Published Jul 4, 2025 | Last updated Aug 21, 2025 | Industry, Oil and Gas
Loss of Containment (LoC) occurs when a hazardous substance escapes from the system designed to hold it. This may involve gases like ammonia, as well as liquids or solids leaking from tanks, pipelines, valves, or vessels. In many industries this is dangerous, but in...
Published Jul 4, 2025 | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 | Industry, Manufacturing
In 2018, a devastating explosion tore through the Didion Milling Inc. corn milling facility in Cambria, Wisconsin, USA. Didion Milling Inc. is an agricultural processing and co-located bioscience facility specialising in dry corn mill, industrial alcohol and ethanol...
Published Jul 2, 2025 | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 | Industry, OpenRisk
Bowtie diagrams are a graphic tool that are shaped like a bow-tie. Bowtie’s are centered around an unwanted event (top event) with preventative barriers to the left and mitigating barriers to the right of the top event. In this way, the bowtie visualises how...
Published Jul 2, 2025 | Last updated Jul 4, 2025 | Barrier Management, Industry
Presight Barrier Management tool is a critical component to process safety management. In short, the software provides the full risk picture of your assets, whether it is a drilling rig like a jack-up rig, a fixed platform, a semi-sub or even a drill ship. It can also...
Published Jun 24, 2025 | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 | Industry, OpenRisk, Uncategorized
Loss of Well Control (LoWC) is one of the most severe incidents in the oil and gas industry. It refers to situations where the pressure in a well can no longer be managed safely, potentially resulting in blowouts, fires, environmental damage, and loss of life. Causes...
