One company's observations on the implementation of LOPA

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 284-291

  Bertelsmann, Anne ^a  

^a Marathon Petroleum Company LP   (United States)

Author keywords

conditional modifiers; hazard and operability study; independent protection layers; layer of protection analysis; process hazard analysis; risk assessment; risk reduction factors

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; PETROLEUM REFINING; REFINING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONDITIONAL MODIFIERS; HAZARD AND OPERABILITY STUDY; INDEPENDENT PROTECTION LAYERS; LAYER OF PROTECTION ANALYSIS; PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTIONS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 85013115100     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.11873     Document Type: Article

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