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News: See also our TRIPOD analysis of the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster (platform Horizon).
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SSC Book about Process Safety recommended by the AIChE.
24 November 2010
In the recent 'Safety & Health Newsletter' of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) the book is reviewed and recommended to process safety supervisors or entry level engineers entering the process safety community.
Part o... Read more »
High pressure gaspipeline failure in Rotselaar (Belgium)
13 November 2010
'Human Error is cause of gasleak’'
The pipeline failed in a new high pressure gaspipeline that is currently constructed by the Belgium gascompany Fluxys between Opwijk and the German border. The incident occured during ... Read more »
BP Horizon platform broken barrier incident analysis
23 September 2010
SSC performed a TRIPOD analysis of this disaster on the basis of the BP report. It resulted in te following underlying Factors (Latent Failures):
- Responsibilities not clear
- Competence of leaders not adequate
- Procedures and Engineering instructions prob... Read more »
Safety of gas pipelines
8 December 2010
SSC has longstanding experience with safety of gaspipelines.
Since last year, SSC contributes to a safe design of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. It is a double pipeline of 1220 km length. It will transport up to 55 billion cubic metres of gas each ... Read more »
Column November 2010
Only 44% of Major Hazards companies apply SIL !
The Dutch Labor Inspectorate performed an inspection of 58 Major Hazards companies . This was a follow up of the BP Texas City disaster. Recently, a report with the inspection results have been p...
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