Applying Systems Approach to Wells Process Safety Management for Hse Goal Zero Sustainbility

摘要

This abstract highlights the strategic importance of Process Safety Management (PSM) to organizations, and introduces an innovative approach for assessing the robustness of a Process Safety Management System (PSMS), and for reengineering it as necessary to enhance and support sustainable performance in HSE Goal Zero (GZ). Because process safety incidents occur mostly in operational activities, there is obvious temptation to treat Process Safety as an operational issue. But the huge loss (>USD 60 billion fines/penalties and ~50% reduction of shareholder value) suffered by BP in the immediate aftermath of the Macondo Well Control Incident (WCI) revealed the strategic dimension of Wells Process Safety Incidents (WPSI), and their potential to precipitate corporate collapse if not properly mitigated against. Evidently, Wells Process Safety Management (WPSM) transcends operational level of organizational management and is quintessentially strategic due to the existential threats that failures in this area could pose to business survivability. Consequently, it is imperative for organizations whose operations might involve Process Safety related Major Accident Hazards (MAH) to have a high-quality PSMS that is properly harmonized with their corporate strategic intent, goals and aspirations. However, the success or otherwise of this depends in no small measure on the robustness of the approach and methodology employed in developing the management system and testing its effectiveness on an ongoing basis.