Advance Course on Learning from Incidents Using a Barrier-based Approach

Introduction Barrier Failure Analysis (BFA) is a pragmatic, un-opinionated, general-purpose incident analysis method. BFA is a way to structure incidents and to categorize certain parts of an incident taxonomy. The structure consists of events, barriers and causation paths. Events are used to describe a causal sequence of events that we want to prevent from cascading. […]

Hazard Identification (HAZID) Facilitation

Introduction Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment for the maritime sector, also formerly called Marine or Maritime Risk Assessment (MRA), is a structured and systematic methodology, aimed at enhancing maritime safety, including safety of navigation, protection of life, health, the marine environment and property. MRA can be used as a tool to help in the evaluation […]

Introduction to Upstream Oil & Gas Sector

The petroleum industry includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transporting (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing petroleum products. The upstream sector, or more commonly known as Exploration & Production (E&P) is more focus in searching for potential underground or underwater crude oil and natural gas fields, drilling exploratory wells, and subsequently drilling and operating the wells that recover and bring the crude oil and/or raw natural gas to the surface.

Tripod Beta Incident Root Cause Analysis

Overview Tripod Beta is based on an accident causation theory that was developed jointly by Manchester University in the UK and Leiden University in the Netherlands. It takes its name from the association of the three prime elements: unsafe acts, underlying causes and, the accident itself. It acknowledges that human error usually features as a […]