Overview

This webinar features two presentations exploring critical health and safety considerations for the offshore sector. Following the presentations, viewers will have the chance to submit their questions to the speakers in a live Q&A.

To Zone or not to Zone – high flash point fluids.
The zoning for high flash point fluids is a point of great debaterr1107.pdf (hse.gov.uk)and the implications in terms of cost can be extensive, especially in the offshore industry where the use of fluids such as diesel is wide-spread. The presentation will present a review of current industry guidance and highlight key points to consider for different fluids and the specification of ATEX rated equipment.

This presentation will be given by Steve Sherwen who has extensive experience in Hazardous Area Classification (HAC) and Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres (DSEAR) both offshore and onshore and is a committee member for the EI15 document ‘’ Area classification for installations handling flammable fluids”.

Defining good practice for Fire and Gas Detector Mapping – an overview of the recently published British Standard BS 60080:2020.
As part of a structured process safety management system, fire and gas detection plays an important role in the protection of people, the environment, assets and corporate reputation. Detection is dependent on both the hardware’s ability to function on demand and detectors being located in the ‘right’ place. Historically, there has been a significant effort invested in ensuring detectors function on demand and less focus given to their positioning (termed fire and gas detector mapping).

Historically there has been limited guidance on how many detectors you need and where they should go. The reason being that the locating of detectors is not trivial and can be influenced by many factors such as ventilation conditions (both forced and natural), nature of the gas being released, congestion, confinement, amongst others. This presentation will give an overview of what can considered good practice with respect to fire and gas detector mapping and highlight key points from the recently published British Standard on the topic (BS 60080:2020).

This presentation will be given by Tim Jones who is on the BS 60080:2020 authoring committee and has extensive experience in conducting consequence modelling and probabilistic analysis to reduce risk to As Low As Reasonably Practicable.

Join us at 12:00 BST, 1 July 2021 to hear both of these innovative talks, and put forward your questions to our expert speakers in a live Q&A session.

Steve Sherwen: Principal Consultant, RPS

Steve Sherwen is a Principal Consultant with RPS with over 25 years industrial experience working as a consultant and in operational roles. Steve is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and holds degrees in both Mechanical and Fire and Explosion Engineering. He is considered an expert in the field of DSEAR compliance and has an excellent knowledge of risk management and fire engineering in the high hazard process industries. Steve is a committee member for EI15 Area classification for installations handling flammable fluids and provides training courses on this topic on behalf of the Energy Institute.

Tim Jones: Principal Consultant, RPS

蒂姆·琼斯是一个主要的顾问与rpover 17 years of experience providing Process Safety Consultancy. Tim is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and holds Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Process Safety and Loss Prevention from the University of Sheffield. His area of focus is fire and explosion management in the oil and gas, nuclear and pharmaceutical industries and he has experience in safety assessments of both onshore and offshore facilities. His main area of expertise is hazard modelling and probabilistic analysis, including explosion, gas dispersion and fire modelling using CFD and phenomenological methods. Tim has a particular focus on fire and gas mapping and is on the committee for the recently published standard on the topic (BS 60080:2020).