Managing Pipeline Health, Safety and Environmental Risks

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louie A. Agoncillo
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Operation System ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Operations And Maintenance ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Loss Control ◽  
Safety And Environment ◽  
Tolerable Level

The terms “risk assessment” and “risk management” are both commonly used to describe some method of identifying, understanding and controlling risks. In the pipeline industry, risks are encountered and must be addressed at the concept and design phase, construction and commissioning phases and the operations and maintenance phases. Risk assessment is a detailed, systematic examination of any pipeline activity, location or operation system to identify risks, understand the probability and potential consequences of the risks, and to review the current or planned approaches to controlling risks. Risk management is the set of ongoing management and engineering activities to ensure that risks are assessed and controlled to a reasonably achievable, tolerable level. A continuous improvement approach is also required. A wide variety of risk management or loss control activities are in use in the pipeline industry internationally. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss some of these techniques and the benefits to be derived from the application of risk management techniques throughout all phases of pipeline activity. Effective risk management allows organizations to preempt losses and get on top of managed system problems before incidents and accidents occur. After all, the vast majority of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) problems at work sites are system problems, not operator problems. This paper will present an overview of several risk assessment and risk management techniques to acquaint conference participants with the information needed to select the most appropriate techniques to utilize during the various phases of pipeline development and operation.

scholarly journals HAZOP Methodology Based on the Health, Safety, and Environment Engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3236
Author(s):  
Jae-Young Choi ◽  
Sang-Hoon Byeon
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Styrene Butadiene Rubber ◽  
Butadiene Rubber ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Safety And Environment ◽  
Operator Safety

In existing risk analysis techniques like the hazard and operability study (HAZOP) and the safety integrity level (SIL), design for operator safety is not considered. The health, safety, and environment (HSE) engineering depicts a detailed design directly related to the operator safety. However, the human risk had not been comprehensively analyzed. This paper proposes HSE-HAZOP as a technique for examining the systematic and efficient application of HSE engineering by exploiting the HAZOP systematic risk analysis technique and a quantitative risk derivation method, which is an advantage of the SIL. The analysis consists of four steps: the HSE-HAZOP preparation phase, risk analysis phase, risk assessment phase, and risk reduction phase. One part of a solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR) plant was used for a case study. In this case study, the items that handle with heptanoic acid were the study scope. After the risk assessment, we introduced the HSE engineering technique that should be applied for the risk reduction. Since there is no existing risk analysis method for HSE engineering, this proposed HSE-HAZOP is meaningful because it suggests systematic analysis method of the operator safety.

Management Practices in Exploration and Production Industry

2013 ◽  
pp. 151-187
Author(s):  
Kashif Saeed ◽  
Georg Ziegler ◽  
Muhammad Kashif Yaqoob
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Asset Portfolio ◽  
Safety And Environment ◽  
Production Industry

This chapter is divided into three main sections; project management, HSE management, and quality management. A focus description of the different elements of exploration and production industry along with implementation of management practices on each of these elements including asset/portfolio, resources, time, project planning and scheduling, and proactive risk management are presented. Health safety and environment and quality management are dealt with as separate sections.

New approach integrating the health, safety, and environment systems for the maintenance function in industries

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (4) ◽  
pp. 926-941
Author(s):  
Elhassan Irhirane ◽  
Ahmed Bounit ◽  
Badr Dakkak ◽  
Rachid Benmoussa ◽  
Nawal Bourquia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Maintenance Service ◽  
Risk Acceptability ◽  
Safety And Environment

Health, safety, and environment risk assessment, based on company quality, health, safety, and environment commitments, constitutes a precondition in the definition of the strategy to be adopted by the maintenance service. The imperfections of the knowledge; the disputes over opinions among decision-makers; and the absence of health, safety, and environment equipment risk assessment integrated models hinder the assessment of risk acceptability. In this article, we propose a health, safety, and environment risk management approach for the equipment maintenance. This approach expands the scope of action relative to the overall equipment risk-level assessment. It is based, on one hand, on fuzzy logic and, on the other hand, on two methods of decision-making support: the method of converting verbal judgments into numerical values and the pair comparison of decision criteria. This approach allows the maintenance service to implement a health, safety, and environment risk control policy for the most critical equipment. Therefore, it allows to improve the staff and product safety and to protect the environment in accordance with the strategic objectives.

Management Practices in Exploration and Production Industry

2013 ◽  
pp. 1120-1154
Author(s):  
Kashif Saeed ◽  
Georg Ziegler ◽  
Muhammad Kashif Yaqoob
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Asset Portfolio ◽  
Safety And Environment ◽  
Production Industry

This chapter is divided into three main sections; project management, HSE management, and quality management. A focus description of the different elements of exploration and production industry along with implementation of management practices on each of these elements including asset/portfolio, resources, time, project planning and scheduling, and proactive risk management are presented. Health safety and environment and quality management are dealt with as separate sections.

scholarly journals Assessment of Health, Safety and Environmental Risks of Zahedan City Gasoline Stations

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 2689-2692
Author(s):  
S. Y. Far ◽  
R. Mirzaei ◽  
M. B. Katrini ◽  
M. Haghshenas ◽  
Z. Sayahi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Safety Improvement ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Fmea Method

The purpose of this study was to assess the risk and determine the health, safety and environmental status of fuel stations in Zahedan. In this study, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) method was used for risk assessment in accordance with the HSE guidelines, national and international standards and laws. In this cross-sectional study, 2 governmental stations and 6 active private stations were evaluated after the necessary coordination with the relevant units. As a result of risk assessment, 27 health risks, 55 safety risks and 22 environmental risks were identified. From among all the identified risks, 67 risks had a Risk Priority Number (RPN) of less than 91, 31 risks had an RPN ranging between 91 and 201, and 6 risks had an RPN of over 201. The findings of the study indicated that compliance with the HSE requirements was 51.85%, in the area of health, 47.57% in the area of safety and 27.45% in the environmental area. Overall compliance with the HSE requirements was 42.54%. In order to distribute fuel considering health, reducing risk and increasing compliance with the requirements for safety improvement, health and environmental conditions of fuel supplies are essential.

scholarly journals A Multi-Objective Optimization Model of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks of Coastal Landfills (A Case Study of the Coastal City of Bandar Abbas)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Arazm ◽  
Seyed Abolghasem Mirhosseini ◽  
Mohsen Dehghani ◽  
Mahnaz BarkhordariAhmadi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Bandar Abbas ◽  
Stable Models

Introduction: The increasing development of urban life is one of the fundamental challenges in urban management of waste disposal. Solid municipal waste is one of the major problems of governments and urban planners worldwide, especially in coastal cities. This study aimed to design of an advanced linear planning algorithm for coastal landfills with a focus on safety, health, and environmental risks. Method: This is a qualitative study. Multi-objective optimization presents a mathematical model by evaluating the three risks of health, safety, and environment. First, the data were collected using interviews and qualitative analysis, and then in the second stage, the analysis was presented using model linear planning. Results: In the risk assessment of the landfill site, the presented computational results can be found that stable models provide unfavorable answers compared to definitive models. This is a natural issue; since in stable models, the worst case scenario is considered to achieve the optimal solution, and therefore the resulting answers are always unfavorable compared to the definitive models. Conclusion: By analyzing the risk assessment at the landfill site, the causes of accidents and complications resulting from work in this place include unsafe practices or unsafe and unsanitary conditions. In fact, trying to create and improve health, safety, and environmental conditions of landfills in Bandar Abbas city and the increase in reliability confirmed that these two factors are the secondary causes of accidents. The root causes can be considered as a defect in the management system of the landfill site.

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