Terminals Talk

Following the Buncefield explosions and fires in 2005, broad improvements were introduced within the petroleum storage sector and across other major hazard industries. In this episode, we explore with Ian Travers, a world expert on process safety management and leadership, the progress made over the past 20 years, and why the principles of process safety leadership derived from Buncefield are still very much a key focus today.

Natural hazards can initiate events which challenge the safety and operation at hazardous installations. In this episode, we explore with Dr Mike Nicholas, Senior Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation and COMAH, at the Environment Agency, the risks, measures and procedures that could be implemented to help improve resilience to extreme weather events and other climate change impacts.

In this episode, we explore with Andy Stanley, Director of RAS Process Safety Technical Consultants, the evolving landscape of process safety in the journey toward carbon neutrality.

In this episode, we explore business rates and consider plant & machinery rating with David McCausland, Head of Rating at Farebrother Chartered Surveyors, and Martyn Lyons, Independent Director at the Tank Storage Association

The bulk storage and energy infrastructure sector plays a key role in the supply security and resilience of products that are critical to our daily lives, including transport and heating fuels, chemicals, animal feed and foodstuffs. In this episode, we discuss what’s next for the bulk storage and energy infrastructure sector and the trends that are emerging in to the supply and demand of products in the UK.

Energy storage is key to the energy transition and technological developments in this area will be central to its success. In this episode, we explore the potential of flow batteries in supporting the energy transition and discuss their role in the fast-growing field of energy storage. 

2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) scheme, an industry initiative backed by government designed to ensure that all tanker drivers in the UK are trained and assessed to a consistent standard in loading, transporting and offloading petroleum fuel products from road tankers.

In this episode, we explore the landscape for the terminals sector as well as evolving trade routes and supply chains which are reshaping along geographic and political lines.

In this episode, we explore with Ian Travers the fundamentals of hazard identification and risk assessment to determine or review the control measures needed to protect against process safety hazards.

In this episode, we explore how apprenticeships can benefit businesses across the terminals sector as well as some of the apprenticeship routes available in our sector.