Petroleum/Petrochemical Industry
REFINERIES
HAI's refinery experience includes project design, fire protection system analysis, process safety management program implementation, process hazards analysis, audits, training, and technical support to refinery staff. Our projects have involved nearly every type of refinery process unit including:
- Alkylation units, both sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid
- Amine regeneration units
- Benzene, toluene, xylene (BTX) units
- Coker units
- Crude units
- Cumene units
- Dimersol units
- Fluid catalytic cracking units
- Hydrocracker units
- Hydrogen units
- Hydrotreating units
- Merox units
- Reformers
CHEMICAL/PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS
Our engineers have provided fire protection and process safety support to a number of basic and specialty chemical plants. This has included developing and implementing process safety programs, conducting process hazard analysis, audits, and training.
TERMINALS & TANK FARMS
HAI has conducted many projects involving pipeline, tank farm, terminal, and loading and unloading operations. These projects range from evaluating facility siting, conducting fire consequence analysis, compliance reviews to industry and regulatory codes, and new facility design projects.
EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION FACILITIES
Our personnel work on many projects at exploration and production facilities, both onshore and offshore. We conduct audits of existing facilities, work on the design of fire water and fire protection systems for new platforms, perform failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) of conceptual subsea production systems, as well as provide ongoing loss prevention technical support to operating facilities.
GAS PLANTS
Along with our extensive facility expertise, HAI personnel have conducted numerous projects at gas plants. These gas plants have included gas-oil separation facilities, both onshore and offshore.
Projects have also been conducted for numerous liquefied natural gas plants and compressed natural gas plants. Our projects have included ongoing fire protection support during plant construction or expansions, conducting fire system evaluations, conducting fire radiation calculations in support of a facility siting, and conducting process hazard analysis.
HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL WAREHOUSES
HAI has conducted evaluations of hazardous chemicals to identify compliance with local and national codes and standards. Where needed, HAI engineers can conduct research or fire tests to define the appropriate level of protection. HAI has developed software to facilitate categorization of hazardous chemicals to determine whether storage areas exceed fire code excess-quantity limits. If quantities suggest that the occupancy should comply with "H" occupancy criteria, HAI can offer suggestions for establishing additional control areas, or can provide fire protection and gas or fire detection systems design. Building requirements, such as fire resistive construction, venting, drainage, electrical area classification and explosion relief specification, and permits can be obtained.
For more information contact:
Jack Woycheese
jwoycheese@haifire.com
925-935-6483
