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History of the process plant safety symposium: 20 years, 1992–2012

  1. Victor H. Edwards1,*,
  2. William F. Early2,
  3. G. Jeff Fleming3,
  4. Ron Darby4,
  5. Joseph Cramer5,
  6. M. Sam Mannan6,
  7. Hugh D. Kaiser7,
  8. Randy A. Freeman8,
  9. Kathy Pearson9,
  10. James Thompson10,
  11. Philip Myers11,
  12. Jack Chosnek12,
  13. John Champion13,
  14. Colin S. Howat14,
  15. Steven D. Emerson15,
  16. James H. Willis16,
  17. Rainer Hoff17

Article first published online: 6 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1002/prs.11505

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Process Safety Progress

Process Safety Progress

Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 200–202, September 2012

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Edwards, V. H., Early, W. F., Fleming, G. J., Darby, R., Cramer, J., Mannan, M. S., Kaiser, H. D., Freeman, R. A., Pearson, K., Thompson, J., Myers, P., Chosnek, J., Champion, J., Howat, C. S., Emerson, S. D., Willis, J. H. and Hoff, R. (2012), History of the process plant safety symposium: 20 years, 1992–2012. Proc. Safety Prog., 31: 200–202. doi: 10.1002/prs.11505

Author Information

  1. 1

    Kvaerner Americas Inc., 3010 Briarpark Drive, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77042

  2. 2

    Early Consulting, L.C., PO Box 440716, Houston, TX 77244

  3. 3

    Fleming Solutions, Inc., 21490 Cedar Drive, Sterling, VA 20164-8675

  4. 4

    Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX 77802

  5. 5

    American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 301 Silver Creek Lane, Norwalk, CT 06850

  6. 6

    Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX 77843-3122

  7. 7

    Parsons Brinckerhoff, PB Energy Storage Services, Inc., 16285 Park Ten Place, Suite 400, Houston, TX 77084

  8. 8

    S&PP Consulting, 12303 Lake Shore Ridge, Houston, TX 77041

  9. 9

    BP, 501 Westlake Park Boulevard, Houston, TX 77079

  10. 10

    Organizational Performance Assurance Center, ABS Consulting, 16855 Northchase Drive, Houston, TX 77060

  11. 11

    Advantage Risk Solutions, Inc., PO Box 510, Sunbury, OH 43074

  12. 12

    KnowledgeOne, PO Box 580465, Houston, TX 77258

  13. 13

    Dow Chemical Company, Route 225, Deer Park, TX

  14. 14

    C.S. Howat & Associates, Engineers Consulting in Process & Risk Analysis, 4804 Normandy Park, Lawrence, Kansas 66049-1840

  15. 15

    Emerson Technical Analysis, LLC, Park Tower, Suite 503, 710 Buffalo Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78401

  16. 16

    Praxair, 1585 Sawdust Road, Suite 300, The Woodlands, TX 77380

  17. 17

    Gateway Consulting Group, Inc., 8610 Transit Road, Suite 100, East Amherst, NY 14051

*Kvaerner Americas Inc., 3010 Briarpark Drive, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77042

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 AUG 2012
  2. Article first published online: 6 AUG 2012

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Keywords:

  • Global Congress on Process Safety;
  • Process Plant Safety Symposium;
  • process safety;
  • safety symposium;
  • loss prevention

Abstract

The first Process Plant Safety Symposium (PPSS) was a regional conference held in 1992 in Houston, TX, which has the largest concentration of chemical process plants in North America. The symposium was organized to provide perspectives, methods, and tools that could be readily practiced at the plant level. The first conference was organized by the South Texas Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and cosponsored by the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety and a number of other engineering and scientific organizations. The PPSS has evolved to an international symposium, part of the Global Congress on Process Safety, held annually in conjunction with the AIChE Spring Meeting. This article is a brief history of the PPSS. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2012

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