Onions in Your Plant If you have ever attended process safety training, you have probably seen the “Onion” model. It shows how different protective systems can be arranged as concentric layers…
Not Sexy, But Needful Functional safety is where process safety meets automation. Instead of relying solely on operators or passive protection, Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs) can automatically detect hazardous process conditions and…
When an Alarm Stops Being Useful, It Stops Being Protection Walk into a modern process control room and you may see thousands of alarms configured across the plant. Alarms are…
Why Alarms Matter In a process control room, alarms exist for one important reason: to tell the operator when intervention is needed to prevent an undesired event. For example, reactor pressure…
Bangkok — 29 July 2026 — xSeriCon today announced the successful deployment of its Vizop HAZOP and LOPA software during a four-week process safety workshop for PTT Thailand, supporting the revalidation of…
A HAZOP software application can look impressive in a product demonstration. But the real test comes when it is used for weeks in a live workshop, under the pressure of…
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) has become a cornerstone of modern process safety management. As facilities continue to pursue safer operations while improving engineering efficiency, the need for a digital,…
Avoiding “Them and Us”: Managing SIMOPs Safely We know most industrial facilities tried their best to manage hazardous process operations safely. Construction projects also have well-established safety procedures. But what…
Avoiding the Risks of Operational Drift Through Effective HAZOP Revalidation You’ve just completed a major HAZOP study for a new process facility. The workshop took weeks to prepare, involved a…
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