Process Safety Engineer - IFP Training Certificate

Graduate Certificate
PSENG-EN-P

Who should attend?

  • To provide an in-depth knowledge of process safety management in Oil & Gas production activities.
Public :
  • Engineers called on to take the position of process safety engineer.

Level :Knowledge

Prerequisite :
  • Engineering degree or equivalent experience within the Oil & Gas industry.

Course Content

  • OIL & GAS FIELD PROCESSING - Duration : 10 Days

      • Fundamentals of reservoir engineering, drilling, completion and well servicing.
      • Fundamentals of thermodynamics applied to effluent processing.
      • Crude oil treatment.
      • Production water treatment and injection.
      • Gas processing and conditioning.
      • Overview of static equipment. Piping, valves, thermal and storage equipment.
      • Overview of rotating equipment. Pumps, compressors and gas turbines.
      • Instrumentation and process control.
  • INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT - Duration : 5 Days

      • Fundamentals of process safety. Main standards. Overview of risk based process safety.
      • Process safety management system. Documentation controls and applicable tools. Implementation.
      • Commitment to Process Safety:
      • Workforce involvement and process safety culture.
      • Workforce training.
      • Human factors in process control.
      • Process Safety Information.
      • Management of contractors.
      • Continuous improvement elements. Audits and inspections. Establishment of objectives and KPI.
      • Process safety management in project development.
  • SAFETY ENGINEERING - Duration : 10 Days

      • Process hazard analysis. HAZID studies, HAZOP studies. Consequence analysis methodology.
      • Major hazard assessment and bowtie diagrams analysis.
      • Quantitative risk assessment.
      • Layers of protection.
      • Safety instrumented systems.
      • Fire detection and protection systems.
  • HSE IN SURFACE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS - Duration : 5 Days

      • Safe isolation of plant and equipment (LOTO, degassing-inerting, ventilation…).
      • Risk assessment of operations. Job safety analysis.
      • Permit to work system.
      • Introduction to operating procedures. Pre-startup safety review.
      • Safe work practices. Management of change.
      • Downgraded situations.
      • Simultaneous operations.
      • Environmental impact of production activities.
  • ASSET INTEGRITY - Duration : 5 Days

      • Introduction to Asset Integrity Management.
      • Criticality and risk assessment tools. FMECA, FTA.
      • Inspection and test.
      • Corrosion.
      • Maintenance and inspection based on failure risk.
      • Implementation and challenges.
  • EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING - Duration : 2 Days

      • Introduction to emergency response management.
      • Scenario identification and development. Tier definition.
      • Definition of resources.
  • ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION WORKSHOP - ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS - Duration : 2 Days

      • Introduction to undesired events reporting and investigation.
      • Initiating investigation process. Gathering of information.
      • Analysis of information. Root cause analysis.
      • Identification of risk control measure and definition of action plan.
      • Case study.
  • FINAL ORAL ASSESSMENT

Learning Objectives

  • Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
  • Describe the overall production chain and explain main techniques and equipment used in the Oil & Gas facilities,
  • Detail process safety elements and purpose,
  • Describe process safety management roles and responsibilities,
  • Contribute to process hazard analysis studies, events analysis and investigation reporting and monitoring,
  • Develop leadership techniques to enhance safety culture in the organization.

Ways & Means

  • Highly interactive training by industry specialist lecturers, with numerous teamwork sessions.
  • Numerous applications, case studies and experience feedback.

Learning assessment

  • Assessment by test at the end of each module and a final oral assessment in front of a jury.

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Coordinator :IFP Training trainer (permanent or contracted) having a good expertise and/or experience of the related topics, trained to adult teaching methods, and whose competencies are kept up-to-date.

To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding. Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com