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Carsten Stegelmann | Principal Consultant

Jun 8, 20223 min read

Essentials of Pressure Safety Valve (PSV) sizing

Despite safety precautions in design and operation, equipment failure, human error, control loop failure, external events etc. can lead...

Morten N. Pettersen | Principal Consultant

May 31, 20225 min read

Tailoring HAZOPs for Batch Processes

Many different sectors, such as the chemical, fertilizer, and manufacturing industries apply batch processes. For batch processes...

Thomas Solberg Fylking | Principal Consultant

Jun 16, 20215 min read

Process HAZOP - The essentials that you need to understand

Process HAZOPs can be traced back to the 1960s to analyze complex chemical process systems. The process HAZOP was further recognized as a...

Thomas Solberg Fylking | Principal Consultant

Mar 29, 20213 min read

BOPS (Subsea Blowout Preventers) and the application of IEC 61511

Over time, complexity and redundancy in BOPs stack functions have increased. This has been done to improve BOP functionality and reduce...

Baris Arslan | Principal Consultant

Feb 25, 20212 min read

Process Safety in ORS

Any process that handles hazardous substances has the potential for a loss of containment event that could lead to a significant...

Thomas Solberg Fylking | Principal Consultant

Jan 14, 20212 min read

Careful preparation is a key to a successful LOPA

Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) is a method applied to determine the adequacy of independent protection layers and the required...

Morten N. Pettersen | Principal Consultant

Dec 1, 20205 min read

What is Functional Safety Management? - A Short Introduction

In this article: Importance of functional safety Step-by-step process to functional safety management Defining the framework for...

Thomas Solberg Fylking | Principal Consultant

Nov 10, 20203 min read

Linking HAZOP and SIL for Well Intervention & Workover Systems

The ORS approach to linking HAZOP and SIL Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) is a hazard analysis method where you identify hazards and...

Baris Arslan | Principal Consultant

Oct 27, 20204 min read

Monitoring of SIF performance beyond useful lifetime

This article is a summary of Gulay Basova's ongoing MSc thesis at the University of Stavanger on the topic of evaluation of SIS...

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