Process Safety×Engineering

Engineering in Design Integrity

Create the barriers

Barriers against a major accident are identified, specified and built to be fit for purpose from the outset. Hazards are identified, risk is reduced as low as reasonably practicable, and each barrier is given a performance standard it must meet for the rest of its life. Change to plant or wells goes back through the same discipline.

Standard 15

  • Process Design BasisRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 11 Standards and practicesAlso in COMAH Report · Establishment, activities and dangerous substances
  • Hazardous Area Classification StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 11 Standards and practicesAlso in COMAH Report · Prevention, control and mitigation measures
  • Pressure Relief and Blowdown Design StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 11 Standards and practicesNot safety report critical
  • Flare System Design BasisRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 11 Standards and practicesAlso in COMAH Report · Prevention, control and mitigation measures
  • Safety Instrumented Systems Lifecycle StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesNot safety report critical
  • Consequence Modelling StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 06 Hazard identification and risk assessmentAlso in COMAH Report · Major accident scenarios and risk analysis
  • Management of Change StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 12 Management of change and project managementNot safety report critical
  • Project Stage Gate StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 12 Management of change and project managementNot safety report critical
  • Safety Critical Element Performance StandardsRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesAlso in COMAH Report · Prevention, control and mitigation measures
  • Alarm Management PhilosophyRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesNot safety report critical
  • Tank Overfill Protection StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesAlso in COMAH Report · Prevention, control and mitigation measures
  • Bunding and Secondary Containment StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 11 Standards and practicesAlso in COMAH Report · Prevention, control and mitigation measures
  • Fire Protection PhilosophyRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesAlso in COMAH Report · Prevention, control and mitigation measures
  • Gas Detection PhilosophyRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesAlso in COMAH Report · Prevention, control and mitigation measures
  • Control System Cyber Security StandardRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 11 Standards and practicesNot safety report critical

Process, procedure, work instruction 6

  • Layer of Protection Analysis ProcedureRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 06 Hazard identification and risk assessmentAlso in COMAH Report · Major accident scenarios and risk analysis
  • HAZOP ProcedureRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 06 Hazard identification and risk assessmentNot safety report critical
  • Occupied Buildings Risk AssessmentRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 06 Hazard identification and risk assessmentAlso in COMAH Report · Major accident scenarios and risk analysis
  • Plant Change ProcedureRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 12 Management of change and project managementNot safety report critical
  • Temporary Modifications ProcedureRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 12 Management of change and project managementNot safety report critical
  • Pre-Start-up Safety Review ProcedureRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 07 Plans and ProceduresAlso in EI PSM · 13 Operational readiness and process start-upNot safety report critical

Supporting documents 6

  • Engineering Design Standards RegisterRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 02 Policies and StandardsAlso in EI PSM · 11 Standards and practicesNot safety report critical
  • Hazardous Area Classification Drawings and SchedulesRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 07 Documentation, records and knowledge managementNot safety report critical
  • HAZOP Study Record TemplateRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 06 Hazard identification and risk assessmentNot safety report critical
  • Safety Integrity Level Determination RecordsRepresentative exampleSite · addsAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesAlso in COMAH Report · Major accident scenarios and risk analysis
  • Safety Requirements Specification TemplateRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 16 Management of safety critical devicesNot safety report critical
  • Management of Change Request FormRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 05 Risk Assessment and ControlAlso in EI PSM · 12 Management of change and project managementNot safety report critical

Guidance · outside the system 1

Informative, not a “shall”. These belong in the knowledge base, not the management system. How this works →

  • Loss Prevention Engineering GuideRepresentative exampleCompany-wideAlso in IOGP 510 · 06 Asset Design and IntegrityAlso in EI PSM · 11 Standards and practicesNot safety report critical