Pre-Startup Safety Reviews

August 9, 2024

While tools are often conceived to perform a single function – a hammer to drive a nail or a saw to cut wood – they can, with time and ingenuity,..

Process Safety Information

March 4, 2024

While most industries outside of the hydrocarbon industry are not process safety-centric, the underlying premise of preventing significant incidents..

Pre-Startup Safety Reviews – More than an MOC Tool

November 11, 2020

Companies have conducted Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs) as part of Management of Change (MOC) activities for a long time. While required by law..

How Do MOC and Conduct of Operations Drive a Connected Workforce Environment? (Part 2)

June 26, 2020

In Part 1 of this series, we talked about an operating environment where all of the information, history, and procedures needed to safely and..

How Do MOC and Conduct of Operations Drive a Connected Workforce Environment? (Part 1)

June 26, 2020

As stated in a previous post, Management of Change (MOC) is a core foundational element for managing operational risk well. In fact, MOC touches..

Why MOC is part of the core fabric for Intelligent Operations

September 20, 2019

By David Drerup. One of the core framework components of Intelligent Operations is Management of Change (MOC). MOC is rather like a skeletal system..

Challenges Remain in Effective Management of Change Implementation

August 12, 2015

Management of Change (MOC) has been a regulatory requirement for more than 20 years, yet companies continue to struggle to implement and sustain it...