Improving Operations Leaders’ PSM Decision Making
July 29, 2025
Operations and maintenance leaders are frequently confronted with challenging Process Safety Management (PSM) decisions. Too often, leaders do not..
Improving Process Safety Performance By Leveraging Management of Organizational Change
June 17, 2025
Management of Organizational Change (MOOC) addresses the process of managing any change in position or responsibility in an organization or any..
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,..
The Value of Maintaining RAGAGEP Documentation With a Digital Solution
August 5, 2024
While the use of engineering standards for designing and maintaining equipment pre-dates regulatory requirements, the industry agrees that the..
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..
Intelligent PHA Methodology: Through the Eyes of the Facilitator
October 31, 2020
Following the creation of OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard 29 CFR 1910.119, the process industries continue working to improve Process..
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..
Mechanical Integrity is the Answer
March 19, 2020
Mechanical Integrity (MI) is a management system to ensure equipment is properly manufactured, installed, and maintained to ensure its reliability..
Control of Work – a Major Challenge in both Capital Projects and Continuous Operations
January 14, 2020
By David Drerup. Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages (STOs) continue to be a major budget and time challenge. A significant contributing factor to..
Is Risk Management your Achilles’ Heel? How Intelligent Operations helps keep you moving forward
October 23, 2019
By David Drerup. In our previous article, we shared why Enterprise Loss Management is the connective tissue for Intelligent Operations. Risk..
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..
ERM vs. ORM – What is the difference ? (Part 4)
August 19, 2019
In Part 1 of the series on ERM vs. ORM, we discussed the difference between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Operational Risk Management (ORM)...
ERM vs. ORM – What is the difference? (Part 3)
July 17, 2019
In Part 1 of the series on ERM vs. ORM, we discussed the difference between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Operational Risk Management (ORM)...
ERM vs. ORM – What is the difference? (Part 2)
June 5, 2019
In Part 1 of the series on ERM vs. ORM, we discussed the difference between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Operational Risk Management (ORM)...
Why Process Safety Performance Indicators Are Your Silver Lining
February 21, 2019
It's true that process safety incidents have the highest potential for significant injuries and deaths, environmental harm, property damage, business..
Risk-Based Process Safety and API 754... Is this the best practice for process safety?
June 14, 2018
Risk-Based Process Safety is a holistic approach that establishes a fully functional process safety program. This is in contrast to OSHA's CFR..
Improving Process Safety Culture
May 30, 2018
Process Safety Culture has been defined as "the combination of group values and behaviors that determine the manner in which process safety is..