FPSO process safety and risk concepts are most useful when they are tied to specific major-accident scenarios and measurable barrier performance. For hydrocarbon process hazards, loss of primary containment is a common top event, but FPSO risk also includes collision, loss of station keeping, stability, structural, and marine events. This guide explains 15 concepts teams...Continue Reading

Which Safety Studies Does an FPSO Project Need? FPSO safety studies typically progress from broad hazard identification and concept risk screening to detailed hazard analysis, quantitative risk assessment, fire and explosion assessment, safeguard verification and operational readiness. Depending on project stage, design maturity, regulatory regime and risk profile, the programme may include HAZID, HAZOP, QRA, FERA,...Continue Reading

The development of a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) study is an important pre-requisite of any oil and gas facility. Thong Wee Jun and Rachael Tee, Senior Engineers with Malaysia-based Synergen, explain why these should be integrated between multiple facilities located in the same industrial area to provide a more accurate representation of risk exposure. Worldwide,...Continue Reading