DOUBLE JEOPARDY and Risk Assessments
Double Jeopardy in Process Safety: Busting the “Safeguard” Myth In any Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) workshop—whether it’s a HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, or a high-level Risk Assessment (RA)—there is one phrase that consistently derails the conversation: “That’s Double Jeopardy!” It is often played like a “Get Out of Jail Free” card to dismiss a scenario simply […]
Use Claude for SIL Verification work – Few shot Prompting
After years of working with Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and conducting SIL verifications for major oil and gas operators, I’ve come to a controversial conclusion: exSILentia and similar expensive SIL calculation software are approaching their natural death. I’ve got 30 years in the industry and at some point TUV certified so I’ve tested this approach […]
We have a barrier management crisis? Don’t we
The Hidden Crisis in Barrier Management: Why Your Safety Systems Don’t Know What Your Plant is Doing The Black Hole Most oil and gas companies operate with a critical blind spot in their safety management systems: they cannot effectively track barrier failures in real-time. While enterprise systems like SAP contain valuable maintenance and equipment data, […]