Neglect of process safety has been a major cause of catastrophic accidents in petrochemicals, refineries, and other high hazard installations. In the aftermath of the fire and explosion that took place in BP's Texas City refinery on the 23rd of March 2005, US Chemical Safety board asked BP to conduct an independent enquiry into the process safety culture of their refineries in US. As a large and responsible company BP responded with setting up a committee of super experts to carry out an honest assessment of functioning of process safety at the five refineries that BP owns in USA.
Countries have come out with new laws and industry has enhanced their process safety standards. However, the passing of time without a process accident is not necessarily an indication that all is well and may contribute to a dangerous and growing sense of complacency. When people lose an appreciation of how their safety systems were intended to work, safety systems and controls can deteriorate, lessons can be forgotten, and hazards and deviations from safe operating procedures can be accepted.
The ProSafe- Process Safety Integrity Conference 2011 will bring together industry leaders, experts, regulatory authorities and practitioners under one roof to facilitate knowledge exchange and raise the profile of the HSE profession in the area. In addition, there will be an extended expert presentation by Mr. Richard Gowland, Technical Director of European Process Safety Centre UK. The conference will be held from September 18th - 19th, 2011 at Millenium Hotel Doha, Qatar.
This conference will also feature half-day workshop on Achieving Mechanical Integrity (MI) Excellence as an integral part of the process safety management by Dr. Justus Harding, Corporate Health, Safety and Environmental Manager of Al Jaber & Partners, Qatar.
Technical topics to be covered are: HSE Risk Management Systems, Risk Based Process Safety, Safety Audits, Safety Integrity, Occupational Health and Loss Prevention.
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