Transporte de Hidrocarburos

APPLICATION
WHAT-IF

OF HAZOP AND

SAFETY REVIEW

TO THE PETROLEUM,
PETROCHEMICAL

AND

CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES

Dennis P. Nolan, P.E.

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NOYES PUBLICATIONS
Park Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Copyright 0 1994 by Dennis P. Nolan, P.E.
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-4889
ISBN: O-8155-1353-4
Printed in the United States
Published in the United States of America by
Noyes Publications
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10987654321

Library

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Data

Nolan,Dennis P.
Application of HAZOP and What-If safety reviews to the petroleum,
petrochemical
& chemical industries / by Dennis P. Nolan.
p.
cm.
Includes bibliographical
references and index.
ISBN O-8155-1353-4
1. Chemical engineering--Safety
measures. I. Title,
TPI49.N65
1994
94-4889
660’.2804--dc20
CIP

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dennis P. Nolan has had a long career devoted to riskengineering,
fire protection
engineering,
loss
prevention
engineering, and systems safety engineering. He holds a Masters
degree in Systems Management from the Florida Institute of
Technology, and a Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering
from the University of Maryland. He is a U.S. registered professional engineer, in fire protection engineering in the state of
California.
He iscurrently associated with the Occidental Petroleum
Corporation as corporate-wide
Risk Engineering Advisor, with
previous roles as Facilities Engineering Advisor and Senior Fire
Protection Engineer. He has also been associated with Lockheed,
Marathon Oil and Boeing in various risk and safety roles.
He has received a number of safety awards, and is a member
of a number of professionalorganizations.

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PREFACE

This document is intended as a typical guideline and reference
book that may be applied at petroleum, petrochemical and chemical
facilities. It is suggested that this document is used as a practical
reference to prepare the safety review requirements for these and
related industries, and their process safety management systems.
This publication is intendedto provide guidance to I-IAZOP
(Hazard and Operability) and What-If review teams associated
with the petroleum, petrochemical,
and chemical industries. It
describes the nature, responsibilities, methods and documentation
required in the performance of such reviews. This ensures the
reviews are conducted in a timely, effective and professional
manner as may be prescribed by a company’sProcess Safety
Management (PSM) Policy.
A completed review report can be used to demonstrate to
interested
parties that a process hazard analysis has been
accomplished and all possible actions have been examined and/or
implemented to eliminate major hazards.
This document can also be referred to by review team
members,
It will serve as a reminder of their duties and
responsibilities
in theperformance of the required reviews and
report development.

Notice
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