1. Facility Siting & Layout ( Download Flyer)
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| PSM regulations by OSHA require that "Facility Siting Analysis" be addressed in a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA). |
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| Facility Siting Analysis performed during a PHA uses checklists to identify issues. A separate Facility Siting Analysis involves identifying issues using detailed checklists and evaluating them using API RP 752 good engineering practice guidelines. While most facilities have the "potential" for major events, such as explosions, fires, or toxic releases that could seriously affect the occupants of facility buildings, a risk-perspective is essential in determining where and what change is warranted. OSHA is particularly concerned that FSA address the relationship between the hazards of the covered process and the occupants of facility buildings. |
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| Our Services |
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| Our Consultants are experienced in performing FSA and can make you understand how to meet applicable good engineering practices (API RP 752) and comply with regulatory requirements. We will facilitate your team in the generation of recommendations for corrective actions and a written report that documents the FSA results and the recommendations generated by your team will be issued. |
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| Typical services include : |
- API RP752 Studies
- Facility Siting Checklist
- Scenario Identification/Analysis
- Occupancy Criteria
- Air Dispersion Modeling
- 2D or 3D Blast Modeling
- Fire / Radiation Analysis
- Frequency Analysis / QRAs
- Risk Mitigation / Reduction
- Facility Siting Analysis "How To" Training
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| 2. Asset Selection & Utilisation |
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| PNA provides assistance in the identification and mitigation of risks related to your asset's integrity throughout its life cycle from concept to decommissioning, while assisting the operational performance and safety. |
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| These services identify potential improvements in: |
- Asset Selection and Configuration for Intended Service
- Operational Performance
- Material selection
- Integrity Management
- Overall Operability (Reducing Downtime)
- Regulatory Compliance
- Best Utilization of Investment, Construction and Operational Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Funds, etc.
- Incident Response
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| 3. Formal Safety Assessment |
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| 3.1 Design Safety Cases (HSE/CIMAH/COMAH) (Download Flyer) |
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| The Safety Case consists of three main parts: a Facility Description (FD), a Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) and a Safety Management System (SMS). The FD describes the facility, the FSA describes the hazard and risk studies and the SMS describes the safety management systems. The three documents must be linked particularly to demonstrate that the FD and the SMS are consistent with the outcomes from the FSA. Typically, the SMS is a high level document that serves as a "roadmap" to more detailed documents such as plans and procedures. |
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| 3.2 Pipeline Safety Case Overview |
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| As in offshore facilities, the pipeline Safety Case legislation emphasises co-regulation, employee participation and a goal-setting approach to safety, rather than prescriptive rules. |
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| Similarly, a pipeline Safety Case is a detailed document that outlines the types of safety studies undertaken, and the results obtained, together with management arrangements in place, and is intended to ensure the continued safety of the facility and personnel on it. The preparation and submission of this document constitutes a key strategy in the drive for improving safety in the petroleum industry. The Safety Case is divided into three distinct, but related parts: |
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- Facility Description
- Safety Management System (SMS)
- Formal Safety Assessment (FSA)
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| The objective of a Safety Case is to demonstrate, through written description, that an operator of an offshore facility has a safety management system in place. The SMS must be capable of systematically and continually identifying hazards, assessing them, and eliminating or minimising the risks to people, to a level which is as low as reasonably practicable. |
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| 4. Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) (Download Flyer) |
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| Provides a numerical measure of the risk your facility poses to the public. It begins with the identification of potential hazardous events and determination of the probability of occurrence of each event. The consequences of each event are then calculated for numerous combinations of weather conditions and wind direction. These consequence predictions are combined with the event probabilities to provide numerical measures of the risk for the entire facility. Quest has developed proprietary software that we use to automate the process of calculating the consequences and combining them with the appropriate probabilities. This software accounts for the following variables: |
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- Multiple accident outcomes
- Population density and distribution
- Site-specific meteorological data
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| Quest can present the results of a QRA in a concise manner, using the following presentation methods: |
- f/N curves (societal risk)
- Risk contours (individual risk)
- Risk tables (individual risk)
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| We also have experience and expertise in comparing QRA results to acceptable risk standards or quidelines established by various organizations around the world, and explaining these comparisons to you and other interested parties. |
