This course provides the knowledge necessary to assess and mitigate risks, and apply industry-required safety codes and practices when designing, constructing and operating Oil & Gas processing facilities.
Public :
Engineers, technicians and staff, not familiar with the concepts of safety engineering, involved in operating Oil & Gas field processing facilities or in designing Oil & Gas projects architecture.
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
Provide evidence of a professional experience of at least 3 months related to HSE and/or Oil & Gas process industry.
Course Content
FUNDAMENTALS OF SAFETY ENGINEERING
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Safety engineering throughout the life of a project and during operations.
Safe design principles.
Risk assessment. Probabilistic and deterministic methods.
Scenario definition. Concept of barriers.
“PRELIMINARY HAZARD ANALYSIS” - HAZID
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Objectives of preliminary hazard identification during conceptual/feasibility studies.
Hazards related to typical Oil & Gas process.
Methodology for carrying out a HAZID.
HAZID application.
“HAZARD & OPERABILITY” - HAZOP
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Duration : 0.75 Day
Introduction to HAZOP methodology. Node identification. Guidewords.
HAZOP register matrix.
HAZOP exercise.
MAJOR HAZARD ASSESSMENT
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Duration : 0.75 Day
Major Accident Hazard (MAH) scenarios.
Scenario representation. Bowtie diagrams.
Risk reduction process. Risk matrices and ALARP principle.
Safety critical elements.
Major accident hazards analysis. Tools Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event Tree Analysis (ETA).
LAYERS OF PROTECTION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Concept of Layer of Protection. Characteristics.
Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems. Emergency shutdown system, blow-down system, introduction to HIPS systems.
Fundamentals of reliability. SIL level.
PLOT PLAN REVIEW
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Fundamentals of consequence analysis for MAH scenarios.
Safety engineering approach to plant layout.
Plant layout exercise.
PREVENTION OF HYDROCARBON IGNITION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Hazardous area classifications methodology and examples. Electrical equipment and suitability with regard to hazardous area classification.
Safe disposal networks. Flares and vents
INTRODUCTION TO FIRE & GAS SYSTEM
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Fire and Flammable gas detection systems. Technologies and suitability.
PREVENTION OF FIRE ESCALATION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Introduction to Fire Detection Systems.
Passive fire and blast protection.
Introduction to active firefighting systems. Main elements and applications.
ENGINEERING OF EMERGENCY ESCAPE & EVACUATION RESOURCES
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Alarm system. Types of alarm.
Introduction to evacuation and escape resources.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Identify HSE standards and describe hazard identification methods of safety engineering in Oil & Gas processing,
Interpret the contents of standard hazard studies,
Explain the safe design principles and to propose mitigation measures,
Define, predict and measure possible outcomes and effects.
Ways & Means
Several applications and illustrations.
Several case studies and teamwork sessions.
Learning assessment
Assessment by test at the end of the course.
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Coordinator :IFP Training instructors, with expertise in the field and trained in modern teaching methods adapted to the specific needs of learners from the professional world.
To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding.
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