Hazard & Operability and Identification Studies and Design Reviews

Petrellus engineers are often working as facilitators of Harzard & Operability (HAZOP), Hazard Identification (HAZID) or Design Review Studies and workshops. This work has resulted in the development of HAZID+ software that improves the efficiency of the hazard identification process and provides semi-quantification of risks and evaluations of good designs versus bad designs.

HAZID+

HAZID+ is software for the management, recording and quantification of risk related features of a process facility. HAZID+ is a computerised means for:

	Identification of hazards, their causes, consequences and safeguards/performance standards associated with the operation of a process facility
	Hazard register
	Quantification of the hazards using a Risk Matrix
	Evaluation of the risk
	Risk summary
	Action items including close-out status
	Action sheets

The software was developed for the use in the oil & gas, refinery and chemical industries by engineers working in the combined areas of risk assessment, integrity and emergency response. The methods of HAZID+ have been successfully used for a number of years.