AOG27- AIChE Conference and PHA Optimization

AOG27- AIChE Conference and PHA Optimization

Join us today as Susan talks about her visit to the 2019 AIChE Conference in New Orleans. Also, we discuss PHA optimization. See you at the Blue Sky Conference.

AIChE’s website can be found at:

https://www.aiche.org/

Information on AIChE’s 2020 global conference can be found at:

https://www.aiche.org/conferences/aiche-spring-meeting-and-global-congress-on-process-safety/2020

An abstract of Susan’s paper for the conference can be found below:

PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS (PHA) PREPARATION:

A ROLE BASED OPTIMIZATION

Susan S. Frizzell, PE

Adley Services, LLC

Lafayette, LA

Biography:

Susan Frizzell, PE is the President of Adley Services. Shortly after high school, Susan began

her career alongside her father on a drilling rig. Upon graduating from the University of

Louisiana with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, she obtained her MBA and began working for

a firm performing engineering and process safety reviews on refineries and other land facilities

in the New Orleans area. After Susan relocated to Lafayette, LA, she began engineering

offshore facilities, complimented with process hazard analysis facilitation. During her almost

20-year career, she has worked upstream, midstream, downstream, and all points in between.

She is a licensed professional engineer and an executive member of various organizations.

Abstract

A PHA meeting consumes large resources and can place a strain on departmental

manpower. Teams are often faced with the want to be more efficient in PHA conflicting with the

need to be thorough and accurate. The key to solving this paradox is efficient preparation. By

examining the lessons learned from past PHA’s, a role by role analysis of best practices with

regards to preparation will allow a PHA team to reduce the costly time spent in the meeting and

yet still stay true to the methods and deliver a great, safe result.

When it comes to an optimal PHA, preparation is everything. For example, in a 6-member

team PHA, 60 minutes of misused time equates to 6 hours of misused manhours. Whether it is

managerial, operations, engineering, or even facilitation, there are lessons learned from previous

PHA’s that when shared, will not only make the PHA more efficient and the facility safer, but the

industry as whole better. The goal being that those reading this be able to take back to their

facility these practical preparation tips to share with their present and future PHA team members

so that the resources of the facility can be better spent.