In July 2023, a catastrophic series of explosions and fires struck Dow Chemical Company’s Glycol II plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, releasing more than 31,000 pounds of toxic and highly flammable ethylene oxide (EtO). The incident triggered a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents and caused severe damage to the facility. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard...Continue Reading

What is an electronic safetycase?  It is a web-based platform built to provide live Safety Case information in a simple, clear format, making it easier for the workforce to access, understand, and contribute to maintaining facility safety. The Safety Case “Shelfware” Problem If you work in oil & gas, chemicals, or energy, you already know...Continue Reading

Can Generative AI Improve Hazard Identification? Explore the 2026 era of AI in HAZOP. Discover how Generative AI, Knowledge Graphs, and Functional Digital Twins are reducing study times by 50% while uncovering “blind spot” hazards. Read the full article. AI and the Economic Safety Gap HAZOP has earned its place as the workhorse of process...Continue Reading

What is the 2026 methane regulation? As of February 2026, the EU has effectively banned routine venting and flaring for fossil fuel operations. Member states are required to implement “effective, proportionate, and dissuasive” penalties for emissions above set thresholds. The EPA has officially launched its third-party monitoring program under Subpart OOOOb. Read full article. In...Continue Reading

What is FMECA in Process Safety? Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is a quantitative risk assessment method used to identify potential equipment failures, analyze their consequences, and rank them based on criticality. Unlike standard FMEA, FMECA assigns a specific “Criticality Number” to each failure mode (Severity × Probability), allowing process safety engineers to...Continue Reading

Summary: This article explains how Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) serves different stakeholders—not just as a compliance tool, but as a practical decision engine. It shows how to tailor QRA outputs for executives, project teams, PSM and operations, regulators, insurers, emergency planners, investors, and communities using tools like IR contours, F-N curves, and more. Quantitative Risk...Continue Reading

  Summary: This article breaks down how to make FPSOs safer by treating process, marine, and storage/offloading risks as one system. Starting from MAHs and bow-ties, we show how to set SCEs that cover cargo tanks and inerting, turret/moorings, risers, DP/drive-off, and shuttle-tanker SIMOPS. We outline practical MOC/SIMOPS controls, proof of barrier health via testing,...Continue Reading

We delivered an online industrial sharing session for the engineering students at Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia, focused on how risk management works in live plant operations. The session, “Things to Know About Risk Management in a Real Plant”, was designed to bridge classroom learning with day-to-day realities in operations. What we covered Practical application...Continue Reading

Summary: Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) is a structured, data-driven method that estimates how often hazardous events could happen and how severe their consequences could be. By combining frequency analysis with consequence modeling, QRA quantifies individual and societal risk to guide ALARP decisions, safeguard design, emergency planning, and regulatory compliance. What Is QRA? If you’ve ever...Continue Reading

We participated in the “Process Safety and Asset Integrity Subholding Upstream 2025” event, themed “Navigating PSAIM Challenges for Sustainable Mature Asset Operations” held on Wednesday–Thursday, 8–9 October 2025, at InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah, South Jakarta. The event was attended by more than 100 participants, including representatives from various Pertamina Subholding Upstream entities and government regulatory...Continue Reading