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Has the Safety Case Failed? SPE-134059-PP Below is an article written for the SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in 2010. The full article can be found below: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254532424_Has_the_Safety_Case_Failed Brendan Fitzgerald and Paul Breen, Vanguard Solutions Pty Ltd, and Joe Patrick, SPE, Hunter Oil Pty Ltd Copyright 2010, Society of...
Our HAZOP Facilitators have sat through more HAZOPs than they can count, both outside of Vanguard and during their time working with us; chairing them, scribing them, working the design side of the table, and for some, just observing as a fresh graduate. This combined experience is where the real lessons live. So we sat a few of them down and asked what they've learnt from their years of facilitation.
By Theo Chieng & Brendan Fitzgerald First Published on LinkedIn on 28th of January, 2025 “A safety engineer requires knowledge, tact and, at times, more than a little courage”- An operating company management system. Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, a painful reminder to the world that space travel is never routine. Just Another Launch On the 28th...
By Brendan FitzgeraldFirst Published in Australian Oil & Gas on 14/07/2004A new generation of engineers and operators have entered the Oil & Gas industry since 6 July 1988, when the Piper Alpha platform disaster claimed 167 lives. Those of us who worked through that period and were part of the implementation of the safety case regime that arose from it have a rare opportunity to...