December 2021
Environment and Safety
Assessment of independent protection layers in an LOPA study—Part 2
Industrial facilities, especially those operating in the chemical, oil and gas and petroleum industries, contain inherent risks in operations due to the processing of materials that are hazardous in nature.
The Author
Hemant J. Patel has more than 21 yr of experience in field instrumentation and plant automation in numerous global projects in the oil and gas, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, power and metals industries, among others. He is certified by TÜV SÜD as a Functional Safety Engineer, and as a Cybersecurity Practitioner by Exida. He has expertise in SIL verification calculation through exSILentia software, and has extensive knowledge of project lifecycle activities, including proposals, conceptual design, detailed engineering, construction support, inspection and testing (FAT/SAT), startup and commissioning, operations and maintenance.
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