2007 Symposium Program

Peter C. Gardiner, Ph.D., President and CEO, Southern California Safety Institute

Dr. Sam Mannan, Director, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center

TRACK I

• Skip Early, Early Consulting
• Kathy Shell, RMT

TRACK II

• Mike Marshall, OSHA
• Marc Levin, Shell Global Solutions

TRACK III

• George King, Dow Chemical
• Scott Ostrowski, ExxonMobil

Incident Surveillance and Safety Performance

• “Data leads the Way,” T.M. O’Connor and M.S. Mannan, MKOPSC - Presentation
• “Learning from HSESS: A Vision for National Acute Hazardous Substances Surveillance,” M. Orr, ATSDR
• “New York HSEES Data Support Emergency Response, Promote Safety, and Protect Public Health,” W.L. Welles, New York State Department of Health - Presentation 1 2
• “ASM Approach to Incident Analysis,” W. Foslien, Honeywell - Presentation

Reactive Chemicals I

• “A Study on Decomposition of Dioxins with Calcium Oxides,” M. Kumasaki, NIOSH, Japan - Presentation
• “Calorimetric Studies of the Effect of Rust on Species Reactivity,” M. Levin, Shell Global Solutions
• “Design, Control, and Testing of an Affordable Calorimeter for Screening Reactivity Hazards,” J.P. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology
• “Digital Condition Monitoring of Complex Chemical Reaction Systems in the Presence of Model Uncertainty,” N. Kazantzis and N. Huynh, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and R. A. Wrights, Dow Chemical - Presentation

Abnormal Situation Management

• “Integration of Data Rectification in Incipient Process Fault Diagnosis,” B. Chen, J. Zhao, T. Qiu, and X. He, Tsinghua University, China
• “Improving Plant Reliability and Safety through Operations Effectiveness Strategy,” E. Habibi, PAS - Presentation
• “Continuous Improvement and Existing Safety Instrumented Systems,” A. Summers, SIS-Tech Solutions - Presentation
• “Process Monitoring and Parameter Estimation via Unscented Kalman Filtering,” C.Y.Qu and J. Hahn, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University - Presentation

Facility Siting

• “A systematic Method for Modeling Explosion Overpressures,” T.A. Melton and J. Marx, Quest Consultants - Presentation
• “Process Infrastructure Hazards Analysis,” D. Ferguson, DuPont - Presentation
• “Risk-based Versus Consequence-based Approaches on Facility Siting Study,” G. Silva, Dyadem International
• “Dow’s Portable Building Practices - An Update,” K. Koslan, Dow Chemical

Reactive Chemicals II

• “Runaway Evaluation for Dicumyl Peroxide in teh Batch Reactor by DSC and VSP2R,” W.-N. Hu, Y.-W. Wang, S.-H. Wu, and C.-M. Shu, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan - Presentation
• “A Management Systems Review of Dow’s Reactive Chemicals Program,” H. Honstone, Dow Chemical
• “A Systematic Approach to Reactive Hazard Management,” P. Lodal, Eastman Chemical Company - Presentation
• “Isothermal decomposition of hydroxylamine and hydroxylamine nitrate in aqueous solutions in the temperature range 353-400 K,” L. Liu, W.J. Rogers, M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center and M. Papadaki, Environmental and Natural Resources Management Department, University of Ionnina, Greece - Presentation

Management for Process Safety I

• “A Risk Based Maintenance Approach for PSM Facilities,” A.L. Sepeda, A.L. Sepeda Consulting - Presentation
• “Control of MRO Materials Supply Chain: Preventing Materials Mix-ups that Might LEad to PRocess Safety Incidents,” D. Ellis, M. Mason, and B. Moniz, DuPont - Presentation
• “Managing Corrosion Challenges in Gas Processing Plants,” M.A. Saleem, Saudi Aramco - Presentation
• “Safe Limits for Dispersion of Vapor and Liquid Releases from Atmospheric Safety Relief Devices,” S.M. Mitchell, B. Banick, S. Ostrowski, and D. Kimbril, ExxonMobil - Presentation

Knowledge Management

• “Learning from Disaster - Implementing the Lessons Learned from Texas City?” G. Kiihne, BASF
• “Don’t Just Pass the Parcel: Accidents that would not have occured if those involved had talked to each other,” T.A. Kletz, Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University
• “Learning from the Past and Knowledge Management: Are We Making Progress?” H.J. Pasman, TNO, The Netherlands

William Wark, Board Member of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

TRACK I

• Skip Early, Early Consulting
• Kathy Shell, RMT

TRACK II

• Mike Marshall, OSHA
• Marc Levin, Shell Global Solutions

TRACK III

• George King, Dow Chemical
• Scott Ostrowski, ExxonMobil

Human Factors

• “Addressing the Behavioral Aspects of Human Factors in Process Safety Management,” D. Jones, Cameron Int’l
• “Case Studies in Human Factors: When Trues Goes Awry,” K. Kas, Rohm and Haas - Presentation
• “Incident and Evidence Submittal for Court Presentation,” K.V. Farrell, Orange Plant, SRW - Presentation

Management for Process Safety II

• “Design Safety into your Plant,” F. Joop, Intergraph Corporation - Presentation
• “Inherently Safer Chemical Processes - 2nd Edition,” D. Moore, M. Hazzan, M. Rose, D. Heller, AcuTech Consulting Group; D. Hendershot, Chilworth Technology, Inc.; and A. Dowell, Rohm & Haas
• “Learning HAZOP Expert System by Case-based Reasonin,” J. Zhao, Tsinghua University

Metrics, Metrics, and Metrics

• “A Systematic Approach to Process Safety Metrics and Safety Performance,” S. Arendt, ABS Consulting - Presentation
• “And Inustry-Wide Process Safety Metrics Development Effort,” T.A. Overton, Dow Chemical - Presentation
• “The Use of Metrix in Improving Process Safety Performance,” J. Bresland, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Safety Culture

• “Analysis of Safety Culture and Safety Performance Relationship of a Major Petrochemical Corporation in Taiwan,” C.-S. Kao, Y.M. Chung, W.H. Lai, and T.F. Chuang, National United University, Taiwan - Presentation
• “Safety Climate: Leading or Lagging Indicator of Safety Outcomes?” S.C. Payne, M.E. Bergman, J.M. Rodrigez, and J.B. Henning, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University - Presentation
• “Examining Organizational and Safety Culture Causes of the BP Texas City Refinery Explostion,” D. Holmstrom, M. Kaszniak, and C. MacKenzie, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Inversigation Board
• “Joint PHA & SIL Faciliation - Successful Implementation Steps,” C. Miller, Exida and M. Crawford, Chevron ETC

Management for Process Safety III

• “Implementing a Major Project PSM Program: A BP Perspective,” J.H. Seltzer, BP Operation Canadian Crude and W.F. Early, Early Consulting - Presentation
• “Selection and Optimization of Isolation Valves,” G.A. Melhem, L.S. Sousa, N. Prohpet, and A. Nonato, ioMosaic - Presentation
• “Safety Considerations for SCADA or DCS Cyber Attacks,” J. Pollett, PlantData Technologies, Inc.
• “Fuzzy Logic for Process Safety Analysis,” A.S. Markowski, Technical University of Lodz and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center - Presentation

LNG/Offshore

• “The Inherent Safe Design of an Offshore Installation - A Leap of Faith,” B. Poblete, B. Singh, J.P. Kenny, G. Dalzell, Lloyd’s Register - Presentation
• “Modeling of LNG Spills into Trenches,” F. Gavelli, Exponent - Presentation
• “Results of the Pool Fire Modeling Workshop,” M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center

• “Case Study: Polyethylene Wax Plant Explosion Fire,” L. Hasselbring, Stress Engineering
• “Some Unusual Case Histories from Personal Experiences,” J. Bradshaw, Texas A&M University
• “Rail Ruminations for Process Safety Improvement,” K. van Scyoc, DNV
• “Investigation of the Jahn Foundry and CTA Acoustics Dust Explosions: Similarities and Differences,” T.J. Myers and A.F. Ibarreta, Exponent

Dr. M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center