17 may 2025
1-day workshop on Conducting HAZOP Review for Engineers, Scientists & Managers

Date                    : Saturday, 17 May 2025

Time                    : 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

Venue                 : TBC

Speaker              : Ir. Dr. Eow John Son

 

SYNOPSIS

This 1-day Workshop will help you to develop a better understanding of all things HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study), in relation to Process Safety Management (PSM), which is now gaining wide acceptance and importance in many industries, especially in the oil & gas, chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and other process-related industries.   HAZOP review is a structured and systematic assessment of a complex planned or existing process or operation in order to identify and evaluate problems and issues that may represent hazards and risks to personnel, equipment, facilities and/or organization.

This practical hands-on workshop will help you to understand the HAZOP review methodology and terminology, its benefits and limitations, the roles and responsibilities of HAZOP participants, and when the HAZOP review technique should be applied to assess the hazards and risks of your process and/or operation.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On the completion of this course, you will understand:

  • the Concept of Risk and Process Safety Management (PSM),
  • the principles and methodology of a HAZOP review,
  • the resources required for a HAZOP review,
  • how the HAZOP review is conducted,
  • the benefits and deliverables of HAZOP review,
  • provide opportunity to participate in a HAZOP review.

 

SPEAKER BIODATA

Ir. Dr. Eow John Son is an experienced HAZOP & LOPA Review facilitator, and has successfully conducted HAZOP and LOPA reviews for Murphy Oil Company, LOTTE Chemicals Titan Pasir Gudang, PETRONAS, The Polyolefin Company Singapore, Pfizer Singapore, Leeden NOX Singapore, and many mores.   He is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and a Professional Engineer (Malaysia), with more than 18 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas and Process industries, having worked with produced water treatment, seawater treatment & injection, offshore sand separation, crude oil dehydration-desalting, and gas processing technologies and equipment.

Over the years, he has worked as a specialist process engineer with technology-provider companies, such as Global Process Systems International, Keppel Offshore and Marine (Singapore), Cameron Process Systems (Singapore, Japan and Malaysia), EDES Technology Sdn Bhd, AcuTech Consultancy, SUEZ Oil & Gas Dubai, FET.

His experiences cover from Technical and Commercial Proposal work to Detailed Engineering Design to Commissioning to Production Improvement and Troubleshooting for oil & gas production processes.   John has also completed process engineering consultancy work, technical training and HAZOP & LOPA review workshops for many clients, including Saudi Aramco, SABIC, PETRONAS, Sarawak SHELL, GAIL India, CNOOC, Murphy Oil Sarawak, Transwater API, CPOC, Prosernat, Boustead-Salcon Water Solutions, HI Technics System Malaysia, Sapura Energy Malaysia, ALTON International Singapore, LOTTE Chemicals Titan, HS Compression and Process Singapore, etc., The Polyolefin Company Singapore, Gradient Singapore, Pfizer Singapore, Leeden NOX Singapore, and many mores.

 

PROGRAMME

8:30 a.m.  – 9:00 a.m.

Registration       

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Welcome Speech by IEM (SB)

9:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Topic 1: Introduction to the Concept of Risk, Process

Safety Management (PSM)

Topic 2: The Theory behind the HAZOP Review

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Morning Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Topic 3: The HAZOP Review Methodology

– Nodes, Deviations, Causes

Topic 4: The HAZOP Review Methodology

– Consequences, Safeguards, Recommendations

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Topic 5: Who Should Participate in a HAZOP Review

– Roles and Responsibilities

Topic 6: Documents required for a HAZOP Review

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Afternoon Coffee Break

3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Topic 7: HAZOP Review Technique for Batch Process,

Activity-Based, Procedural HAZOP

Topic 8: Conducting a practical HAZOP review based on

an actual process in the oil & gas industry

5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Q&A Session

End of Workshop

For more information, you can contact the course trainer via email: johneow@hotmail.com

 

Grade

Fee

IEM Members

RM 180.00

IEM Members (age > 60 years old)

RM 110.00

Non-IEM Members

RM 250.00

 

  • CLOSING DATE: 13 May 2025 (Tuesday)
  • For ONLINE REGISTRATION, payment MUST BE MADE VIA ONLINE PAYMENT(bank-in the participant fees into the Institution’s Maybank Current Account (No. 5-013920-15708) before the closing date.
  • FULL PAYMENT must be settled before commencement of the course, otherwise participants will not be allowed to enter the hall. If a place is reserved and the intended participants fail to attend the seminar, the fees is to be settled in full.  If the participant made payment and failed to attend the seminar, the fees paid is non-refundable.
  • The Organizing Committee reserves the right to alter or change the program due to unforeseen circumstances. 

 

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