Life extension studies - The ABB Group

Winter 2011/12 edition of the customer 

magazine from ABB Consulting 

solutions 

Life extension studies 

Don’t ignore your first line of defence 03 

Alarm management and how ABB can help improve it 

Asset life extension 04 

Asset life studies on Maersk FPSOs 

Retrospective HAZOP’s 06 

HAZOP technique applied to existing facility at BP CATS 

Prestigious health and safety prize win 08 

ABB, Esso and suppliers team wins RoSPA Gold Award

Editorial 

Peter Hunt 

Business Development Director 

ABB Consulting 

Looking ahead... 

Welcome to the second edition of the new format 

Solutions newsletter. 

© Maersk 

Maersk Curlew FPSO 04. BP CATS Terminal 06. 

© BP 

This edition includes articles from pharmaceutical, 

chemical and oil & gas companies with process safety, 

asset ageing and integrity being key themes. Two of our 

articles, PTT and Springfield Fuels, focus on technical 

training and competency where ABB Consulting 

continues to see a high demand from our customers. 

Shasun Pharma Solutions 08. 

© Shasun 

During 2011 well over 2000 delegates attended ABB’s 

lunchtime talks, seminars, training courses, conferences 

and webinars. We also provided an increased amount of 

bespoke training at customer sites / offices. 

We continue to develop this offer with lunchtime 

talks now running in Yorkshire in addition to those in 

Humberside, the North East, the North West, Aberdeen 

and Grangemouth. 

We have also increased the number of our IChemE 

approved courses and our Pressure Relief training 

course is now running in Singapore and Australia. 

Best wishes for 2012 to all of our readers. 

‘Hot topic’ update 

3 Don’t ignore your first line of defence 

Feature articles 

4 Asset life extension 

Asset life studies on Maersk FPSOs 

6 Retrospective HAZOPs 

HAZOP technique applied to existing facility at BP CATS 

Pressure systems training 

ABB deliver training for Springfield Fuels Ltd 

8 Prestigious health and safety prize win 

Project team wins RoSPA Gold Award 

Ageing plant assessment 

Management of ageing assets at Shasun 

12 Continued support to PTT 

Continued Technical Due Diligence training for PTT 

Conferences and events 

9 Conferences 

Recent conferences ABB have sponsored, exhibited at 

or attended 

10 Events / training 

Recent events or training courses ABB have attended 

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‘Hot topic’ updates 

Typical alarms system. 

Don’t ignore your first line of 

defence 

In principle, modern alarm systems 

provide process operators with an 

essential tool in managing plant 

operations and minimising unplanned 

abnormal events, such as plant outage 

or equipment damage. In the multiple 

lines of defence of any process plant, 

they provide an invaluable layer of 

protection, combining the flexibility and 

adaptability of the plant operator with 

the power of technology. 

However in practice, poor initial design 

and lack of effective alarm management 

have resulted in alarm systems that are 

not “fit for purpose”. In many cases the 

system ceases to be a decision support 

tool and becomes a noisy distraction 

to be ignored, or in the worst case, 

may distract or confuse the operator 

and compromise his response to an 

abnormal situation. 

Over the years, the most extreme cases 

of this have led to a number of incidents 

in which poor alarm management has 

been seen as a key contributing factor 

e.g. Texaco Milford Haven, BP Texas 

City and Three Mile Island. 

Good alarm management not only 

reduces the risk of a major plant 

incident by enabling good decision 

making in complex and stressful 

situations, but also brings a host of 

other benefits: 

−− 

Increased production and equipment 

availability 

−− 

Reduced equipment maintenance 

costs 

−− 

Smoother run ups / run downs 

−− 

Reduced outage for maintenance 

−− 

Reduced equipment damage 

−− 

Reduced demand on protective 

systems 

−− 

Lower risk of incidents with serious 

safety, environmental or financial 

consequences 

Realising that you have a problem with 

your alarm system may be the first 

step to achieving these benefits. An 

alarm review will establish compliance 

with recognised good practice such 

as the EEMUA 191 guideline and ISA 

18.02 standard. It provides a ‘where 

are we now’ analysis and represents 

the benchmark phase of a total alarm 

management initiative. 

Although it is effective as a standalone 

exercise it can also serve as the 

first step in a larger alarm improvement 

programme, which should comprise the 

following elements: 

−− 

Integration of alarm management 

principles into new projects and plant 

modifications 

−− 

Improvement project to remediate 

alarm issues on existing systems 

−− 

Establishing a framework for ongoing 

alarm management 

−− 

Building a team with clear 

responsibility and motivation to 

deliver and maintain an effective 

alarm management system and the 

associated benefits 

Companies that treat their alarm system 

as a key production asset; seeing 

the need for ongoing management 

to identify any problems and working 

to continuously improve their system 

are on the journey to improve. ABB 

Consulting has significant history of 

successful alarm improvement projects 

based on our experience and a broad 

range of professional skills. 

www.abb.com/consulting ABB solutions magazine winter 2011/12 

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Asset life 

extension 

Maersk FPSOs develop, build, install and 

operate Floating Production, Storage and 

Offloading units (FPSOs) tailored for oil 

production in demanding environments. 

These vessels are among the 

most technically complex 

vessels in the world, and 

Maersk FPSO is a supplier 

to some of world’s leading energy 

companies. Maersk FPSO recently 

commissioned ABB Consulting to 

undertake three separate projects in 

relation to ageing and life extension. 

The first project was for the Curlew 

Field, which is developed via subsea 

facilities feeding into an FPSO owned 

by Maersk FPSO. The field partners 

are Shell (50%) and Esso (50%), with 

Shell as the operator. As part of an 

internal Curlew Status Review project, 

ABB were asked to undertake a study 

to identify the major issues and areas 

of capital expenditure required in order 

to extend the life of the FPSO through 

to 2019. The study was focused on the 

topsides pressure systems, rotating 

equipment and fire protection safety 

systems. The study involved an initial 

workshop with key operations and 

maintenance personnel to identify the 

scope of the study and understand 

existing life limiting issues. 

This was followed by a structured 

review of the original design data for 

the systems as well as the operational 

history, inspection reports and 

maintenance records. This allowed the 

multidiscipline ABB team to identify the 

life limiting issues, quantify the risk in 

terms of health, safety, environment, 

reputation and production as well as 

develop pragmatic recommendations to 

eliminate the issues or reduce the risks. 

The cost for individual recommendations 

was then estimated, together with 

proposed implementation dates. This 

facilitated the development of an 

expenditure profile for the asset through 

to the revised cessation of production 

date. 

The second project was also for the 

Curlew Field and involved undertaking 

an audit of the integrity management 

systems associated with ageing and 

life extension ahead of a forthcoming 

Key Programme 4 (KP4) audit by the 

Health & Safety Executive. This audit 

involved on site structured discussions 

with the main operations staff and main 

engineering disciplines together with a 

review of sample documentation across 

the five principal elements of the KP4 

audit programme. 

The third project was for the North 

Sea Producer FPSO which is currently 

Maersk Curlew FPSO. 

located on the MacCulloch Field 

and is operated by ConocoPhillips. 

This project involved the design and 

facilitation of a one day workshop to 

identify potential ‘gaps’ in the integrity 

management systems associated with 

ageing and life extension ahead of a 

forthcoming KP4 audit by the Health & 

Safety Executive. The output from this 

workshop was then used to develop an 

‘improvement roadmap’. 

All three projects were completed 

in a short time frame to the overall 

satisfaction of the client. 



© Maersk FPSOs 

“ABB’s Asset Integrity Management team carried out an 

Asset Life Strategy Review and a KP4 gap analysis audit for 

our unit Maersk Curlew. Both studies were carried out on 

time and to the approved budget and we were satisfied with 

the reports produced as the final outcome of the studies.” 

Niels Poulsen, Mechanical Engineer, Maersk FPSOs. 

Iain Wright 

Principal Consultant 


Maersk FPSOs contributes to global energy supply by delivering safe and reliable floating 

oil and gas production services. Maersk FPSOs develop, build, install and operate FPSOs 

(Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units) tailored for oil production in demanding 

environments. FPSOs are among the most technically complex vessels in the world, and 

Maersk FPSOs is a proud supplier to some of world’s leading energy companies. 


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BP CATS Terminal, Teesside, UK. 

© BP 

Retrospective HAZOPs 

The HAZOP technique has been in use for many years and has 

proven to be an excellent tool to help identify process hazards, 

allow companies to control major accident risks and prevent 

operability issues. 



The technique has traditionally 

been applied during projects and 

modifications. However, an increasing 

use of the HAZOP technique is to apply 

it in a ‘retrospective’ manner to existing 

facilities and not only on new projects or 

for modifications. BP require HAZOPs to 

be conducted on their existing assets in 

order to ensure that they are operated 

to the highest safety standards. 

ABB Consulting were approached by 

personnel at the BP CATS gas terminal 

to conduct a retrospective HAZOP. 

This involved utilising an experienced 

HAZOP leader and scribe from ABB, 

BP process and mechanical engineers, 

senior operators and other specialist 

disciplines. The study was conducted 

over a number of months utilising a 

highly structured approach to HAZOPs. 

BP have set new, higher standards 

for conducting HAZOPs. HAZOP is a 

rigorous, searching technique and when 

applied utilising a multi-disciplined team 

can help identify many issues that the 

original designers may have overlooked. 

Similarly, personnel who have operated 

and maintained such processes can 

highlight problems they have faced 

during day to day operations. 

Many recommendations are generated 

from such an in depth, critical 

review of production facilities. The 

recommendations are aimed at 

continually reducing risks to as low as 

reasonably practicable levels such that 

incidents are prevented and companies 

continue to operate successfully. 

The partnership between ABB 

skilled HAZOP resources and BP’s 

experienced operations personnel can 

yield significant business benefits for 

successful continued operation. 

A retrospective HAZOP provides BP 

with a new ‘baseline’ study which can 

further be used and kept ‘evergreen’, 

as future process improvements are 

identified and subjected to the HAZOP 

methodology. The HAZOP report 

thereby becomes a living document 

that reflects current understanding of 

hazards and risks. 

ABB is now supporting BP CATS in 

the close out of the actions. This is a 

prioritised programme of work to ensure 

that the risk reduction benefits of the 

HAZOPs are fully realised in a timely 

manner. 

BP is one of the world’s leading international 

oil and gas companies, providing its customers 

with fuel for transportation, energy for heat 

and light, retail services and petrochemicals 

products for everyday items. 

CATS is the Central Area Transmission System, 

which delivers 20% of the UKs gas through 

a 404 kilometre (223 mile) pipeline from the 

Central North Sea to the CATS processing 

Terminal in Teesside on the North East coast 

of England, UK. 

Pressure systems training 

Springfields Fuels Ltd (SFL) manage 

the integrity of their process plant using 

a risk based approach. This requires 

a consistent and appropriate level of 

technical competence relating to design 

features, legislative compliance, modes 

of deterioration, fitness for service 

and other key aspects of equipment 

integrity. 

In setting up a Skills Development 

Programme, SFL recognised that the 

technical and professional development 

of their professional engineers is 

particularly important to the success 

of the business. The company 

identified a need to develop their 

‘Responsible Engineers’ at their site 

near Preston with a wider and deeper 

knowledge on legislative compliance 

relevant to SFL areas of operation, 

particularly in relation to National and 

International codes in such areas as 

pressure systems, piping integrity and 

management of deterioration. 

SFL required a focussed technical 

training programme to be delivered 

by experts in the necessary technical 

areas. They recognised ABB’s technical 

expertise and long-standing experience 

of developing and delivering technical 

training. SFL commissioned a series of 

three two-day training courses covering 

pressure equipment integrity. 

This tailored training programme will 

be followed by appropriate hands-on 

experience, coaching and mentoring 

to support and embed the learning. 

This training will also form the basis of 

development of new engineers. 

“By working with the consultants at ABB we were 

able to tailor the course content to meet the specific 

needs of our business. I have received many positive 

comments from the engineers who attended the three 

two day courses, and as an engineering community 

we have benefited greatly from the training.” 

Mark Britt, Inspection Group Manager, SFL 

Springfield Fuels Ltd Preston site. 

Springfields, near Preston, has provided nuclear fuel fabrication services since the mid- 

1940s – in fact it was the first plant in the world to produce fuel for a commercial power 

station. On 1 April 2010 Westinghouse entered into an agreement with the Nuclear 

Decommissioning Authority (NDA) for a long-term lease of the Springfields site, which 

transferred responsibility for the commercial fuel manufacturing business and Springfields 

Fuels Limited to Westinghouse. 

© SFL 


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Prestigious health and safety prize win 

ABB Consulting’s demolition and 

remediation team have won a top safety 

certificate awarded by the country’s 

Royal Society for the Prevention of 

Accidents (RoSPA) for the rigorous 

safety management standards applied 

in 2010 to one of many projects 

undertaken by the group. The joint 

ABB / Esso demolition and remediation 

project team have been awarded the 

RoSPA Gold for the fourth year running 

and the 7th RoSPA award in total. This 

is recognised as a fantastic achievement 

by the project team who are setting the 

industry standard for safe demolition 

and remediation projects, through their 

leadership, dedication and commitment 

to delivering health and safety 

excellence. 

The work associated with the award 

winning project is predominantly 

located within complex city centre 

environments, where reducing petrol 

retail margins and rising land prices 

have made the sale of land financially 

attractive. To enable the land to be sold, 

it needs to be remediated to eliminate 

The ‘Team’ members of the ABB, Esso and suppliers senior managers. 

“RoSPA firmly believes that organisations that have 

demonstrated their commitment to continuous 

improvement in accident and ill health prevention 

deserve recognition. ABB / Esso demolition and 

remediation projects has shown that it is committed to 

striving for such continuous improvement and we are 

delighted to honour it through the presentation of an 

award.” 

David Rawlins, RoSPA Awards Manager 

any potential historical legacy issues. In 

delivering the project, ABB has overall 

responsibility for decommissioning, 

CDM coordination, land remediation 

and project management. ABB applied 

their five stage demolition methodology 

to the project to offer Esso a safe, cost 

effective and complete solution. 

Ageing plant assessment 

The integrity management of ageing 

plant has become a key issue for much 

of the process industry in the UK, as 

an increasing number of assets are 

operated beyond their original design 

life. 

The leadership team at Shasun 

Pharma Solutions’ Cramlington site 

are developing and implementing a 

proactive and consistent approach to 

the management of ageing assets. In 

support of this initiative, ABB Consulting 

were engaged to carry out an ageing 

plant ‘health check’ for the site. 

The health check consisted of an audit 

and a criticality analysis. The audit 

included a review of the current asset 

integrity management systems and an 

assessment of the vulnerability of the 

site’s assets to ageing. The criticality 

analysis took into consideration both the 

findings from the audit and the Health, 

Safety, Environmental and production 

consequences of equipment failure. 

The study highlighted that the site 

management team already have in place 

a number of effective systems and 

policies for the management of ageing 

plant. Opportunities for improvement 

were also identified. These opportunities 

were prioritised by means of the 

criticality assessment and corrective 

actions recommended. 

Shasun Pharma Solutions found the 

health check to be a value adding 

process and plan to use the output 

of the study to optimise their integrity 

management programs. 

Shasun Pharma Solutions’ Cramlington site. 

© Shasun 

Shasun Pharma Solutions is the vertically 

integrated chemistry partner for the 

pharmaceutical industry. Its services include 

innovative process research and development, 

rapid response small scale manufacture for 

clinical trial supply and full scale commercial 

manufacture of advanced intermediates and 

API’s, all with seamless technology transfer and 

under cGMP. 


Pressure relief 

conference 

Edinburgh 

Conference delegates - Asif Raza, ABB; Andy 

Plant, Lucite; Malcolm Pass, ABB; Zac Meadows, 

FujiFilm Imaging; Bill Brown, Syngenta; Liz 

Thomas, ABB; Phyllida Sumner, FujiFilm 

Diosynths; Roger Bours, Fike; Neil Roberts, Dow 

Corning; Colin Deddes, BP; Gaynor Woodford 

and John Walkington, ABB. 

HazardEx 

conference 2011 

North Yorkshire 

Alan King, ABB, presented a paper 

entitled ‘SIL determination in the 

hazardous area’ at the HazardEx 

conference 2011 in Harrogate, UK. 


IQPC offshore 

safety summit 

Aberdeen 

ABB exhibited at the IQPC offshore 

safety summit in Aberdeen. Rob Turner, 

ABB, gave a presentation entitled ‘Alarm 

management: A key element of Process 

Safety Management (PSM)’. There were 

delegates from ConocoPhillips, Hess, 

National Grid and GDF Suez. 

ABB hosted its second conference 

and exhibition on ‘Pressure relief’ in 

Edinburgh. There were 80 delegates 

with guest speakers from Lucite, 

FujiFilm, Syngenta, Fike, SABIC, Dow 

Corning and BP. Malcolm Pass, ABB, 

also held a PEL Software introduction 

session. The event was very well 

received and preparation for the 2012 

conference is under way. Please contact 

Debby Law - deborah.law@gb.abb.com 

if you would be interested in presenting 

at the 2012 conference. 

Asset integrity 

management 

Aberdeen seminar 

Andy Hollins, ABB, presented at the 

asset integrity management seminar 

in Aberdeen. His presentation, entitled 

‘Life extension of upstream assets - 

managing integrity and process safety’ 

was very well received by over 60 

delegates from companies such as BP, 

Total, Centrica Storage Ltd, Marathon 

Oil and Maersk Oil. 

Andy Hollins, ABB, presenting at the asset 

integrity management seminar. 

Alan King, ABB, presenting at the HazardEx 

conference 2011. 

Launch of 2012 

Improving Business 

Performance 

Annual conference 

This one-day conference, run in 

association with the Chemical Industries 

Association (CIA) will be held on 29th 

February 2012 at the Thorpe Park Hotel 

in Leeds. This conference will explore 

the key attributes of resource efficiency 

and promote sharing of the lessons 

learned by those that have started 

on the continuous improvement path. 

Delegates will learn from organisations 

that have taken varying approachs to 

business improvement. To find out more 

please contact Debby Law - 

deborah.law@gb.abb.com or visit: 

http://bit.ly/ibpc2012 

Improving Business 

Performance conference flyer. 

Rob Turner, ABB, presenting at the IQPC 

offshore safety summit. 

Hazards Asia Pacific 

Symposium 

Kuala Lumpur 

The ABB exhibition stand at the conference. From 

left: John Walkington, Ken Bell, Peter Hunt and 

Jon Cook of ABB. 

ABB Consulting were the headline 

sponsor of the first HAZARDS AP 

symposium in Kuala Lumpur. It was 

jointly organised by the Chemical 

Industries Council of Malaysia (CICM) 

and the IChemE. During the event, ABB 

presented four technical papers by Ken 

Bell, Allen Ormond and Jon Cook. With 

over 230 attendees, the symposium was 

very well attended with delegates from 

companies such as Petronas, Syngenta, 

Shell, BASF, DuPont, Talisman, 

Huntsman, ConocoPhillips and Orica. 


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PEL goes back to school! 

A new initiative has been undertaken to 

provide undergraduates access to PEL for 

their final year projects. The universities of 

Cambridge, Heriot Watt, Newcastle have so 

far joined the scheme. 

PEL training 

In response to the overwhelming requests 

from users, two physical properties 

masterclasses and two ‘Open’ PEL training 

courses have been presented in ABB’s 

offices at Belasis and Daresbury. Users from 

INEOS Chlor, Mexichem, Lucite, Sabic, 

Fujifilm, Urenco, Worley Parsons, Teijin Films, 

Huntsman Tioxide, Invista, Johnson Matthey, 

and ABB attended. Such was the excellent 

feedback that these courses have now been 

scheduled for 2012. 

www.tinyurl.com/es-seminars 

ProvueDB.net grows in popularity 

This new product extends the successful 

desktop system for creating and controlling 

datasheets with the ability to access them 

from anywhere in the world - through your 

normal browser. Create your datasheets in 

China, check them in the UK, and approve 

them in Houston! There is nothing to 

download or install, and you get the latest 

updates automatically. Add to this the ability 

to transfer your existing databases from 

the desktop, instant access to all previous 

revisions, and an audit trail for each field on 

each datasheet and the package becomes 

pretty irresistible. 

CAPRE 

This is a new development designed to help 

engineers with pressure relief calculations. It is 

a suite of important, commonly-used pressure 

relief calculations for flexible use within Excel. 

CAPRE (pronounced CAPR-i) stands for 

CAlculations for Pressure Relief in Excel. It 

will deliver a set of validated, documented, 

and secure calculations all with the same 

user interface making them easy-to-use and 

readily accessible. Initially CAPRE will be 

accessed from Microsoft Excel. In the longer 

term CAPRE would also be accessible from 

PEL Relief and possibly the internet and other 

systems such as MathCAD and Python. 

This is a short term development project and 

we plan to release CAPRE at the next PEL 

Roadshow targeted for early 2012. If you 

would like to get involved in the development 

for this exciting new product please do not 

hesitate to contact us. 

“We couldn’t have designed this project in 

France so effectively without ProvueDB.net” 

Carolyn Potter, Senior Process Engineer, 

Croda, UK 

5th annual global 

refining summit 

Rotterdam 

ABB Consulting sponsored and had a 

joint exhibition stand with ABB Process 

Automation at the 5th annual global 

refining summit in Rotterdam. Gerry 

Brennan, ABB, gave a presentation on 

‘Process Safety Management and the 

potential shortcomings in your layers of 

protection’ which was very well received. 

The conference was well attended from 

companies such as Total, Saudi Aramco, 

Shell and BP. 

Gerry Brennan, ABB, giving his presentation. 

PSPIs for Power & 

Steam Generation 

Conference 

ABB were sole sponsors of the 

‘Practical application for Process Safety 

Performance Indicators (PSPIs) for 

power and steam generation’ conference 

held at the Energy Institute in London. 

Graeme Ellis, ABB, gave a presentation 

entitled ‘Using the learning from recent 

incidents to inform selection of PSPIs to 

improve process safety awareness’ as 

well as hosting a workshop on ‘How can 

we get PSPI alignment between sites 

in the same company?’ Both were very 

well received by delegates, including 

representatives from E.ON, Centrica, 

EDF Energy, Scottish Power, International 

Power, Drax & SSE. 

Discover Energy 

Efficiency 

Yorkshire, UK 

ABB sponsored the Yorkshire Chemical 

Focus event entitled ‘Discover Energy 

Efficiency’ held in Huddersfield. Colin 

Board, ABB, gave a presentation on 

‘Creating the energy aware organisation’ 

to delegates from Unilever, Heineken and 

Croda amongst others. 

CIA awards 

Birmingham, UK 

Peter Hunt, ABB, (left) and Steve Elliott, CIA (right) 

with award winner Ian Williamson, Syngenta. 

ABB were the Chemical Industry 

Association (CIA) awards headline 

sponsor and also sponsored the 

prestigious Manufacturing and Resource 

Efficiency Award. This years winner was 

Syngenta, based in Grangemouth. 

IChemE registered 

safety professionals 

ABB are pleased to announce that 

Graeme Laughland has recently 

been appointed as a registered 

safety professional by the IChemE. 

Demonstrating competence in the field 

of process safety is a topic that many 

of our customers are interested in. For 

more information on how to become a 

safety professional contact the IChemE. 

Website: www.ichem.org 

For further information about PEL please visit: 

www.pelsoftware.com 

PEL Support Services 

+44 (0)1925 741126 

Graeme Ellis, ABB, with the other presenters at 

the conference. 

Graeme Laughland, 

ABB, with his 

certificate. 



Forthcoming events for 2012 

Conferences 

29 th February Improving Business Performance Leeds 

30 th May Integrity Management Manchester 

27 th June Pressure Relief Manchester 

27 th November Process Safety Management London 

11 th - 12 th December Shutdowns and Turnarounds Manchester 

Seminars 

21 st February Delivering Projects in a Live Operating Plant Teesside 

28 th February Learning from Buncefield Manchester 

7 th March Hot Topics for Power Generation Edinburgh 

8 th March Asset Closure Edinburgh 

15 th March Alarm Management in Practice Bristol 

Lunchtime forums 

12 th January Alarm Management - ISA 18.2 vs EEMUA 191 Grangemouth 

13 th January Human Factors in Maintenance Teesside 

19 th January Risk Based Inspection - Quantitative or Qualitative Aberdeen 

20 th January Living with Corrosion Grimsby 

27 th January Automation Legacy Migration - How to Start Daresbury 

2 nd February After the Energy Audit - Where Next? Grangemouth 

3 rd February HAZOPs Only Reduce Risks When the Actions are Done! Teesside 

17 th February Inspection is More than PSSR Hull 

23 rd February Assessing Your Human Factors Huddersfield 

24 th February SMART Decommissioning Daresbury 

Webinars 

18 th January Growing Old Gracefully! - Challenge of Ageing Assets Internet 

22 nd February Making Change Work Internet 

21 st March Is Your Electrical System Discriminating? Internet 

18 th April HAZOPs Only Reduce Risks When the Actions are Done! Internet 

16 th May Human Factors in Maintenance Internet 

Training courses 

11 th January An Engineers Guide to DSEAR Manchester 

19 th January Human Factors Incident Investigation Manchester 

31 st January Hazard Study Awareness* Manchester 

8 th February Electrostatics Ignition Hazards* Grimsby 

8 th February Mechanical Legislation Awareness Edinburgh 

16 th February SIL Awareness for Control / Electrical Technicians Cardiff 

21 st - 22 nd February Essentials of Pressure Systems* York 

7 th - 8 th March IEC 61508 / 61511 SIL Determination* Frodsham 

13 th - 14 th March Achieved SIL Manchester 

13 th - 14 th March Maintenance and Reliability Improvement Aberdeen 

13 th - 15 th March Pressure Relief* Bristol 

20 th - 21 st March Risk Based Inspection Manchester 

21 st - 22 nd March Project Management in the Process Industries Teesside 

21 st - 23 rd March Pressure Relief* Australia 

26 th - 28 th March Pressure Relief* Singapore 

27 th - 29 th March Human Factors in the Workplace Manchester 

Conferences 

Conferences are major industry 

forums focusing on key topic areas. 

Please contact us if you would be 

interested in presenting at any of 

our 2012 conferences. 

Seminars 

Seminars are focused on industry 

‘hot topics’ and include inputs from 

external speakers. 

Lunchtime forums 

Lunchtime forums provide an 

update on key industry topics and 

share best practice. 

Webinars 

Webinars are focused on industry 

‘hot topics’ and are accessed over 

the web. 

A full list of all the above events is 

available at: 

www.tinyurl.com/es-seminars 

Technical training 

Training courses provide in-depth 

knowledge on key subjects as 

part of an engineer’s professional 

development. 

A full list of training courses is 

available at: 

www.tinyurl.com/es-courses 

All of these events are organised and 

delivered by ABB Consulting. 

For more information on: 

Seminars please contact - 

Deborah Law 

Tel: +44 (0)1642 372029 

E-Mail: deborah.law@gb.abb.com 

Training courses please contact - 

Jackie Kendall 

Tel: +44 (0)1642 372121 

E-Mail: jackie.kendall@gb.abb.com 

* IChemE approved training course 


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Further news 

Continued support to PTT Group 

ABB Consulting continue to support the 

PTT Group with consultancy services 

through our Thailand office. PTT have 

recently developed a growth plan which 

may include acquisitions and mergers 

both in Thailand and overseas. 

the senior engineers were provided with 

more technical training on the topic. 

The events were a combination of 

formal training, practical examples 

and specific workshops created for 

the PTTCH business. In total, over 60 

people attended the events over 5 days. 

ABB were engaged as a technical 

advisor to PTT for a potential target 

in the United States. Our process 

technology and asset integrity expertise 

combined with significant experience in 

Technical Due Diligence (TDD) were the 

major factors associated with the award 

of the contract. 

ES/Sol/Win11-12/SNL010a 

PTT Chemical (PTTCH) also has a 

growth strategy and wish to be able to 

act with more independence in future 

TDD activities. PTTCH commissioned 

ABB to create a bespoke training event 

for TDD for the PTTCH organisation. 

There were two separate events for 

different levels of the organisation. 

Vice presidents and senior managers 

attended an awareness event which 

highlighted the corporate issues whilst 

Ken Bell and Brian Hudson, ABB, (centre) with delegates from the TDD awareness training. 

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oil and gas exploration and production, and gasoline retailing businesses. 

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