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July 2010 - Tulsa World June 23- ConocoPhillips may close a German refinery idled after a May 1 fire and will record $1.1 billion in second-quarter costs to reflect a drop in the value of the plant. July 2010 - Daily Mail July 19, CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited DuPont with six serious violations and has proposed $43,000 in fines related to three chemical releases at the company's Belle plant in January, including one incident that resulted in the death of employee Danny Fish. July 2010 - Oregon Live July 19 - In the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the oil industry as a whole could do a far better job of managing the challenges of energy production -- and reducing the risk of accidents -- by adopting some of the successful practices of the nuclear power industry.
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According to ARC Process Safety Worldwide Outlook – Market Analysis and forecast through 2014 -“Honeywell’s commitment to plant operational safety extends beyond the confines of traditional safety system boundaries. Honeywell continues its leadership in the Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) consortium. ASM related products and services include User Alert, Asset Manager, Alarm Configuration Manager, Alarm Management, Event Analyst, Operations Management Pro, and Early Event Detection to prevent incidents from occurring in the first place. Honeywell’s leadership position in process control for oil & gas, refining, and petrochemical industries allows them to leverage their safety systems sales in those areas”
The Smart Process Manufacturing (SPM) Initiative is getting more attention. See the article in Control Global from Walt Boyes on this topic. Members of the ASM Consortium participate on the Steering Committee of SPM and believe this is well aligned with much of the work we do. Of particular interest are the areas around safety, predictive modeling, training simulation, and the emphasis on the human element.
Available Now! Effective Procedural Practices The ASM Consortium Guidelines for Effective Procedural Practices (ISBN: 9781-452893877) are available for purchase at Createspace.com at the link below, or from Amazon. These guidelines can help improve the effective use of procedures, their maintenance, and deployment. These guidelines have many examples of good practices that will help meet regulations, mitigate problems, and drive operations performance.
ARC Advisory Group recently published a white paper on the complexities and interdependencies of abnormal situations in process industries. This white paper draws attention to the ASM consortium’s work in pioneering research to understand and develop best practices and guidelines, to prevent abnormal situations for the benefit of process industries. The paper also illustrates how consortium member companies like Conoco Phillips and Sasol have gained through participation with the ASM Consortium. ASM consortium Director, Peggy Hewitt attended the EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) annual meeting in the fall of 2009. She presented a comprehensive overview about the ASM® Consortium, its vision, activities, organization structure and commitment towards Abnormal Situation Management. Her presentation focuses on today’s Industry challenges in terms of improving Safety, Reliability, and Efficiency by applying ASM best practices.
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July 2010 - trib.com CHEYENNE, July 29 —The crude oil unit of the Frontier Refinery caught fire early Wednesday morning, causing an explosion that rattled neighborhood windows and sent large plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. July 2010 - Chemicals-Technology July 27- A blast at the Khark petrochemical plant in southern Iran's Bushehr province on 24 July killed four people and injured seven. |
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