Site Safety Handbook For The Petroleum Industry

The safety measures stated in this book are just generic guidelines and should not be taken as standards. It does not remove the liability from the reader to use sound engineering practice and established standards to make judgments in specific situations he/she encounters.

Safety in Petroleum Industries covers pertinent safety aspects and precautions to be taken for design, operation, maintenance, inspection and project constructions for petroleum industries, with an emphasis on petroleum refineries. Relevant practical knowledge and experience contributing to safe and sustained operation of the industry has been compiled with all necessary references. Identified areas where theoretical inputs are required have also been incorporated. Learning objectives for the petroleum industries have been identified and discussed in an organized manner based on author’s more than thirty-five years of experience in petroleum and chemical industries. Aimed at practicing engineers in upstream and downstream petroleum industries, this book: Covers safety tips for operation of petroleum industries Documents design codes, tools and practices including safe operating practices of different equipment and safety procedures in a single source Includes detailed safety procedures like HAZOP, Safety Audit, management safety review, and process safety management Contains dedicated chapters on Fire Fighting, and Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics Discusses first-hand experienced examples and burning issues in the petroleum industry

Process safety is a blend of engineering and management systems and covers how major hazards arising from process industries are identified, assessed and controlled. This book introduces the basics of process safety from concept selection, design through operation and maintenance in the petroleum industry. It is invaluable for undergraduate students of safety engineering and loss prevention engineers in the hydrocarbon industry.