Introduction to Petroleum Process Safety

Chidi Venantius Efobi obtained a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in June 1985. He has had a long and exciting engineering career with a stint in the steel sector before settling in the petroleum industry. In petroleum, he has had professional experience across the whole gamut of the industry having worked in Oando Energy and Shell in Nigeria, with cross border stints in Netherlands and United States of America. He is presently on the staff of Loss Prevention Department of Saudi Aramco as Area Head, Turnaround and Construction Support. Saudi Aramco is the biggest oil and gas company, the biggest company by market value and has the biggest plants and facilities in the world. His first book, Site Safety Handbook for the Petroleum Industry (ISBN: 978-1-4828-3247-1, softcover & 978-1-4828-3248-1, eBook) was published in 2015. He is a Nigerian, married to Ezioma and they have two children, Chima and Chizi.

Process safety is a blend of engineering and management systems and covers how major hazards arising from process industries are identified, assessed and controlled. This book introduces the basics of process safety from concept selection, design through operation and maintenance in the petroleum industry. It is invaluable for undergraduate students of safety engineering and loss prevention engineers in the hydrocarbon industry.