major and graduate in this field in 1986. He also has a M.A. and a Ph.D. from Boston University. He took part in several international conferences and has many peerreviewed (refereed) scientific researches. His Excellency Dr. Al-Mulla has played a key role in the establishment of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center (MKOPSC) at Texas A&M University at Qatar, serving as the chair of the MKOPSC steering committee.
Panelist Khalid Al-Hemaidi
Chief Operating Officer, Health Safety Environment & Quality, Qatargas
Khalid Al-Hemaidi is currently the Chief Operating Officer Health Safety Environment and Quality at Qatargas.
Manager, Barzan Asset Manager, LNG Train 1, 2 & Helium Asset Manager, and Offshore Asset Manager.
He has more than 20 years of experience in oil and gas operations and project activities with both Qatar Petroleum and RasGas in the fields of maintenance, engineering, offshore and onshore operations, and expansion projects.
Appointed as Manufacturing Manager in 2011, Khalid was responsible for all operations associated with 7 LNG trains, sales gas trains, offshore production facilities and Helium plants.
He joined QP in 1989 and later transferred to RasGas in 2001 as an Integrity Engineer and has subsequently successfully handled various assignments, including Offshore Installation
Khalid holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the University of Hull (UK) and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA).
Plenary Keynote Speaker Dirk Faveere
Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment, ConocoPhillips
Dirk Faveere is vice president of Health, Safety and Environment for ConocoPhillips. Faveere has 28 years of industry experience serving in various capacities in engineering, operations, asset management, technology development and supply chain. He joined ConocoPhillips in 2002 as a senior engineer in Perth, Australia. He served as Engineering Manager for the Australia business unit, Darwin LNG Operations Manager, and Bayu-Undan Operations Manager responsible for the offshore assets and gas export pipeline.
He moved to Houston, Texas, in 2011 and was appointed to management roles in the Global Supply Chain and Global Production Excellence organizations. He relocated to Indonesia as senior vice president of Offshore Asset and Technical Excellence in 2014. In this role, he was responsible for the South Natuna Sea Block B assets as well as the business unit’s Well Operations, Projects, Operations and Engineering Excellence functions. He returned to Houston to assume his current role in 2016. Faveere earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Building capacity through emergency response preparedness Abstract: Preventing incidents through proper planning, innovative design and deliberate execution is our primary objective at ConocoPhillips. However, we maintain a robust emergency response capability to ensure we can respond effectively to any incident. Emergency response serves as a defense intended to minimize the impact of an
incident. It starts with a deep understanding of exposures and risks. This presentation outlines how ConocoPhillips plans and structures emergency response capabilities across diverse, global operations. It explores the company’s approach to training and exercises to ensure responders’ skills are continually refreshed.
Plenary Keynote Speaker Dr. Geoffrey Maitland, FREng FIChemE FRSC FEI
Professor of Energy Engineering, Imperial College London
Geoff Maitland is Professor of Energy Engineering at Imperial College London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and was President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers from 2014 to 2015. His career has spanned academia and industry, spending 20 years in oil and gas with Schlumberger and more than 20 years at Imperial, first as a young lecturer from 1974 and then from 2005 in his current post. His research work is centered on how we can continue to use fossil fuels for most of this century without causing catastrophic
climate change. He was awarded the IChemE Chemical Engineering Envoy Award in 2010 for his media work explaining the engineering issues involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil-spill. He chaired the post-Macondo review of the UK Offshore Oil and Gas Regulatory Regime in 2011 (“The Maitland Report”). He is the Founding Director of the Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre and is currently Director of the Shell-Imperial Digital Rocks Lab.
Learning, leadership and being prepared—the keys to robust process safety? Abstract: Lightning is never supposed to strike twice, yet the world of process engineering is littered with many examples of accidents whose root causes have been experienced before yet have reoccurred to cause further disaster. The talk will examine some of these incidents and discuss why the process industries have not been particularly good at learning lessons from failure. There will be a particular focus on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (Macondo) disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, whose repercussions for process safety and environmental protection have been
felt right across the offshore oil and gas industry and beyond. Leading on from the lessons learned and the need for a learning, continuous improvement culture, we look at the importance of leadership, of appropriate regulatory regimes and the need for competence, responsibility and experience in both operators and regulators. This complex chain of responsibility, from CEO to process operator, is all part of being prepared — preparing for the worst to ensure the best. The key role of training and exchange of best practice to ensure this happens will be emphasized.
Plenary Keynote Speaker Dr. Scott Davis
President and Principal Engineer, GexCon US Inc
Dr. Scott Davis is president of GexCon US and specializes in the engineering analysis and testing of combustion, thermal and fluid processes. Davis received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University. Davis is responsible for fire- and explosionrelated activities, which include post-incident investigative work, worldwide training and experimentation, as well as performing risk assessments and safety studies for oil and gas installations, petrochemical facilities, and various other industries. These studies include explosion risk assessment, blast and
venting analyses, assessment of combustible dust explosions, toxic/flammable gas releases and dispersion, hydrogen safety, ventilation, detector placement, and carbon monoxide dispersion. He has investigated hundreds of fire and explosions, and previously served on the technical committee for NFPA 921. Davis is a member of GexCon’s docents group, which develops and delivers worldwide industrial seminars to owners, operators, safety engineers and regulatory agencies on the hazards associated with gas explosions, dust explosions and LNG.
Designing efficient emergency response plans: Lessons learned from years of investigating incidents Abstract: Emergency response plans are an essential, yet oftentimes overlooked, layer of protection for facilities where all other layers of protection failed to prevent an incident. While catastrophic accidents such as large releases of chemicals, fires or explosions are devastating for the process industry, experience investigating numerous incidents has shown that a lack of an effective emergency response plan can lead to an unnecessary and tragic escalation of the incident. Using previous incidents, this
presentation will demonstrate how the lack of emergency planning resulted in devastating consequences that could have been avoided with the proper planning. In addition, lessons will show that while the emergency response plan considers “maximum credible” scenarios, past events have shown that low probability high consequences should also be at least considered. This will be demonstrated using the 2005 Buncefield incident and emergency response to the incident
Dr. Abdulrehman Aldeeb
Global Chief Engineer, Process Safety Consulting Siemens LLC
Dr. Abdulrehman Aldeeb is Chief Engineer and Process Safety Consulting Manager at Siemens Energy Inc. in Houston, Texas. Currently he is managing the Siemens process safety consulting business in the Middle East. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering, an M.S. in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. Aldeeb has 15 years of extensive experience in process safety management with focus on PSM programs implementation, safety relief and disposal systems design and analysis, hazard
identification and management, dispersion and consequence modeling, and runaway reactions analysis. Aldeeb has published more than 25 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings. He represents Siemens on several technical committees: API Subcommittee on PressureRelieving Systems, CCPS Technical Steering Committee, MKOPSC Steering Committee, and AIChE DIERS technical committee. He is a member of the AIChE, IChemE and ACS.
Embracing big data challenges for pressure relief and disposal systems performance indicators Abstract: Development in process safety regulations and practices over the years has enabled wider awareness and adoption of process safety performance indicators (PSPI). One of the primary challenges for plant operations is ensuring that the process safety information (PSI) is appropriately selected, maintained, and managed for the key PSPI, which will eventually contribute to enabling improved process safety through leading indicators. Despite technological advances in automation, modeling, data management, and growing awareness for process safety, a systematic approach to manage PSI and these indicators is still evolving. Key component of a successful solution lies in harnessing process-specific data, both static and dynamic, which may contain information on precursors for early indication of process safety barriers at risk of failure. One of the most critical process safety barrier is the pressure relief and disposal (PRD) system, often described as the last layer of protection against loss of containment. Historically this process safety barrier has not been given the attention it deserves. This presentation introduces a methodology for selection, collection, analysis, and
management of PRD systems performance indicators. This methodology considers complex set of factors and parameters that are interrelated and generated from process big data sets to design and manage PRD systems. These data sets are available to process operators; however, lack of systematic and effective utilization of such data may hinder the realization of valuable process safety and operation improvement opportunities. In addition, the benefits and drawbacks of manual and automated systems for tracking near real time PSPI’s is presented. Results from PRD studies of more than 3,700 process units in oil, gas, refining, chemical, and petrochemical processes, are also discussed to demonstrate the implementation of this methodology. On the surface, these studies reveal loss of containment risks and process safety gaps that require mitigation. More importantly, they provided a predictive, enterprise process risk management methodology which empowers operators to take necessary preventative measures. Additional benefits include transparency of PRD systems performance indicators, factbased decision making, and effective planning to reduce operation interruptions.
Jack Altwal
Jasir Jawad
Jack Altwal joined Texas A&M University as a Ph.D. student in August 2016. He graduated from Texas A&M University at Qatar in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a minor in chemistry. He has been a member of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Extension in Qatar since September 2014, first as an undergraduate research assistant then as a graduate student. His area of research is in dust explosions, specifically the characterization and analysis of sulfur dust explosion properties. Altwal was one of the recipients of the 2016-2017 Phillips 66 Fellowship Award.
Jasir Jawad is a Master of Science (chemical engineering) student at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He obtained his engineering degree in chemical engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan in 2016. He joined the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Centre – Qatar as a graduate research assistant in 2017, where his research area focuses on the development of dynamic simulator for consequence modeling studying the impact of depressurization of a vessel interconnected to another vessel. He is also a part of LNG safety research conducted by MKOPSC-Q, which involves the spill of cryogenic liquid on seawater.
Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar Texas A&M University at Qatar
Master of Science Student in Chemical Engineering and Graduate Research Assistant Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar Texas A&M University at Qatar
Review and analysis of Incidents in the world since QPSS 2017 by MKOPSC-Q students Abstract: The aim of this presentation is to present an overview of the major incidents that took place around the world from April 2017 to April 2018. The presentation will showcase the description, leading causes, consequences (human, environmental and otherwise), response, reactions (political, social and otherwise) and
images and videos where available for some of these incidents. The students — Jack and Jasir — will also present a statistical analysis conducted on a wider set of incidents to identify the trends that were the leading causes for incidents in the past year.
Dr. Emilio Alvarez Process Safety Research Lead, ExxonMobil Research Qatar
Dr. Emilio Alvarez is the Process Safety Research Program Lead at ExxonMobil Research Qatar (EMRQ) and has been with ExxonMobil since 2007. He holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical and nuclear engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Alvarez was hired into the ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company where he conducted research in the areas of
oil sands mining, liquefied natural gas and process safety. As Process Safety Research Program Lead, Alvarez is progressing multiple research projects related to risk assessment, source term and dispersion modeling, gas leak detection and imaging, and training simulation in digital environments.
Virtual reality as a training tool for oil and gas personnel Abstract: Over the past decade, ExxonMobil Research Qatar (EMRQ), has been investigating virtual reality (VR) technology as an immersive learning tool to support oil and gas training. The objective of the research is to quantify the effect of VR’s role in knowledge uptake and retention. This presentation will outline EMRQ’s past efforts, key learnings, and future plans regarding the use of virtual reality as a training tool. EMRQ has experimented with visualization platforms such as 4-wall CAVE system as well as modern head mounted display systems to display 3 and 4-dimensional VR environments. EMRQ has also developed various VR content including a digital replicate of the Al-Khaleej Gas II (AKG-II) gas treating facility. Currently, VR technology is undergoing rapid changes and becoming much more accessible to consumers as the price point of hardware has significantly
decreased and content development tools continue to evolve. However, content development and deployment is still challenging and resource intensive. Given this, EMRQ’s focus has shifted towards developing more specific realistic virtual scenarios, with increased user interaction and behavioral stressors. This includes a ManDown/Toxic Gas simulator where the main objective is to gauge users’ ability to make critical decisions, with the corresponding stressors. Data obtained from this work, along with previous work, will support EMRQ’s efforts to quantify VR’s role in knowledge uptake and retention. Moreover, EMRQ will continue to investigate ways to further reduce the cost of content development, deployment, and maintainability for use in oil and gas applications.
Jack Cranefield
Manager, Process Safety & Risk, Qatargas
Jack Cranefield is Manager of Process Safety and at Qatargas. Cranefield earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of California and an M.S. in fire protection engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has more than 30 years of
experience in the process industry, primarily focused on process safety and risk engineering Prior to his current role at Qatargas, Cranefield had various technical and leadership roles within ExxonMobil Development Company supporting large capital projects globally.
Be prepared: Expect the unexpected Abstract: Organizations that desire to conduct high-risk operations reliably and safely must be prepared for the unexpected. Preparation for undesired events must start during project development and design and continue through Operations. Key elements of process safety that ensure the
organization is prepared for the unexpected will be discussed. The paper also focuses on how the organizational culture required to sustain the focus on preparing for the unexpected.
Panel Discussion Chair William R. Denney Jr.
Technical Manager, ConocoPhillips Qatar
William R. Denney Jr. is the technical manager for ConocoPhillips Qatar. Denney has 29 years of engineering, operational, projects, management and supervision experience. He has held numerous engineering, operations and management positions in the Permian Basin, Middle East, North Sea and Houston. Denney joined the company in 1988 as an engineer in Midland, Texas. He moved to Dubai in 2000 to became lead engineer for operating unit support and became projects supervisor for the Dubai business unit in 2005. In 2006, he was engineering manager for Britannia JV
in Aberdeen, Scotland, working to integrate a major capital project into Britannia and support operations. In 2010, Denney accepted the role of production manager for the central north sea in Aberdeen, Scotland, and became general manager central North Sea in 2013. In 2014, Denney was named director of operations excellence position in Houston with responsibility for global operations excellence. Raised in Texas, Denney earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1987.
Christophe Dubau
Vice President of Health, Safety, Environment, Quality and Security, Total Qatar
Christophe Dubau has been Vice President of Health, Safety, Environment, Quality and Security at Total Qatar since September 2016. After obtaining his master’s degree in chemical engineering in France, he performed a stint in the research field at Imperial College in London. He started his career in the industry in United Kingdom as a process engineer for refining and LNG design projects. Dubau moved back to France in 2000 to work
for an international EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction and installation) contractor of major oil and gas projects. In 2005, he joined Total’s Field Operations in Paris as a Principal Process Engineer, and then worked in several of Total’s affiliates worldwide including United Kingdom as Production Engineering Team leader, CongoBrazzaville as Offshore Installation Manager, and Nigeria as Production Support Manager.
Lula, a very large scale exercise: Response to a major oil spill following a blowout incident Abstract: Following the blow-out incident on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, a major lesson learned from the oil spill response operations was that the injection of dispersant directly at the source of the oil leakage proves to be a very effective technique. Since this incident, TOTAL has been a part of a global effort in the oil and gas industry to improve response capabilities to a blowout situation. This included the involvement of TOTAL in the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP), which was developed by a group of nine major oil and gas companies. Total E&P Angola was the pioneer affiliate to
organize and run a full-scale exercise (Tier 3) to test the ability to define, implement and manage the response to a major oil spill resulting from a subsea blowout. This included the actual mobilization of a Subsea Dispersant Injection (SSDI) system from Norway and its deployment in deep offshore Angola. Following a year and a half of preparation in liaison with Angolan National authorities and oil industry partners, the LULA exercise was conducted in November 2013 and Total E&P Angola implemented an oil spill response strategy to a 50,000 bopd blowout scenario in its deep offshore.
Dr. Gemma Dunjó
Manager of Environmental Services, ioMosaic
Dr. Gemma Dunjó manages ioMosaic’s environmental service offerings to chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as managing the company’s recent ISO 9001:2015 compliance and accreditation, including overseeing their Quality Management Systems (QMS) and strategies to improve procedures and project management. Dunjó’s expertise is wide reaching and encompasses environmental auditing, HSE
regulatory compliance, environmental modelling, environmental impact reports (EIR), and all matters relating to safety and risk management including emergency response. Her professional skills include quantitative modelling, geographic information systems (GIS) application, system thinking and interdisciplinary research, with a Ph.D. focused in desertification, land degradation, mathematical modeling, forecasting, and sensitivity analysis.
Ensuring a sound emergency planning process—key lessons Abstract: One of the key elements in any effective process safety management program is the emergency preparedness plans and procedures. Unfortunately, poor or inadequate emergency planning or response has been a recurring theme recently in the Process Industry. Emergencies are unexpected, therefore establishing a sound emergency response plan is vital in safeguarding not only employees and the community, but also in minimizing facility damage and environmental releases. A sound Emergency Response plan should lay the proper groundwork for coordination between all departments or agencies, and define what equipment is needed to control an onsite emergency. Likewise, it should include plans for workers, and if necessary the public, on what appropriate action (or actions) should be taken to minimize risk to their safety.
Coordination with local authorities is crucial in emergencies that may involve the local Fire, Police, and/or Medical Response Departments and other government or regulatory agencies. This coordination should also ensure that the necessary emergency equipment is available onsite, and that workers and the public are properly instructed on when and how to take protective action as well as be prepared to communicate with off-site emergency response agencies. The main focus of this study is to use lessons learned from the process industry to identify key emergency planning and response actions and tools, to develop a sound emergency planning process, and ultimately minimize the consequences of any potential incident.
Lee Grant
Head of Crisis Management, Qatargas
Lee Grant has more than 10 years of experience in emergency response, crisis management and business continuity. He is responsible for emergency response planning and crisis management for the entire QG OPCO. His background combines field experience in oil spill response and emergency management of upstream, downstream and shipping. Prior to joining Qatargas, Grant worked with the
oil and gas company BP on the BTC pipeline and in Angola, before moving on to work with Aramco to coordinate the company’s out-of-kingdom response mechanisms, which included maintaining corporate response capabilities for the VELA shipping group and duty of care for the companies satellite and project offices.
The importance of unified command when responding to a large-scale incident in the State of Qatar Abstract: The importance of Unified Command enables agencies with different legal, geographic and functional responsibilities to coordinate, plan and interact effectively. Commanders at all tiers structured within the Unified Command make joint decisions and speak as one voice. Unified Command highlighted its importance when Qatargas conducted a major exercise to assess the organization’s Emergency and Crisis Response Management System, how this
interlinks with mutual-aid partners and other State agencies to reach a unified goal. Stressing the response infrastructure allows the response from QG, RLIC and state agencies to identify the benefits of unified command from OnScene Response to Corporate Management, putting to the test established communication protocols and resource management.
Praveen Lawrence
Lead of Centre of Expertise for Pressure Relief, Flare and Blowdown, Process Systems Enterprise (PSE)
Praveen Lawrence is a principal consultant at PSE Oil & Gas. He is based in the London office and plays a major role in the development of PSE’s technology for dynamic flare network and blowdown analysis. He has led a number of PSE’s gFLARE based process safety studies.
In addition to process safety, Lawrence is also passionate about improving energy efficiency of LNG liquefaction processes. Praveen is a chemical engineer with a Ph.D. from University of Dortmund, Germany.
Changes to industry guidance for relief and blowdown system design and impact on existing infrastructure Abstract: As the last line of defense for process and equipment integrity, relief, blowdown and flare systems need to be adequately designed and maintained. Systems need to be periodically re-assessed so that they operate safely throughout the life of the facility that they help protect. This talk highlights the importance of ensuring flare and relief systems remain fit for purpose throughout their lifetime maintaining accountability for plant modifications, changes to operations, and changes to industry guidance and regulation. Recognizing high-profile and recent incidents involving depressurization, relief and flare systems, including Westlake, Grangemouth and Piper Alpha and others that have led to loss of containment due to excessive vibrations and brittle fracture of the flare piping, we show that the root cause can be linked to failure to recognize hazards and perform adequate analysis, which is fundamental to Process Hazards Analysis programs and overpressure systems verifications. In recognition of these and other incidents, we describe how relief and blowdown adequacy assessment has tightened in recent years in
regards to significant changes to API 521, and in particular: • the importance of verification of relief and flare systems to ensure they comply with latest industry standards; • ensuring the suitability of materials of construction so as to avoid brittle fracture risks during depressurization; • the adoption of the more rigorous analytical methodology for assessing vessel survivability under fire attack for blowdown system design; and • assessing the likelihood of failure due to acoustic and flow induced vibration in flare piping. Through a number of case studies, we describe a methodology for assessing and analyzing existing infrastructure for these risks and explain how a detailed model-based analysis can ensure an inherently safe relief and blowdown system design that is compliant with the latest industry guidance.
Dr. M. Sam Mannan
Regents Professor, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University Executive Director, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Dr. M. Sam Mannan is Regents Professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University and director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Before joining Texas A&M, Mannan was vice president at RMT Inc., a nationwide engineering services company. Mannan’s experience is wide ranging, covering process design of chemical plants and refineries, computer simulation of engineering problems, mathematical modeling, process safety, risk assessment, inherently safer design, critical infrastructure vulnerability assessment, aerosol modeling, and reactive and energetic materials assessments. He was co-author of Guidelines for Safe Process Operations and Maintenance, published by the Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers. He is the editor of the third and fourth editions of the three-volume authoritative reference for process safety and loss prevention, Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. Mannan has published 205 peer-reviewed journal publications, four books, seven book chapters, 200 proceedings papers, 14 major reports and 216 technical meeting presentations. Mannan is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. In September 2011, the Technical University of Łódź in Poland conferred the Doctoris Honoris Causa on Mannan. In 2012, he was awarded the Bush Excellence Award for Faculty in Public Service. Mannan received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Dhaka (Bangladesh) in 1978, and his M.S. in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1986 in chemical engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
The safety triad: Building a robust system for dealing with NaTech events Abstract: Hurricane Harvey, a category 3 storm ravaged the greater Houston area and other cities along the U.S. gulf coast. According to some reports, the storm was responsible for a 500-year flood, which caused very high water levels rising very rapidly in many areas. The storm itself was the direct cause of more than 30 fatalities, many more injuries, and untold other human sufferings. Reports have categorized this storm and its outcome as the costliest one in U.S. history with damage and rebuilding estimates being higher than 100 billion dollars. The storm also battered the chemical and oil and gas industry very extensively. The approaching storm and the storm itself caused the whole industry all along the gulf coast to come to a grinding halt, shutdown and stoppage of production. Chemical plants are designed to withstand all kinds of scenarios including hurricane-force winds and floods; however, the severity of Harvey (characterized by some as a 500-year event) has thrust the industry into uncharted territory. The combination of Harvey’s path, duration and rainfall total has led to several hazardous materials incidents (including the Arkema incident in Crosby, Texas). Needless to say, the storm and the associated shutdowns also caused havoc with the supply side of the U.S. chemicals industry on an unprecedented scale. Effective safety programs must be designed with what might be referred to as the Safety Triad, or the PMR concept. A Safety Triad is a well-planned and robust system consisting of three components, i.e., Prevention,
Mitigation, and Response systems. It is apparent why each of the three components of the triad is essential in building a robust safety system for dealing with any catastrophic events. The Safety Triad concept and the robustness of each component of the triad has become even more important in light of the potential for catastrophic consequences posed by NaTech events, Natural Hazards Triggering Technological Disasters. The first component of the Safety Triad is Prevention, i.e., to prevent the undesirable outcome from occurring in the first place. If prevention does not work to the fullest extent, then the second component of the Safety Triad, i.e., mitigation systems should be available to redutce the impact zone. Finally, the third component of the Safety Triad consist of response mechanisms set up to reduce the consequences, terminate the event, and save people and property. Each component of the Safety Triad is equally important and should be designed and built with appropriate robustness and reliability. This paper presents the concept of the Safety Triad as applied to building and maintaining robust safety systems for dealing with catastrophic scenarios, particularly NaTech events like Fukushima and Harvey. Some of the lessons learned from these two recent case histories are discussed and recommendations are made with regard to changes that the process industry needs to consider.
Dr. Tomasz Olewski
Research Scientist, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar Texas A&M University at Qatar
Dr. Tomasz Olewski is a research scientist at the MKOPSC-Qatar. Olewski holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, M.Sc. and Engineer Degree in environmental engineering, and diplomas in electrical and automatic engineering and safety in industrial processes. Olewski started his career in process safety in 2007 at the Department of Safety Engineering of Technical University of Lodz, where he was a faculty member and consultant of risk assessment for numerous large oil and chemical plants in Poland. He joined Texas A&M University at Qatar in January 2009 and took responsibility for a five years research project on LNG Safety funded by the BP and supported by QP. He is a key founding member of MKOPSC-Qatar.
From 2014 to 2016, he served as Manager of Process Safety at Texas A&M University at Qatar, taking responsibility for risk assessment and safety documentation of all research activities, academic laboratories and technical services as well as the process safety and safety culture trainings of all faculty, researchers and technical employees. Olewski is currently leading research on LNG safety and risk assessment at MKOPSC and is very heavily involved in teaching the numerous process safety continuing education courses offered by the center. He has more than 15 years of experience working in the laboratory and in the field conducting small- and largescale experiments on broad aspects of process safety and chemical engineering.
Experimental validation of consequence models for ethylene transportation pipelines rupture Abstract: High-pressure pipelines are one of the most efficient and cost-effective means for transporting large quantities of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons. However, the risks associated with pipeline failure must be controlled and its consequences accurately determined. This is also the case for Qatar given the dependency of the local industry on its pipeline network. Expansion cooling of ethylene released from a small leak in a high-pressure buried transportation pipeline can lead to a significant reduction in the pipe wall temperature, potentially causing embrittlement of the pipe wall material and catastrophic pipeline failure. In order to assess the propensity of the pipeline to brittle fracture propagation, rigorous mathematical models accounting for the effects of the rapid fluid/ structure interaction and the heat transfer at the crack location are needed. These models have to be validated against well designed experimental
to proof accuracy and get confidence in consequence analysis. In the present study, a set of fourteen experiments of moderately large scale has been performed to generate for the first time an experimental database of ethylene pipelines release tests. These tests were designed to release supercritical ethylene from a 40 m long and 50 mm internal diameter pipeline. The release is either from a small puncture or a full-bore rupture of the pipeline. The orientation of the release was varied. Four tests were performed on partially buried pipe to simulate real conditions of buried pipelines. Temperature, pressure and mass of release ethylene were monitored to obtain the source term related to the release. A summary of experimental data generated is given in this presentation.
Steve Palmer
Technical Manager, Nakilat
Steven Palmer is the Technical Manager at Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat), Qatar. Steve has spent the last 30 years in the maritime industry specializing in marine operations and technical management in oil and gas shipping. He has held positions in management roles in the UK, Japan and currently in Qatar. Steve joined Shell in 1988 as an apprentice engineer and spent the next 14 years primarily in a worldwide seagoing career, occasionally interspersed with challenging development projects. After achieving highest rank on board ships he moved to a shore management role in 2002 in Shell’s UK head office in London
and then later to a role in Japan. In 2008 he moved back to Shell in London to a senior Fleet Management role in the start up of the Nakilat Fleet which saw a fleet expansion of 25 vessels enter service in 18 months. He was seconded to Nakilat in 2015 to assist with their preparedness to expand their in house fleet management capabilities. Steve attained an MBA from Middlesex University in 2013 where he currently also acts as a tutor for online activities. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST).
Applying process safety in shipping Abstract: Transporting goods around the world has always been a challenge. Whether it is assault from the natural elements of sea, storms, occasional icebergs or submerged reefs to the interactions with sometimes less predictable 3rd parties such as other ships, foreign ports and terminals. The cargo itself can be precious (Titanic, Costa Concordia) or hazardous (Exxon Valdez, Amoco Cadiz). At Nakilat
we recognise that we are a “floating pipeline” delivering Qatar’s gas to the world. As such we have a responsibility to ensure that we take care of our process safety, this presentation will discuss the unique challenges we face in our business environment and our journey towards making our Process Safety management robust
Dr. Stephanie Payne
Professor of Psychology, Texas A&M University, USA
Dr. Stephanie C. Payne is a Professor of Psychology and Faculty Fellow of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University (USA). Her program of research on workplace and laboratory safety focuses on the measurement of safety climate, antecedents and consequences of climate, and moderators of these relationships. Payne’s safety research has been published in various safety and psychology journals, including the
Journal of Safety Research and the Journal of Applied Psychology. Her safety research has been funded by various agencies including the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and the Abnormal Situation Management Consortium. She has collaborated with multiple chemical and oil and gas companies, including INVISTA, Formosa, Sasol, TOTAL, QAFAC and SABIC.
Examining the impact of national culture values and a safety communication workshop on perceptions of workplace safety Abstract: One of the biggest challenges faced by multinational chemical corporations is strategically managing a multicultural workforce. Language barriers and cultural differences in perceptions of safety-related phenomena including risks, hazards, and personal and process safety can inhibit critical safety communications. The amalgamation of national cultures results in a wide variety of views about tolerance of risk and risky behavior, perceptions of hazards, and the importance of following safety-related or life-saving rules. I will present the results of a study examining the relationship between national culture values and safety-related psychological constructs before and after the administration of an intercultural workplace safety communication workshop to a sample
of employees within a company in Qatar. Initial results revealed that collectivism (how individuals view themselves in relation to the collective other) and uncertainty avoidance (the degree to which ambiguity is viewed as threatening and regulated by following strict rules and guidelines for behavior) were positively related to safety constructs. Assessment of the match between employee and supervisor nationality and cultural values revealed conflicting relationships with safety constructs. Contrary to expectation, greater differences tended to be associated with more favorable perceptions of workplace safety. Managerial implications and directions for future research will be discussed.
Ryan Price
Safety Manager, Q-CHEM
Ryan Price, CSP, has more than 20 years of experience working in the various engineering, production, operations and project management functions within the chemical industry, with the bulk of his experience being in Texas. Price is a ChevronPhillips employee seconded to Qatar Chemical Company as the Q-Chem Safety Manager. Just prior to his assignment in Qatar, he was the EHS Manager
for ChevronPhillips’s most ambitious capital expansion project in history, the $6 billion United States Gulf Coast Petrochemical Project. Before coming to ChevronPhillips, Price worked for Union Carbide and The Dow Chemical Company. He is a degreed chemical engineer with a bachelor’s degree from The University of South Florida.
Hazards of confined space— control the hole Abstract: Confined Space Entry (CSE), if not managed properly, represents a significant risk of fatality, often resulting in multi fatality events. Confined spaces, when not authorized for entry, can be viewed as a hazardous energy source waiting for a victim. Eliminating this hazard is as simple as controlling the hazardous energy source—very similar to the driver behind
lock, tag and try. This talk will demonstrate Qatar Chemical Company’s innovative approach to maintaining physical isolation of confined spaces when not specifically authorized for entry as well as demonstrating how accountability for the confined space is manage throughout the life cycle.
Chris Rowbotham
Senior Consultant, DuPont Sustainable Solutions
Chris Rowbotham has gained extensive experience in the management of capital projects, construction, operations and maintenance; formerly with ICI and latterly with DuPont; 2 global companies in the science, safety and protection, chemicals, materials, and agriculture sector. In 1999
he joined the DuPont consultancy business DSS (DuPont Sustainable Solutions) and gained further experience as both a regional manager of the business, and as a lead consultant assisting clients around the world on their journey towards excellence in safety management.
Contractors HSE management Abstract: For compelling economic and operational reasons, the use of contractors by owner/ operator companies for provision of engineering services is now commonplace (e.g. for plant and facilities maintenance and modification activity, capital projects related activity, operations support, etc.). In a high-performing HSE culture it is a fundamental belief that ALL injuries can be prevented, and that the only performance goal that can be set for achieving this is to aim not to hurt anybody engaged in your operations (employees, contractors and subcontractors alike). From this perspective, implementation of best-practice systems,
tools and techniques associated with the PSM Element of “Contractor HSE Performance Management” take on a significant level of importance to you. In this context, the speaker will use his extensive and practical knowledge and experience to introduce you to what has worked in both DuPont, and in clients of DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) around the world. He will also touch on the related fundamental practices and concepts required to achieve excellence in the HSE aspects of “Capital (Project Management) Effectiveness.”
Nawayd Shaikh
Master of Science Student in Chemical Engineering and Graduate Research Assistant Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar Texas A&M University at Qatar
Nawayd Shaikh is a Master of Science student in chemical engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He obtained his undergraduate degree in petrochemical engineering from the University of Pune. He has been a part of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center since August 2016 in
the role of a Graduate Research Assistant where he conducts industry-oriented process safety research. His area of focus is consequence modeling — more specifically, the consequences associated with toxic hazards.
A dosage-based methodology for simulating crowd evacuations in toxic environments Abstract: In case of toxic releases, the role of estimation of evacuation times is indispensable with regards to emergency preparedness. In such a release scenario, evacuees may be subjected to varying doses of toxic gas which may result in various toxic effects and symptoms that may affect the ability to escape or take actions. Understandably, it is imperative to develop a methodology that accounts for the dose-based effects of toxic substances on evacuees during the evacuation. This work, sponsored by MKOPSC-Qatar, aims to develop a model that predicts the exit times of people when exposed to concentrations of a toxic material during the evacuation. Previously proposed social force model for crowd evacuation in emergency
situations was modified by introducing a dynamic dose-dependent force term — Toxic Force — to account for the effects of various symptoms associated with the toxic exposure. The developed methodology was tested using Panic Simulator tool with a case study involving the evacuation of 51 people from an administrative building during a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) release. The presentation will discuss the results of the simulations presented as exit times of people from different locations in the building and also the applicability of such tool to help in designing better emergency evacuation plans.
Dr. Aubrey Thyer Principal Consultant, DNV GL
Dr. Aubrey Thyer is a Principal Consultant working for DNV GL at their Manchester office in the UK. He has nearly 30 years of experience in conducting technical safety studies, practical fire and explosion testing, and incident investigations—25 years gained while working for the Health and Safety Executive in the UK. For his last five years in HSE, he was one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Health and Safety in HSE’s Offshore Division. His major work areas have been offshore and industrial safety, fire safety, practical fire and explosion testing, UN Dangerous Goods classification and testing, chemical/process
safety studies and incident investigation, as well as the development of regulations and international standards. He is presently working with the Greek government to set up a new competent authority for the regulation of their national oil and gas industry, as well as assisting regulators in Malta with conducting inspections of an LNG storage and regasification site. He has an extensive background in incident investigation and assisting operators in reviewing emergency response arrangements, as well as in conducting assessments to understand the consequences of offsite risks.
Emergency response actions and investigations into the cause of a total power loss on an offshore installation Abstract: This presentation will provide a detailed examination of a total power loss on an offshore installation, describe complications with the emergency response and examine how emergency response procedures and the combined operations interface plan were used to aid command and control. On 31 October 2017 main power generation on a platform in the UK North Sea was lost. The emergency generator failed to start, and when it was started no power was generated, leaving the installation with battery-backed supplies only. At the time the installation had a crew of forty and was in a combined operation with a bridged-linked drilling rig. While the presence of the drilling rig initially made emergency response more complicated, the rig’s presence and combined operations emergency response plans provided guidance to personnel, as well as providing a safe location for the crew to be relocated to. Thirty crew members were initially moved, later increasing to 34 when sufficient bed spaces were freed up. As well as initial difficulties in trying to understand the cause of the outage and the extent of losses, control of the situation was complicated by the platform’s telephone link to shore not working as it had recently been changed to an internet-based system, and poor radio communications with the drilling rig. A satellite phone had been provided as an alternative telephone during the comms changes, but these do not work indoors. In the event that there had been a fire or gas release, rather than a power outage, it would not have been possible to leave the protection of the temporary refuge to use it outside. Over the next few hours attempts were made to reinstate power using the platform black start procedure and during this time, battery-backed emergency lighting
drained leaving many areas in complete darkness. Eventually, a decision was taken to relocate the crew to the attached rig, as the reason for the emergency generator not generating power could not be found. Following an investigation, the reason for the lack of emergency power generation was attributed to failure of a 110V DC power supply used to operate main circuit breakers and protection relays for the generators. Lack of this 110V supply meant that main circuit breakers and protection relays on switchboards were not able to operate, so when main power was lost, breakers were frozen in their last positions, rather than opening or closing as per planned cause and effects. The emergency generator was rated for 450KW and was protected by interlock circuits designed to prevent its starting with incorrectly set breakers. When it was manually started it saw a platform power demand of the 850 KW, plus an unknown load as it was also trying to drive a 1.25 MW alternator of one of the turbine generators as the breaker to the generator had not opened. The emergency generator’s alternator failed as a result. Examination of maintenance records for the 110V power supply has found a related failure had occurred in 2014, prior to change of ownership of the platform which, while it initiated a platform shutdown at the time, had not caused the previous owners to place these supplies on a safety critical register, leaving the new owner unaware of criticality. After four days, the rapid supply of a temporary generator via a supply vessel, many changes in flight schedules for offshore personnel and the delivery of further food to the rig for increased workforce (as food on the fixed platform had been spoilt as refrigerators were off), power was reinstated and the full crew allowed to return.
Dr. Luc N. Véchot
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar Managing Director, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar Chairman, Qatar Process Safety Symposium Organizing Committee
Dr. Luc Véchot is an associate professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar and the managing director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar. He obtained a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de SaintÉtienne (France) in 2006. In 2007, He joined the Fire and Process Safety Unit of the Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL) in Buxton, UK, as a process safety engineer. Véchot joined the faculty at Texas A&M at Qatar in 2010 where he took over the lead of the process safety research and teaching activities at the
university. Véchot has worked on process safetyrelated research topics for the past 12 years in collaborations with universities, public laboratories and industries. He focused his researches on exothermic reaction hazards and calorimetric hazard screening techniques, runaway reactions and adiabatic calorimetry, pressure relief design applications for untempered peroxide systems and accidental releases of water reactive chemicals. Véchot has been chairman of the Qatar Process Safety Symposium organizing committee since 2011.
Building process safety competency pevelopment programs—experience from MKOPSC Abstract: Building competency in process safety is critical to the success of process safety management programs in the process industry. This involves teaching the fundamentals of process safety to engineering students or young engineers which can be challenging given the importance and the complexity of the topic. Academia has a central role to play in this area by incorporating process safety in curriculums for engineering students and by supporting the industry in the training young engineers through education programs.
This presentation will discuss the experiences gained from teaching process safety under the umbrella of the Qatar branch of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center to both students and young professionals in the Middle East. It will present the recent work of MKOPSC in collaboration with industry to develop and deliver high quality, solid and long term process safety competency development program to developing engineers.
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A dosage-based methodology for simulating crowd evacuations in toxic environments Shaikh M. Nawayd, Luc N. Véchot, Konstantinos Kakosimos Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University at Qatar Study of depressurization of a pressure vessel Jasir Jawad, Luc N. Véchot, Rafael De Pelegrini Soares, Marcelo Castier Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University at Qatar Experimental evidence of liquid nitrogen spill on sea (Qatari) water Jasir Jawad, Luc N. Véchot and Tomasz Olewski Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University at Qatar Investigating the gas dispersion from a subsea gas release in stratified shallow waters Moustafa Ali, Luc N. Véchot, Konstantinos Kakosimos Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University at Qatar Modeling of a gas release from underground pipeline Ibrahim L. Daoudi, Konstantinos Kakosimos, Marcelo Castier, Luc N. Véchot Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University at Qatar
Experimental investigation of sulfur dust explosion properties Jack AlTwal, Atif Mohammed Ashraf, Luc N. Véchot Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University at Qatar Quantitative risk analysis on ammonia storage units Ibrahim Daoudi, Jack Altwal, Moustafa Ali, Shaikh M. Nawayd, Omar Khan, Ahmed Omran Texas A&M University, Chemical Engineering Elements of emergency response planning Jack Altwal, Shaikh M. Nawayd, Atif M Ashraf, Luc N. Véchot, Scott Davis Texas A&M University, Chemical Engineering Developing a framework for a dynamic modeling tool to support risk-based decision making in the petrochemical industry Rym Kanes, Clementina Ramirez-Marengo, Ali Sheharyar, Othmane Bouhali, Emilio Alvarez, and Luc N. Véchot ExxonMobil Research Qatar, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar and Texas A&M University at Qatar Research Computing
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The company’s products, built on its proprietary gPROMS® equation-oriented dynamic modelling platform, include gFLARE, gPROMS Oilfield as well as gPROMS ProcessBuilder®. PSE Oil & Gas has significant experience in working with both operators and engineering contractors to deliver best in class design solutions and rigorous optimisation solutions for both process and production facilities. Our ability to redefine the solution space and perform integrated asset optimisation in a single environment sets us apart in the market. These tools uniquely combine high-fidelity models, powerful mathematical optimisation and global system analysis to deliver high value. Use of PSE’s technology and services results in faster process innovation, improved designs, enhanced operations, reduced risk, more effective R&D and better use of corporate knowledge. PSE’s global customer base of Fortune 500 process organisations is served by operations in the UK, USA, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Thailand. Company Name: Process Systems Enterprise Oil & Gas Address: 26-28 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 7HA Tel: +44 20 8563 0888 Fax: +44 20 8563 0999 Mobile: +44 7384 256132 Email: r.ravilious@psenterprise.com Website: www.psenterprise.com Chief Executive: Costas Pantelides Contact Executive: Rob Ravilious
Siemens Process Safety Consulting The right partner when it comes to real technical challenges Siemens Process Safety Consulting delivers more than 20 years of process safety expertise in the oil. Gas and petrochemical industries and we are the global leading provider of pressure relief systems services, knows as the developer of the industry’s patented equipment based relief analysis (EBPRA) Methodology. Siemens Process Safety Consulting is the front runner completing more than 3500 pressure relief analysis projects from the super-majors to the regional independents. Additional portfolio offerings include Inspection Data management System (IDMS) Services and Safety Lifestyle System services coupled with specialized software solutions—PS PPM, UltraPIPE, PS AIM, OGM and PS Change Manager—used worldwide.
The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center was established in 1995 at Texas A&M University in memory of Mary Kay O’Connor, an operations superintendent who died in an explosion on 23 Oct. 1989 at a petrochemical complex in Pasadena, Texas. The center’s mission is to promote safety as second nature in industry around the world with the goal of preventing future accidents. In addition, the center develops safer processes, equipment, procedures and management strategies to minimize losses within the processing industry. On 1 July 2013, Qatar Petroleum and Texas A&M University at Qatar officially launched the MKOPSC extension in Qatar. The MKOPSC extension in Qatar is currently supported by a consortium of industries that forms the Steering Committee, supported by a Technical Advisory Committee, meets to define the direction of the center to ensure that the research endeavors are of high importance and relevance for the local industry in Qatar.
CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Texas A&M University at Qatar connects professionals to cutting-edge knowledge through first-class continuing education. Our faculty and researchers support industry with specialized expertise, and our worldwide network of collaborators provides access to the latest advancements to ensure your team has the skills to sustain a competitive edge. Continuing and Professional Education at Texas A&M at Qatar offers remarkable value in professional development for industry professionals working in Qatar and the Arabian Gulf. In addition to regularly scheduled courses, bespoke offerings can be created upon request
Protecting Your People, Plant, Stakeholder Value, and Our Planet ioMosaic focuses on helping you manage and reduce episodic risk, maintain compliance and prevent catastrophic incidents, because when safety, efficiency and compliance are improved, you can sleep better at night. Through innovation and a dedication to continual improvement, ioMosaic has become a leading international provider of integrated process safety and risk management solutions to oil, gas and petrochemical companies worldwide. We have over 40 years of combined industry expertise in a wide variety of areas, including pressure relief systems design, process safety management, expert litigation support, laboratory services, training and software development. This breadth of experience allows us the flexibility to work with you to meet your specific requirements.
Gexcon (Global EXplosion CONsultants) is a world-leading company in the field of safety and risk management specializing in advanced dispersion, explosion, and fire modeling. Gexcon’s engineers have detailed knowledge of explosion phenomena from years of extensive research projects and performing safety assessments, accident investigations, and physical testing. Gexcon has its own dedicated lab and large-scale testing facilities in Norway and the USA, through their partnership with SRI in California. Gexcon’s combination of consulting, experimental testing, and R&D capabilities make it a unique firm offering safety and risk services. As a leader in explosion phenomena, Gexcon has been involved in the investigation of many high-profile accidents such as the Buncefield Explosion, Piper Alpha Explosion, TWA 800 Explosion, Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Explosion, CAPECO Explosion, and the Cidade de São Mateus and P-36 platform offshore Explosions in Brazil. Leaders in the oil and gas industry and safety engineers at major hazard facilities consistently request Gexcon’s services to provide them with the expertise to manage their fire and explosion hazards. Gexcon develops the industry-leading FLACS® (Flame Acceleration Simulator) software for modelling consequences from loss of containment scenarios (flammable & toxic gas, liquid, or two-phase mix) and dust explosions. FLACS is the leading explosion safety CFD software and is used extensively in the oil and gas industry (approximately 150 companies) as well as nuclear safety, LNG, onshore petrochemical plants, and other industries in which facilities store or process hazardous materials. Gexcon’s strong R&D capabilities allow it to implement and validate new models in FLACS in conjunction with industry and academic partners. With offices in Europe, USA, Middle East, India, Australia, Indonesia and China, Gexcon can assist you with training, simulation software, or advisory services that include hazard identification, consequence analyses, and risk analyses. Together with our clients, we find the optimal solution to meet your needs and your company’s safety performance goals.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Texas A&M at Qatar members:
Dr. Luc N Véchot
Lesley Kriewald
Dr. Clementina Ramirez
Carol Nader
Associate Professor and Managing Director Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center - Qatar
Postdoctoral Research Associate Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center - Qatar
Assistant Director Marketing, Communications and Events, Texas A&M University at Qatar
Events Director Marketing, Communications and Events, Texas A&M University at Qatar
ConocoPhillips Qatar members:
William R. Denney Jr. Technical Manager
Sarah Mroueh
Communications and Public Affairs Manager
Hamda Al Kuwari
Events and Design Coordinator
The organizing committee would like to thank the student and staff members of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center – Qatar for their invaluable help and support for the symposium: Atif Ashraf, Dr Tomasz Olewski, Jack Altwal, Ibrahim L Daoudi, Nawayd Shaikh, Moustafa Hussein, Jasir Jawad and Marcin Kozusznik.
THE KEY TO SAFETY The presentations are available on the QPSS website
qpss.qatar.tamu.edu Use the password below:
IWAS@QPSS2018