Recent conferences and events

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 if you would be interested in presenting at the 2012 conference.

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.

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, presented a paper entitled ‘SIL determination in the hazardous area’ at the HazardEx conference 2011 in Harrogate, UK.


Alan King, ABB, presenting at the HazardEx conference 2011.


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 or visit: http://bit.ly/ibpc2012








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.


Rob Turner, ABB, presenting at the IQPC offshore safety summit.


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.


The ABB exhibition stand at the conference. From left: John Walkington, Ken Bell, Peter Hunt and Jon Cook of ABB.


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.


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.


Left: Graeme Ellis, ABB, with the other presenters at the conference.


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.


Colin Board, ABB, giving his presentation at the Discover Energy Efficiency event.


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.


Peter Hunt, ABB, (left) and Steve Elliott, CIA (right) with award winner Ian Williamson, Syngenta.


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


Graeme Laughland, ABB, with his certificate.