Overview

This webinar describes the lessons learned and the safety challenges surrounding carrying out virtual HAZOP. The webinar highlights the Human Factors (HF), the management of the safety studies, as the world is facing an enormous number of challenges due remote to working. The challenge is even greater for those in the hazardous process industries where the requirement to comply with modern risk-based process safety legislation calls for added scrutiny. Studies such as HAZID, HAZOP, and LOPA.

Online HAZOP is certainly an interesting option. Especially for short HAZOP’s, an online meeting can also save costs compared to a physical meeting because there is no need to travel. It is also possible to think of a hybrid solution, where part of the team is together, and an expert can be present virtually.

The speaker will share his practical experience chairing virtual HAZOP’s and provide insight to what to do or not under these circumstances. Furthermore, the lessons learned will be shared.

Speaker

Azzam Younes, Associate Director - Process Safety, WSP

Azzam is a Chartered Chemical Engineer. On graduation he joined BG Group's engineering department and subsequently he worked for Genesis, PSN, and ABB. He has circa 30 years’ experience of working in the process industries mainly in oil and gas.

Currently he is an Associate Director with WSP; he has specific interests in process safety and in the safe and reliable operation of offshore and onshore plants. Azzam is currently working with oil and gas industry clients to address issues associated with process safety, LNG, hydrogen and chairing HAZOP and HAZID studies.

He is a Fellow of IChemE, and a Professional Process Safety Engineer. He has provided a range of services to clients including safety audit, process safety and occupational safety. Currently he is hazoping and leading studies regarding LNG and Hydrogen.

He is the Vice Chair and a former Chair of the IChemE’s Aberdeen Member Group, and active member of the branch organising Technical Seminars (webinars), Technical visits to branch members.

Azzam is passionate about process safety; and he is an accredited HAZOP Chair, IChemE trained and BP, BG (Shell), CNR, ConocoPhillips (Harbour Energy), Chevron (Ithaca), ABB and Total Approved Volunteer lecturing at Aberdeen University for the MSc in Chemical Engineering regarding membrane, desalination, and process safety.

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the North Scotland MG in full. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Time

12:00–13:00 BST.

Software

The presentation will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. We recommend downloading the app from the Microsoft website, rather than using the web portal.