Introduction to HAZOP

Engineering Safety Consultants (ESC) is a global engineering consultancy, offering services and solutions in all aspects of Functional Safety Management (FSM) (IEC 61508 / IEC 61511 lifecycle compliance, FSM, Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) studies, Hazard Identification (HAZID) studies, SIL Determination, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), SIL Verification etc.) as well as Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) and Risk Management using BowTie Analysis services.

ESC’s primary function is supporting clients in the Functional Safety aspects of the oil and gas, petrochemical, utilities (including renewable energy), railway, military and manufacturing industries. ESC enables the owners, designers and operators of the above industries to plan and manage their assets and projects more safely and successfully, through the provision of advanced technologies and systems solutions.

Our Consultants

ESC was founded by the directors who have held senior management positions in the safety-critical and high availability automation systems business where functional safety was of paramount importance. They have many years of experience including highly relevant expertise in oil, gas, water and the power generation industries.

ESC has also procured the services of industry-renowned consultants, all of whom are internationally recognised. They actively participate in professional institutions and government safety committees relating to programmable electronic safety systems. In addition, they are members of international expert working groups for IEC 61508 – general functional safety standard for electrical/electronic based safety systems, IEC 61511 – process industry standard specific of IEC 61508 and iGasE programmable safety systems.

ESC Consultants are multi-disciplined professionals who have worldwide experience in the process and manufacturing industries in over 40 countries.