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HAZOP Risk Assessment via the RRR Matrix
The GATE approach to risk ranking makes risk assessment easier, more accurate and more repeatable by incorporating LOPA insights into the risk matrix approach.
Combining Stream-Based HAZOPs, LOPAs & STPAs into an All-In-One Assessment
HAZOP is the most commonly applied process hazard analysis (PHA) methodology in the processing industries. It is also the most flawed!
Changing the Way We Do Risk Assessment in HAZIDs and HAZOPs
Making Risk Assessment Better, Less Ambiguous and Repeatable - And more Actionable
Online Course: The Stream-Based HAZOP Method
This online course teaches the Stream-Based HAZOP method. The method is more effective, requires much less session time (though significantly more prework) and is much less repetitive and hence, is far less tedious for the participants.
Ebook: HAZOPs Should Be Fun! The Stream-Based Hazop
The GATE Stream-based HAZOP process avoids these pitfalls via some novel modifications to the process. You can obtain a copy of the book here.
What’s Wrong With HAZOPs & What We Can Do About It
A HAZOP is a team-based process hazard analysis (PHA) method. Its purpose is to identify hazards and operability issues in a process design.
SPE-173544-MS Risk Assessment in HAZOPs
An effective risk assessment method allows the HAZOP participants and the project team to focus their time and energy on the more significant hazards.
Introduction To Layer Of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
LOPA provides a consistent basis for judging whether there are sufficient independent protection layers against hazardous events to achieve the risk reduction required to achieve such an explicit target.
A More Effective HAZOP Process
HAZOPs are not as effective as they should be. Duhon and Sutton (2010, SPE 120735) identified many reasons why we don’t learn as much as we should from HAZOPs.