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Workshop 5 – The Comprehensive Global Standards
ProjectDarrell Bollier – SABIC
Matt Knudsen – Merrick & Company
Soundar Rajan – Huntsman Corporation
• Safety topic
• Informal member company survey
• Origin of the globalization committee
• The PIP strategic plan
• Useful discoveries along the way
• The “Huntsman project” overview
• Revised vision for the globalization committee
• Needs from member companies and function teams
• Desired outcomes of this project
Workshop 5 - Agenda
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• Does your company have operating assets outside the US?
• Does your company have design centers outside the US?
• Have you worked on projects or in facilities outside the US?
Workshop 5 – Informal Member Company Survey
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• PIP organized the Globalization Committee in 2011 at the request of member companies; many companies were undertaking international projects
• Excerpt from “ADG009 Guideline for Increasing Global Application of Practices”
• “Benefits and Drivers for Globalization
– Owners need a consistent set of Practices for facilities regardless of location.
– Consistent international Practices allow for more cost effective use of low cost engineering centers.
– Contractors need standards and specifications that can be applied to international projects.
– Operating companies cannot afford to develop and maintain multiple sets of standards and specifications for different regions.
– Standardization can be enabled and promoted.
– Many major projects are being constructed outside the U.S.
– More companies are moving towards using international standards.”
Workshop 5 – Origin of the Globalization Committee
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• Then, PIP published a strategic plan addressing globalization in more
detail
– Promote the adaptation of existing practices for use outside the US
– Define internationally recognized standards for the Functional Teams to promote a
consistent approach to globalization
– Support development of standards for use specifically outside the US at the
guidance of member companies
– Capture knowledge pertaining to regions of the world to break down globalization
into manageable pieces
– Consider overseas user groups (e.g. India) with passive approach
Workshop 5 – The Strategic Plan
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• OGP Report No. 4210
• UN Classifications of Countries by Major Area
and Region of the World
Workshop 5 – Useful Discoveries Along the Way
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• Growth through mergers and acquisition– 100+ plants operating around the globe
• All of which were designed to some form of engineering standards appropriate at the time of construction– The standards not always included
– When included; frozen at the point of acquisition
– Leading to many different engineering design standards
– In some cases they provide inconsistent guidance for
identical process materials in different locations
Workshop 5 – The “Huntsman Project” Overview
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Workshop 5 – Our Goal
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Replace all legacy engineering design standards
Adopt a core set of Global Standards
– Define the minimum acceptable safe design standards for
process facilities
– That are consistent with Recognized And Generally
Acceptable Good Engineering Practice (RAGAGEP)
– Incorporate the technical material produced by recognized
standards developing organizations
Workshop 5 – Principal Approach
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(FS)
Workshop 5 – Standard Structure
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• Functional Standard Based on RAGAGEP– CEN Norms (EN)– API/ASME/BSI/ISO etc.
• Adopt PIP as recommended practice– For topics covered– Generally “as is”– As Engineering Guides
• Format – Company Cover Sheet– With any exceptions noted– Sanctioned by the appropriate SME
Team Structure
Workshop 5 – Service Specific Requirement (SSR)
Document
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• Supplements the Functional Standards to accommodate
chemical specific process safety hazards in the design
• An SSR is a document that
– Contains a set of defined design specifications
– In the form of mandatory requirements and supporting
notes
– Is applicable to a specific hazardous chemical service
• The requirements called out supersedes any less stringent
local requirements and are universally applicable
Workshop – 5 Project & Site Specific Addenda
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• PSA – Project Specific Addenda
• SSA – Site Specific Addenda
• Each site has the discretion to include additional requirements to address– Reliability
– Maintainability
– Operability
– Spares Management
– Site Preferences
• Cannot add a requirement that would conflict
with an SSR or RAGAGEP requirement Site
Work Shop – 5 Blue Print
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SSR FS & EG PSA/SSA
PSA/SSA
Workshop 5 – Revised Vision for the Globalization
Committee
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Workshop 5 – Revised Vision for the Globalization
Committee
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Workshop 5 – Revised Vision for the Globalization
Committee
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• Short term– Completion of reference table by function teams
– Revision of Appendix B by function teams
• Long term– Be aware when you’re working in new regions and share project research with the
globalization committee
Workshop 5 – Needs from Member Companies
(Function Teams)
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• The comprehensive global standards project will result in a
common understanding of the minimum design standards by
region
• Member companies could harmonize their operations by
using these results
• In turn, operating companies could improve PSM,
mechanical integrity, and overall asset management
• Member companies could save project cost by having a
standard set of practices organized by region
Workshop 5 – Desired Outcome
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