• Cancellation Policy

Seminar

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) reviews are often a required project step for project implementation in the Oil & Gas industry.  Some Oil & Gas companies also require periodic re-reviews of their process units to ensure that process hazards are being managed through the life of the facility.  The most well-known method of conducting a PHA is the “HazOp”—Hazards & Operability study, which was developed in the 1960’s.  Other methods are also used:  the “What-if” method, Process Flow Failure Modes (PFFM), and various checklist methods.

This one-day seminar will examine three PHA techniques (HazOp, What-if, and PFFM), including an introduction to the little-known Process Flow Failure Modes technique, developed in the 1980’s in Canada specifically for the Oil & Gas industry. The technique was developed as a more efficient alternative to the traditional HazOp, with the goal of achieving the same or better results, and has been used successfully hundreds of times.

Included in the instructional time will be discussion of:

• Recommended industry-wide standards for safeguarding flow diagrams (and how these differ from process flow diagrams, mechanical flow diagrams, and process & instrumentation diagrams)
• The use of computer software to assist in conducting efficient PHA reviews
• How PHA revalidation reviews differ from original project commissioning PHA reviews—and why they are of value
• Methods of documentation of the results of PHA reviews, with examples
• Potential pitfalls of the methodologies—i.e. how to compromise the success of a review, sometimes without even realizing
• Other PHA review concerns of interest to the attendees.

The target audience for this seminar is:

• PHA review facilitators interested in expanding their PHA techniques “toolbox”
• Oil & gas industry personnel who participate in PHA reviews and/or hire external or supervise internal PHA review facilitators
• EPC personnel who participate in PHA reviews and/or hire external PHA review facilitators

Instructor:

Rosalynn J. MacGregor holds a B.A.Sc. from U.B.C. and a M.Sc. from the University of Alberta, both in chemical engineering. She has eight years of dedicated experience in process safeguarding engineering, both as an employee and as president of her own engineering company.  Rosalynn’s other job experience includes:  15 years with Shell Canada in the areas of management and process, environmental, and operations engineering (13.5 of these years were at various operating facilities); and 2.5 years of EPC experience with the Jacobs Canada process engineering department in Calgary, Alberta, working on in-situ and surface mining plant designs for Northeast Alberta bitumen production.

Processes with which Rosalynn is familiar include:  tar sands processing facilities, sour gas plants and gathering systems, refinery process units (including advanced distillation technology), compressor stations, pipeline pumping stations, hydrocarbon storage tank farms, cooling water systems, steam plants, asphalt plants, and petrochemical plants.

Cancellation Policy

Registered attendees unable to attend the event may designate a substitute, provided APEGBC receives written notification at least one business day prior to the event. Registration information for the substitute attendee should accompany the notice. If notice of cancellation of registration is received:

•  5 business days or more prior to the event, a refund will be processed
•  Less than 5 business days prior to the event, no refunds apply

Substitute registrants are permitted up to the day of the seminar and member/non-member fees will be applied. The organizers reserve the right to cancel the event if less than the minimum required participants have registered. Liability limited to registration fee.

APEGBC is an AIBC/CES registered provider offering an AIBC-Accredited activity for 7 Non-Core Learning Units.

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