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solutions

Dont ignore your first line of defence 03

Alarm management and how ABB can help improve it

Asset life extension 04

Asset life studies on Maersk FPSOs

Retrospective HAZOPs 06

HAZOP technique applied to existing facility at BP CATS

Prestigious health and safety prize win 08ABB, Esso and suppliers team wins RoSPA Gold Award

Life extension studies

Winter 2011/12 edition of the customer

magazine from ABB Consulting


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2 ABB solut ions magaz ine w in te r 2011 /12 www.abb.com/consulting

Hot topic update3 Dontignoreyourrstlineofdefence

Feature articles

4 Asset life extensionAsset life studies on Maersk FPSOs

6 Retrospective HAZOPs

HAZOP technique applied to existing facility at BP CATS

Pressure systems training

ABBdelivertrainingforSpringeldFuelsLtd

8 Prestigious health and safety prize win

Project team wins RoSPA Gold Award

Ageing plant assessment

Management of ageing assets at Shasun

12 Continued support to PTT

Continued Technical Due Diligence training for PTT

Conferences and events9 Conferences

Recent conferences ABB have sponsored, exhibited at

or attended

10 Events / training

Recent events or training courses ABB have attended

Editorial

ABB solutions winter 2011 Customer magazine from ABB Consulting Copyright 2011 If you have any comments or feedback please contact

Graeme Collings - [email protected] ABB Consulting, Daresbury Park, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4BT, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1925 741111 E-mail: [email protected] Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/ABBCONSULTINGUK

Shasun Pharma Solutions 08.

Maersk Curlew FPSO 04. BP CATS Terminal 06.

Looking ahead...Welcome to the second edition of the new format

Solutions newsletter.

This edit ion includes artic les from pharmaceutical,

chemical and oil & gas companies with process safety,asset ageing and integrity being key themes. Two of our

articles, PTT and Springfield Fuels, focus on technical

training and competency where ABB Consulting

continues to see a high demand from our customers.

During 2011 well over 2000 delegates attended ABBs

lunchtime talks, seminars, training courses, conferences

and webinars. We also provided an increased amount of

bespoke training at customer sites / offices.

We continue to develop this offer with lunchtime

talks now running in Yorkshire in addition to those inHumberside, the North East, the North West, Aberdeen

and Grangemouth.

We have also increased the number of our IChemE

approved courses and our Pressure Relief training

course is now running in Singapore and Australia.

Best wishes for 2012 to all of our readers.

Peter Hunt

Business Development Director

ABB Consult ing BP

Shasun

Maersk


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Hot topic updates

Although i t is effective as a stand-

alone exercise it can also serve as the

first step in a larger alarm improvementprogramme, which should comprise the

following elements:

Integration of alarm management

principles into new projects and plant

modifications

Improvement project to remediate

alarm issues on existing systems

Establishing a framework for ongoing

alarm management

Building a team with clear

responsibility and motivation to

deliver and maintain an effectivealarm management system and the

associated benefits

Companies that treat their alarm system

as a key production asset; seeing

the need for ongoing management

to identify any problems and working

to continuously improve their system

are on the journey to improve. ABB

Consulting has significant history of

successful alarm improvement projects

based on our experience and a broadrange of professional skills.

In principle, modern alarm systems

provide process operators with an

essential tool in managing plantoperations and minimising unplanned

abnormal events, such as plant outage

or equipment damage. In the multiple

lines of defence of any process plant,

they provide an invaluable layer of

protection, combining the flexibility and

adaptability of the plant operator with

the power of technology.

However in practice, poor initial design

and lack of effective alarm management

have resulted in alarm systems that arenot fit for purpose. In many cases the

system ceases to be a decision support

tool and becomes a noisy distraction

to be ignored, or in the worst case,

may distract or confuse the operator

and compromise his response to an

abnormal situation.

Over the years, the most extreme cases

of this have led to a number of incidents

in which poor alarm management has

been seen as a key contributing factore.g. Texaco Milford Haven, BP Texas

City and Three Mile Island.

Good alarm management not only

reduces the risk of a major plant

incident by enabling good decisionmaking in complex and stressful

situations, but also brings a host of

other benefits:

Increased production and equipment

availability

Reduced equipment maintenance

costs

Smoother run ups / run downs

Reduced outage for maintenance

Reduced equipment damage

Reduced demand on protective

systems Lower risk of incidents with serious

safety, environmental or financial

consequences

Realising that you have a problem with

your alarm system may be the first

step to achieving these benefits. An

alarm review will establish compliance

with recognised good practice such

as the EEMUA 191 guideline and ISA

18.02 standard. It provides a where

are we now analysis and representsthe benchmark phase of a total alarm

management initiative.

Dont ignore your first line ofdefence

Typical alarms system.


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Asset lifeextensionMaersk FPSOs develop, build, install and

operate Floating Production, Storage andOffloading units (FPSOs) tailored for oilproduction in demanding environments.

T

hese vessels are among the

most technically complex

vessels in the world, and

Maersk FPSO is a supplier

to some of worlds leading energycompanies. Maersk FPSO recently

commissioned ABB Consulting to

undertake three separate projects in

relation to ageing and life extension.

The firs t project was for the Curlew

Field, which is developed via subsea

facilities feeding into an FPSO owned

by Maersk FPSO. The field partners

are Shell (50%) and Esso (50%), with

Shell as the operator. As part of an

internal Curlew Status Review project,ABB were asked to under take a study

to identify the major issues and areas

of capital expenditure required in order

to extend the life of the FPSO through

to 2019. The study was focused on the

topsides pressure systems, rotating

equipment and fire protection safety

systems. The study involved an initial

workshop with key operations and

maintenance personnel to identify the

scope of the study and understand

existing life limiting issues.

This was followed by a structured

review of the original design data for

the systems as well as the operational

history, inspection reports and

maintenance records. This allowed the

multidiscipline ABB team to identify the

life limiting issues, quantify the risk in

terms of health, safety, environment,reputation and production as well as

develop pragmatic recommendations to

eliminate the issues or reduce the risks.

The cost for individual recommendations

was then estimated, together with

proposed implementation dates. This

facilitated the development of an

expenditure profile for the asset through

to the revised cessation of production

date.

The second project was also for the

Curlew Field and involved undertaking

an audit of the integrity management

systems associated with ageing and

life extension ahead of a forthcoming

Key Programme 4 (KP4) audit by the

Health & Safety Executive. This audit

involved on site structured discussions

with the main operations staff and main

engineering disciplines together with a

review of sample documentation across

the five principal elements of the KP4audit programme.

The third project was for the North

Sea Producer FPSO which is currently

located on the MacCulloch Field

and is operated by ConocoPhillips.

This project invo lved the design and

facilitation of a one day workshop to

identify potential gaps in the integrity

management systems associated with

ageing and life extension ahead of a

forthcoming KP4 audit by the Health &

Safety Executive. The output from this

workshop was then used to develop an

improvement roadmap.

All three projects were completed

in a short time frame to the overall

satisfaction of the client.

Maersk Curlew FPSO.

Feature articles


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ABBs Asset Integrity Management team carried out an

Asset Life Strategy Review and a KP4 gap analysis audit for

our unit Maersk Curlew. Both studies were carried out on

time and to the approved budget and we were satisfied with

the reports produced as the final outcome of the studies.

Niels Poulsen, Mechanical Engineer, Maersk FPSOs.

Feature articles

Iain Wright

Principal Consultant

ABB Consult ing

Maersk FPSOs

MaerskFPSOscontributestoglobalenergysupplybydeliveringsafeandreliableoating

oil and gas production services. Maersk FPSOs develop, build, install and operate FPSOs

(FloatingProduction,StorageandOfoadingunits)tailoredforoilproductionindemanding

environments. FPSOs are among the most technically complex vessels in the world, and

Maersk FPSOs is a proud supplier to some of worlds leading energy companies.


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Feature articles

Retrospective HAZOPsThe HAZOP technique has been in use for many years and hasproven to be an excellent tool to help identify process hazards,allow companies to control major accident risks and prevent

operability issues.

BPBP CATS Terminal, Teesside, UK.


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Feature articles

Springfields Fuels Ltd (SFL) manage

the integrity of their process plant usinga risk based approach. This requires

a consistent and appropriate level of

technical competence relating to design

features, legislative compliance, modes

of deterioration, fitness for service

and other key aspects of equipment

integrity.

In setting up a Skills Development

Programme, SFL recognised that the

technical and professional development

of their professional engineers isparticularly important to the success

of the business. The company

identified a need to develop their

Responsible Engineers at their site

near Preston with a wider and deeper

knowledge on legislative compliance

relevant to SFL areas of operation,

particularly in relation to National and

International codes in such areas as

pressure systems, piping integrity and

management of deterioration.

SFL required a focussed technical

training programme to be delivered

by experts in the necessary technical

areas. They recognised ABBs technical

expertise and long-standing experience

of developing and delivering technicaltraining. SFL commissioned a series of

three two-day training courses covering

pressure equipment integrity.

This tailored training programme wi ll

be followed by appropriate hands-on

experience, coaching and mentoring

to support and embed the learning.

This training will also form the basis of

development of new engineers.

Pressure systems training

By working with the consultants at ABB we were

able to tailor the course content to meet the specific

needs of our business. I have received many positive

comments from the engineers who attended the three

two day courses, and as an engineering community

we have benefited greatly from the training.

Mark Britt, Inspection Group Manager, SFL

Springfield Fuels Ltd Preston site.

SFL

The technique has tradi tionally

been applied during projects and

modifications. However, an increasing

use of the HAZOP technique is to apply

it in a retrospective manner to existing

facilities and not only on new projects or

for modifications. BP require HAZOPs to

be conducted on their existing assets in

order to ensure that they are operatedto the highest safety standards.

ABB Consult ing were approached by

personnel at the BP CATS gas terminal

to conduct a retrospective HAZOP.

This invo lved uti lising an exper ienced

HAZOP leader and scribe from ABB,

BP process and mechanical engineers,

senior operators and other specialist

disciplines. The study was conducted

over a number of months utilising a

highly structured approach to HAZOPs.

BP have set new, higher standards

for conducting HAZOPs. HAZOP is a

rigorous, searching technique and when

applied utilising a multi-disciplined team

can help identify many issues that the

original designers may have overlooked.

Similarly, personnel who have operated

and maintained such processes can

highlight problems they have faced

during day to day operations.

Many recommendations are generated

from such an in depth, criticalreview of production facilities. The

recommendations are aimed at

continually reducing risks to as low as

reasonably practicable levels such that

incidents are prevented and companies

continue to operate successfully.

The partnership between ABB

skilled HAZOP resources and BPs

experienced operations personnel can

yield significant business benefits for

successful continued operation.

A ret rospective HAZOP prov ides BP

with a new baseline study which can

further be used and kept evergreen,

as future process improvements are

identified and subjected to the HAZOP

methodology. The HAZOP report

thereby becomes a living document

that reflects current understanding of

hazards and risks.

ABB is now support ing BP CATS in

the close out of the actions. This is a

prioritised programme of work to ensurethat the risk reduction benefits of the

HAZOPs are fully realised in a timely

manner.

Springelds,nearPreston,hasprovidednuclearfuelfabricationservicessincethemid-

1940sinfactitwastherstplantintheworldtoproducefuelforacommercialpower

station. On 1 April 2010 Westinghouse entered into an agreement with the Nuclear

DecommissioningAuthority(NDA)foralong-termleaseoftheSpringeldssite,which

transferredresponsibilityforthecommercialfuelmanufacturingbusinessandSpringelds

Fuels Limited to Westinghouse.

BP is one of the worlds leading international

oil and gas companies, providing its customers

with fuel for transportation, energy for heat

and light, retail services and petrochemicals

products for everyday items.

CATS is the Central Area Transmission System,

which delivers 20% of the UKs gas through

a 404 kilometre (223 mile) pipeline from the

Central North Sea to the CATS processing

Terminal in Teesside on the North East coast

of England, UK.


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Feature articles

ABB Consult ings demol ition and

remediation team have won a top safety

certificate awarded by the countrys

Royal Society for the Prevention of

Accidents (RoSPA) for the rigoroussafety management standards applied

in 2010 to one of many projects

undertaken by the group. The joint

ABB / Esso demolit ion and remediation

project team have been awarded the

RoSPA Gold for the fourth year running

and the 7th RoSPA award in total. This

is recognised as a fantastic achievement

by the project team who are setting the

industry standard for safe demolition

and remediation projects, through their

leadership, dedication and commitmentto delivering health and safety

excellence.

The work associated with the award

winning project is predominantly

located within complex city centre

environments, where reducing petrol

retail margins and rising land prices

have made the sale of land financially

attractive. To enable the land to be sold,

it needs to be remediated to eliminate

Prestigious health and safety prize win

The Team members of the ABB, Esso and suppliers senior managers.

RoSPA firmly believes that organisations that have

demonstrated their commitment to continuous

improvement in accident and ill health prevention

deserve recognition. ABB / Esso demolition andremediation projects has shown that it is committed to

striving for such continuous improvement and we are

delighted to honour it through the presentation of an

award.David Rawlins, RoSPA Awards Manager

any potential historical legacy issues. In

delivering the project, ABB has overall

responsibility for decommissioning,

CDM coordination, land remediation

and project management. ABB applied

their five stage demolition methodology

to the project to offer Esso a safe, cost

effective and complete solution.

The integri ty management of ageing

plant has become a key issue for much

of the process industry in the UK, as

an increasing number of assets are

operated beyond their original design

life.

The leadership team at ShasunPharma Solutions Cramlington site

are developing and implementing a

proactive and consistent approach to

the management of ageing assets. In

support of this initiative, ABB Consulting

were engaged to carry out an ageing

plant health check for the site.

The heal th check consisted of an audit

and a criticality analysis. The audit

included a review of the current asset

integrity management systems and an

assessment of the vulnerability of the

sites assets to ageing. The criticality

analysis took into consideration both the

findings from the audit and the Health,Safety, Environmental and production

consequences of equipment failure.

The study high lighted that the site

management team already have in place

a number of effective systems and

policies for the management of ageing

plant. Opportunities for improvement

were also identified. These opportunities

were prioritised by means of the

criticality assessment and corrective

actions recommended.

Shasun Pharma Solutions found the

health check to be a value addingprocess and plan to use the output

of the study to optimise their integrity

management programs.

Ageing plant assessment

Shasun Pharma Solutions Cramlington site.

Shasun

Shasun Pharma Solutions is the vertically

integrated chemistry partner for the

pharmaceutical industry. Its services include

innovative process research and development,

rapid response small scale manufacture for

clinical trial supply and full scale commercial

manufacture of advanced intermediates and

APIs, all with seamless technology t ransfer and

under cGMP.


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Alan King, ABB, presented a paper

entitled SIL determination in the

hazardous area at the HazardExconference 2011 in Harrogate, UK.

Pressure reliefconferenceEdinburgh

HazardExconference 2011North Yorkshire

ABB hosted its second conferenceand exhibition on Pressure relief in

Edinburgh. There were 80 delegates

with guest speakers from Lucite,

FujiFilm, Syngenta, Fike, SABIC, Dow

Corning and BP. Malcolm Pass, ABB,

also held a PEL Software introduction

session. The event was very well

received and preparation for the 2012

conference is under way. Please contact

Debby Law - [email protected]

if you would be interested in presenting

at the 2012 conference.

Alan King, ABB, present ing at the HazardEx

conference 2011.

Conference delegates - Asif Raza, ABB; Andy

Plant, Lucite; Malcolm Pass, ABB; Zac Meadows,

FujiFilm Imaging; Bill Brown, Syngenta; Liz

Thomas, ABB; Phyllida Sumner, FujiFilm

Diosynths; Roger Bours, Fike; Neil Roberts, Dow

Corning; Colin Deddes, BP; Gaynor Woodford

and John Walkington, ABB.

Conferences and events

ABB exhibited at the IQPC offshore

safety summit in Aberdeen. Rob Turner,

ABB, gave a presentation entitled A larmmanagement: A key element of Process

Safety Management (PSM). There were

delegates from ConocoPhillips, Hess,

National Grid and GDF Suez.

IQPC offshore

safety summitAberdeen

Rob Turner, ABB, presenting at the IQPC

offshore safety summit.

Andy Hollins, ABB, presented at the

asset integrity management seminar

in Aberdeen. His presentation, entitled

Life extension of upstream assets -

managing integrity and process safetywas very well received by over 60

delegates from companies such as BP,

Total, Centrica Storage Ltd, Marathon

Oil and Maersk Oil.

Asset integritymanagement

Aberdeen seminar

Andy Hollins, ABB, presenting at the asset

integrity management seminar.

Launch of 2012Improving BusinessPerformance

Annual conference

This one-day conference, run inassociation with the Chemical Industries

Association (CIA) will be held on 29th

February 2012 at the Thorpe Park Hotel

in Leeds. This conference will explore

the key attributes of resource efficiency

and promote sharing of the lessons

learned by those that have started

on the continuous improvement path.

Delegates will learn from organisations

that have taken varying approachs to

business improvement. To find out more

please contact Debby Law [email protected] or visit:

http://bit.ly/ibpc2012

Improving Business

Performanceconferenceyer.

ABB Consult ing were the headline

sponsor of the first HAZARDS AP

symposium in Kuala Lumpur. It was

jointly organised by the Chemical

Industries Council of Malaysia (CICM)

and the IChemE. During the event, ABB

presented four technical papers by Ken

Bell, Allen Ormond and Jon Cook. With

over 230 attendees, the symposium was

very well attended with delegates from

companies such as Petronas, Syngenta,Shell, BASF, DuPont, Talisman,

Huntsman, ConocoPhillips and Orica.

Hazards Asia PacificSymposiumKuala Lumpur

The ABB exhibition stand at the conference. From

left: John Walkington, Ken Bell, Peter Hunt and

Jon Cook of ABB.


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ABB were the Chemical Industry

Association (CIA) awards headline

sponsor and also sponsored the

prestigious Manufacturing and ResourceEfficiency Award. This years winner was

Syngenta, based in Grangemouth.

CIA awardsBirmingham, UK

5th annual global

refining summitRotterdam

ABB Consulting sponsored and had a

joint exhibi tion stand with ABB Process

Automation at the 5th annual globalreningsummitinRotterdam.Gerry

Brennan, ABB, gave a presentation on

Process Safety Management and the

potential shortcomings in your layers of

protection which was very well received.

The conference was well attended from

companies such as Total, Saudi Aramco,

Shell and BP.

Peter Hunt, ABB, (left) and Steve Elliott, CIA (right)

with award winner Ian Williamson, Syngenta.

ABB are p leased to announce that

Graeme Laughland has recently

been appointed as a registeredsafety professional by the IChemE.

Demonstrating competence in the field

of process safety is a topic that many

of our customers are interested in. For

more information on how to become a

safety professional contact the IChemE.

Website: www.ichem.org

IChemE registeredsafety professionals

Graeme Laughland,

ABB, with his

certicate.

Gerry Brennan, ABB, giving his presentation.

ABB sponsored the Yorkshire Chemical

Focus event entitled Discover Energy

EfciencyheldinHudderseld.ColinBoard, ABB, gave a presentation on

Creating the energy aware organisation

to delegates from Unilever, Heineken and

Croda amongst others.

Discover Energy

EfficiencyYorkshire, UK

ABB were sole sponsors of the

Practical application for Process Safety

Performance Indicators (PSPIs) for

power and steam generation conference

held at the Energy Institute in London.

Graeme Ellis, ABB, gave a presentation

entitled Using the learning from recent

incidents to inform selection of PSPIs to

improve process safety awareness as

well as hosting a workshop on How can

we get PSPI alignment between sites

in the same company? Both were verywell received by delegates, including

representatives from E.ON, Centrica,

EDF Energy, Scottish Power, International

Power, Drax & SSE.

PSPIs for Power &Steam Generation

Conference

PEL goes back to school!

A new init iative has been undert aken to

provide undergraduates access to PEL for

their final year projects. The universities of

Cambridge, Heriot Watt, Newcastle have so

far joined the scheme.

PEL training

In response to the overwhelming requests

from users, two physical properties

masterclasses and two Open PEL training

courses have been presented in ABBs

offices at Belasis and Daresbury. Users from

INEOS Chlor, Mexichem, Lucite, Sabic,

Fujifilm, Urenco, Worley Parsons, Teijin Films,

Huntsman Tioxide, Invista, Johnson Matthey,

and ABB attended. Such was the excellent

feedback that these courses have now been

scheduled for 2012.

www.tinyurl.com/es-seminars

ProvueDB.net grows in popularity

This new product extends the successfu l

desktop system for creating and controlling

datasheets with the ability to access them

from anywhere in the world - through your

normal browser. Create your datasheets in

China, check them in the UK, and approve

them in Houston! There is nothing to

download or install, and you get the latest

updates automatically. Add to this the ability

to transfer your existing databases from

the desktop, instant access to all previous

revisions, and an audit trail for each field on

each datasheet and the package becomes

pretty irresistible.

CAPRE

This is a new development designed to help

engineers with pressure relief calculations. It is

a suite of important, commonly-used pressure

relief calculations for flexible use within Excel.

CAPRE (pronounced CAPR-i) stands for

CAlculations for Pressure Relief in Excel. It

will deliver a set of validated, documented,

and secure calculations all with the same

user interface making them easy-to-use and

readily accessible. Initially CAPRE will be

accessed from Microsoft Excel. In the longer

term CAPRE would also be accessible from

PEL Relief and possibly the internet and othersystems such as MathCAD and Python.

This is a short term development projec t and

we plan to release CAPRE at the next PEL

Roadshow targeted for early 2012. If you

would like to get involved in the development

for this exciting new product please do not

hesitate to contact us.

We couldnt have designed this project in

France so effectively without ProvueDB.net

Carolyn Potter, Senior Process Engineer,

Croda, UK

For further information about PEL please visit:www.pelsoftware.com

PEL Support Services

+44 (0)1925 741126

Graeme Ellis, ABB, with the other presenters at

the conference.


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Forthcoming events for 2012Conferences

Conferences are major industry

forums focusing on key topic areas.

Please contact us if you would be

interested in presenting at any of

our 2012 conferences.

Seminars

Seminars are focused on industry

hot topics and include inputs from

external speakers.

Lunchtime forums

Lunchtime forums provide anupdate on key industry topics and

share best practice.

Webinars

Webinars are focused on industry

hot topics and are accessed over

the web.

A full list of all the above events is

available at:www.tinyurl.com/es-seminars

Technical training

Training courses provide in-depth

knowledge on key subjects as

part of an engineers professional

development.

A full list of training courses is

available at:www.tinyurl.com/es-courses

* IChemE approved training course

All o f these events are organised and

delivered by ABB Consulting.

For more information on:

Seminars please contact -

Deborah Law

Tel: +44 (0)1642 372029

E-Mail: [email protected]

Training courses please contact -

Jackie KendallTel: +44 (0)1642 372121


Conferences

29 th February Improving Business Performance Leeds

30th May Integrity Management Manchester

27th June Pressure Relief Manchester

27th November Process Safety Management London

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December Shutdowns and Turnarounds Manchester

Seminars

21st February Delivering Projects in a Live Operating Plant Teesside

28 th February Learning from Buncefield Manchester

7th March Hot Topics for Power Generation Edinburgh

8th March Asset Closure Edinburgh

15th March Alarm Management in Practice Bristol

Webinars

18 th January Growing Old Gracefully! - Challenge of Ageing Assets Internet

22nd February Making Change Work Internet

21st March Is Your Electrical System Discriminating? Internet

18 th April HAZOPs Only Reduce Risks When the Actions are Done! Internet

16th May Human Factors in Maintenance Internet

Lunchtime forums

12 th January Alarm Management - ISA 18.2 vs EEMUA 191 Grangemouth

13th January Human Factors in Maintenance Teesside

19th January Risk Based Inspection - Quantitative or Qualitative Aberdeen

20th January Living with Corrosion Grimsby

27th January Automation Legacy Migration - How to Start Daresbury

2nd February After the Energy Audit - Where Next? Grangemouth

3rd February HAZOPs Only Reduce Risks When the Actions are Done! Teesside

17th February Inspection is More than PSSR Hull

23rd February Assessing Your Human Factors Huddersfield

24th February SMART Decommissioning Daresbury

Training courses

11 th January An Engineers Guide to DSEAR Manchester

19th January Human Factors Incident Investigation Manchester

31st January Hazard Study Awareness* Manchester

8th February Electrostatics Ignition Hazards* Grimsby

8th February Mechanical Legislation Awareness Edinburgh

16th February S IL Awareness for Contro l / E lect rica l Technicians Card if f

21st - 22 nd February Essentials of Pressure Systems* York

7th

- 8th

March IEC 61508 / 61511 SIL Determination* Frodsham

13 th - 14 th March Achieved SIL Manchester

13 th - 14 th March Maintenance and Reliability Improvement Aberdeen

13 th - 15 th March Pressure Relief* Bristol

20 th - 21st March Risk Based Inspection Manchester

21st - 22 nd March Project Management in the Process Industries Teesside

21st - 23 rd March Pressure Relief* Australia

26th - 28 th March Pressure Relief* Singapore

27 th - 29 th March Human Factors in the Workplace Manchester


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ABB Consult ing cont inue to support the

PTT Group with consultancy services

through our Thailand office. PTT have

recently developed a growth plan which

may include acquisitions and mergersboth in Thailand and overseas.

ABB were engaged as a technica l

advisor to PTT for a potential target

in the United States. Our process

technology and asset integrity expertise

combined with significant experience in

Technical Due Diligence (TDD) were the

major factors associated with the award

of the contract.

PTT Chemical (PTTCH) also has agrowth strategy and wish to be able to

act with more independence in future

TDD activit ies. PTTCH commissioned

ABB to create a bespoke training event

for TDD for the PTTCH organisation.

There were two separate events for

different levels of the organisation.

Vice presidents and senior managers

attended an awareness event which

highlighted the corporate issues whilst

the senior engineers were provided with

more technical training on the topic.

The events were a combination of

formal training, practical examples

and specific workshops created for

the PTTCH business. In total, over 60

people attended the events over 5 days.

Continued support to PTT Group

Ken Bell and Brian Hudson, ABB, (centre) with delegates from the TDD awareness training.

Further news

ABB Consulting provides technical consulting and engineering serv ices to improve performance

in the areas of compliance, operations and engineering to customers in the chemical,

petrochemical, oil & gas, power, pharmaceuticals, metals and consumer industries worldwide.

We offer expertise in the following areas:

Technical Consultancy.

ABB Consult ing

Tel: +44 ( 0)1925 741111


PTT Public Company Limited (PTT PCL) or just (PTT), is a Thai state-owned SET-listed oil

and gas company. Formerly known as the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT), it owns

extensive submarine gas pipelines in the Gulf of Thailand, a network of LPG terminals

throughout the Kingdom, and is involved in electricity generation, petrochemical products,

oil and gas exploration and production, and gasoline retailing businesses.

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