A Quarterly Publication By The Singapore Chemical Industry Council Limited

Apr-Jun 2018

SCIC Annual General Meeting 2018

Understanding the Responsible Care

Code of Practice on Security

A Smarter Way to Improve

Your Business – The SCIC SME
Technology Series 2018
 CONtents
HAPPENINGS– SCIC BOARD
HAPPENINGS SDO@SCIC OF DIRECTORS
3 Appreciation of Contributions Rendered 12 Stakeholders’ Dialogue Session Chairperson
to SCIC Director – Mr David LeBlanc – Draft new Singapore Standard on Ms Suiniaty Basirun
Appreciation to Committee Members the Code of practice on Fire Safety for Dow Chemical Pacific
Open Plant Processing Facilities in Oil, (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Welcome New Committee Members Chemical and Process Industries
Vice Chairman
4 SCIC Change of Leadership 13 Breakfast dialogue ‘Bunker Mass Flow Mr Andrew Lim
SCIC Annual General Meeting 2018 Metering – More than plug-and-play” Pride-Chem Industries Pte Ltd

5 SCIC-MHD Dialogue Session on 14 International delegates invited to ‘live’ Directors

Safety Case Regime Implementation MFM demonstrations at Singapore port Mr Ng Boon Hai
Air Liquide Singapore Pte Ltd
6 SCIC Advance Manufacturing (SAM)
Committee do you know Mr Wim Roels
Borouge Pte Ltd
7 Productivity Council – Workface
16 A Smarter Way to Improve Your
Planning (WFP) Training Workshop Mr Goh Koon Eng
Business – The SCIC SME Technology
Chevron Oronite Pte Ltd
Series 2018
8 Singapore Polytechnic Diploma
in Chemical Engineering Exposed Guidebook on Transport & Handling Mr Leaw Tiew San
Event 2018 of Dangerous Goods CWT Logistics Pte Ltd

9 SCIC Communication Training 17 Maintaining Effectiveness of Process Mr LRS Mani

in Media Management 2018 Safety Barriers Eastman Chemical Singapore Pte Ltd

20 Forthcoming Events Mr Charles Brian Ablett

HAPPENINGS– (July to September 2018) ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
RESPONSIBLE CARE
Mr Shamsher Zaman
10 Understanding the Responsible Care Linkers (Far East) Pte Ltd
Code of Practice on Security
Submission for SCIC Responsible Care Mr Yoshio Maejima
Annual Self-Evaluation and Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte Ltd
Responsible Care Award 2018
Mr Akira Yonemura
11 PCS Planned Turnaround Responsible Petrochemical Corporation
Care® Community Outreach of Singapore (Pte) Ltd

Editorial board
Editorial Advisor
Mr Terence Koh

Editors
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Ms Gina Ling
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 Appreciation of Appreciation to
Contributions Committee Members
Rendered SCIC would like to express its thanks to the following
committee members for their contributions to SCIC during

to SCIC Director their tenure as a member of the following committees:

– Mr David LeBlanc Responsible Care Committee

Mr Andrew Ong
Dow Chemical Pacific (Singapore) Pte Ltd
The board and secretariat office of SCIC would also like to
extend our heartfelt appreciation to Mr David LeBlanc of
Air Liquide Singapore Pte Ltd for his contributions towards
SCIC. During his tenure as a Director of the Board from 2016
to 2017, he had also led the SCIC Regulatory Affairs (RA)
Committee
Welcome New
Committee Members
SCIC extends its best wishes to Mr LeBlanc in his new
assignment.

SCIC would like to extend a warm welcome of

the following members to SCIC Committees:

Responsible Care Committee

Mr Wong Sau Chung
Rohm and Haas Chemicals Singapore Pte Ltd
(A Subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company)

Communications Committee
Ms Karen Wong
ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

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 SCIC Change of Leadership
Ms Suiniaty Basirun has handed over the baton of chairmanship to Mr Wim Roels, CEO of Borouge Pte Ltd.

The Board and Secretariat of SCIC would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to Ms Suiniaty Basirun for her commitment and
contributions towards SCIC during their tenures as Chairperson from 2016-2018.

SCIC looks forward to adding greater value to members’ business operations and the continued extension of this support under the new
leadership of Mr Wim Roels as we forge ahead in this new chapter of the organisation’s history.

SCIC Annual General Meeting 2018

SCIC held its 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 29 June 2017 at • Mr Lakshmanan Ramasubramaniam
the Mandarin Oriental Singapore. The meeting was chaired by SCIC Director, Regional Chemicals Manufacturing
Chairperson, Ms Suiniaty Basirun who shared with the members a Eastman Chemical Singapore Pte Ltd
summary of the activities by SCIC in 2017
• Mr Shamsher Zaman
Managing Director, Linkers (Far East) Pte Ltd
The meeting proceeded with the following proposals supported and
endorsed through voting of members who were present: • Mr Akira Yonemura
Managing Director
1) Financial report for FY ending 31 Dec 2017 Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (Private) Limited

2) Re-appointment of Messrs YM Woo & Co as company auditor 4) Election of Board Members for term 2018/2020:
for FY 2018 • Mr Ng Boon Hai
Managing Director, Air Liquide Singapore Pte Ltd
3) Re-election of Board Members retiring by rotation for term
• Mr Charles Brian Ablett
2018/2020:
Refinery Manager, ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Mr Wim Roels
CEO, Borouge Pte Ltd • Mr Yoshio Maejima, Director, Plant General Manger, Mitsui
Elastomers Singapore Pte Ltd
• Mr Goh Koon Eng
General Manager, Chevron Oronite Pte Ltd In closing, Ms Basirun thanked members for their attendance and
• Mr Leaw Tiew San the session continued with some light refreshments networking
CEO (Contract Logistics, SEA), CWT Logistics Pte Ltd among the members.

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 SCIC-MHD Dialogue Session
on Safety Case Regime Implementation
As the Safety Case Regime in Singapore
progresses to implementation stage, SCIC
has engaged the Major Hazard Installations
(MHD) to organise dialogue session on 13
June 2018. The objective of the session is to
provide a learning opportunity for both the
MHD and MHIs from their implementation
experiences. This is part of SCIC’s continued
engagement efforts with MHD in a journey
to ensure a successful implementation of an
effective Safety Case regime for Singapore.
The Safety Case leads from companies with
the submission timeframe in Phase 0 and
1 as well as selected Phase 2, attended
this first face-to-face dialogue session. It
was an interactive session where the MHIs’
Safety Case leads and MHD officers were
engaged in an open discussion to clarify
and address the pain points encountered
during the submission process.
SCIC will continue organising such
engagement sessions and members are
encouraged to utilise the SCIC Safety Case
Forum which was developed for the MHIs
community to exchange and share views
and experiences related to Safety Case
implementation process via this e-platform.
The industry discussions at this e-platform
will also provide a source of feedback for
SCIC in understanding and identifying
the issues and challenges faced. This will
enable SCIC to help members in better
addressing industry concerns with MHD
more effectively. The notes of the dialogue
session will be circulated to all SCIC MHIs
when it is available.
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 SCIC Advance Manufacturing
(SAM) Committee
The SCIC Board has endorsed the formation of
the Advance Manufacturing (SAM) Committee
which will focus on co-ordinating the needs
of members on their transformation journey
towards industry 4.0 including both the
horizontal and vertical integrations. The adoption
of advance manufacturing technologies will help
to support the continued competitiveness of the
chemical industry in Singapore.

SCIC would like to extend a warm welcome to

the following members to the newly formed
committee:

Committee Sponsor/Chairman
Mr Goh Koon Eng
General Manager
Chevron Oronite Pte Ltd

Committee Members
Mr Jonatas Melo
Vice President of Business Centre
Borouge Pte Ltd

Mr Tom Madilao
Regional Manager, Special Projects
Chevron Oronite Pte Ltd

Mr Chan Chian Yeow

Site Director
Croda Singapore Pte Ltd

Loh Ngim Huat

Plant Manager
KMG Singapore Pte Ltd

Mr Leo Kum Yuen

Production Manager
Lucite International Singapore Pte Ltd

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 Productivity Council
– Workface Planning (WFP) Training Workshop

Dr Carlos H Caldas giving an explanation of WFP

On 28 May 2018, the Productivity Council (PC) with the support of
the Economic Development Board (EDB), the Singapore Chemical
Industry Council (SCIC), the Association of Process Industry (ASPRI),
the Construction Industry Institute (CII) and the National University
of Singapore (NUS), organised the inaugural Workface Planning
(WFP) Training Workshop for industry members.
Productivity Practices Implementation Index (BPPII), the second
year of Pilot Studies where Materials Management, Equipment
Logistics and Craft Information Systems were identified to have
significant potential for improvement, which may suggest that
proper planning systems are required to improve the industry’s
BPPII scores and hence improve the workers’ productivity.

The Pilot Project WG managed under the PC had chosen WFP as
the Pilot Study in the third year of partnership with CII. The decision
was based on the recommendations discussed in the pilot studies
from the previous years.
The Activity Analysis (AA) report from the first year of Pilot Studies
have highlighted that there is a significant opportunity to reduce
waiting time, excessive time on preparatory work and material
handling. This is further supplemented by the report in the Best
“Workface Planning is the process of organizing and delivering all
the elements necessary for an installation work package, before
the work is started. This proactive process enables craft workers
to perform their work safely, effectively, and efficiently. This is
accomplished by breaking down construction work (by trade) into
discrete Installation Work Packages (IWP) that completely describe/
cover the scope of work for a given project. This process promotes
the efficient use of available resources and permits the tracking of
progress.” – CII

From Left to Right: Mr Koh Yak Boo, Dr Bon-Gang Hwang, Dr Carlos H Caldas Mr Koh Yak Boo at the Closing Speech

“Workface Planning presents an opportunity where things can be done smoothly. Traditionally, it has always been the contractors who
are in the receiving end when there are delays in projects, but with a proper implementation of WFP, a win-win scenario will emerge
where plant owners are able to start up their equipment on time in turnarounds and for contractors who would then be able to use their
workers more effectively when projects are completed ahead of schedule.” – Mr. Koh Yak Boo, Productivity Council Chairman

The training was facilitated by Dr Carlos H Caldas (CII – University of Texas) and Dr Bon-Gang Hwang (NUS) and was well received by over
70 participants from the industry members.

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 Singapore Polytechnic Diploma
in Chemical Engineering Exposed Event 2018
Inspiring and instilling a positive mindset
in the future generation is the outmost
priority in every institution and the industry.
The Singapore Chemical Industry Council
was honoured to be part of the Diploma
in Chemical Engineering Exposed Event
(DCHExposed) 2018.
The Chemical and Life Science (CLS)
Director’s Honour List recipients and SCIC
Scholarship recipient were also presented
at the event to recognise the hard work and
achievements of the students and motivate
the freshmen to excel in their course of
studies.

Organised by the Diploma in Chemical The SCIC would like to congratulates

Engineering Student Chapter, the the following award winners for their
DCHExposed Evet was part Singapore outstanding performance:
Polytechnic Freshmen Orientation Program.
The platform provided the freshmen with SCIC Scholarship 2018
the opportunity to meet the academic staff Teo Yu Xiang Ryan
involved in the teaching of the chemical
engineering curriculum.

CHEMEX 2018

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

SECRETARIAT@SCIC.SG. THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO BOTH
SCIC AND NON MEMBER COMPANIES.
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 SCIC Communication Training
in Media Management 2018

As part of SCIC’s continued efforts to provide value-add to our The training covered the following:
members, the council collaborated with the Singapore Polytechnic’s
School of Communication, Arts & Social Sciences to organise the
first customized 2-day communication training course on Media
Management for the chemical industry. Gathering Preparing
the information the message
Engaging the media successfully is crucial to any organization’s
image and branding. It is important for participants acquire the
knowledge and skills in communicating and handling media in an
event of emergency or crisis.
Communicating Using appropriate words
the needs and expressions to
and goals capitalise understanding
effectively through the media

Responding Using the right

appropriately body language
to difficult media to reinforce positive
questions publicity

Managing your
Practising
organisation’s
steps to manage
image in a case
the media
of crisis

Identifying common For more information and

pitfalls to look out for registration, please visit our
when managing website at www.scic.sg
the media

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 Understanding the Responsible Care
Code of Practice on Security
The set of self-evaluation guidelines on
security practices developed by the SCIC 1 Leadership commitment
Responsible Care Committee will be shared
2 Risk Analysis
with signatory members in the coming
briefing sessions in Q3 to Q4 of 2018. 3 Implementation of Security Measures
4 Training, Guidance and Information
These fit-for-purpose guidelines aim to
encourage companies to achieve continuous 5 Communication, Dialogue and Information Exchange
improvements in security performances
6 Response to Security Threats and Incidents
through a risk-based approach. Members
would be kept informed on the details of the 7 Audits, Verification and Continuous Improvement
briefing sessions. 8 Information Security

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We provide specialised laboratory moving and
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The annual exercise for the SCIC Responsible Care (GHS) labelling services for hazardous and
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has commenced and all Responsible Care member
companies will receive an email notification on the SDS Authoring
submission exercise in early July 2018. We provide customised Safety Data Sheet
(SDS), auditing and updating as well as
translation to ensure industry compliance
with the most current regulatory
For more information, please contact the SCIC requirements and standards.

Responsible Care co-ordinator, Ms Agmer Lee at

Best Chemical Co (S) Pte Ltd
agmerlee@scic.sg 60 Senoko Road, Singapore 758124
Tel: (65) 6755 2400 Fax: (65) 6752 8809
enquiry@best-chemical.com
www.best-chemical.com
eshop-best-chemical.com

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 PCS Planned Turnaround
Responsible Care® Community Outreach
Briefing Session on 28 June 2018
PCS was incorporated in 1977, the first
petrochemical company in Southeast Asia.
PCS operates two ethylene cracker plants,
the first plant PCS-I was started up in
February 1984 and the second plant PCS-II
was started up in April 1997.
As a signatory to Responsible Care®, a
global chemical industry’s initiative, PCS is
committed to the protection of people and
the environment. PCS believes in safety
and health excellence, environmental
stewardship, and high ethical standards.
These key elements are fundamental to the
responsible operation of our business.
At the heart of Responsible Care® is a set of
six Codes of Management Practices, namely,
Community Awareness and Emergency
Response, Distribution, Employee Health
and Safety, Pollution Prevention, Process
Safety and Product Stewardship.
PCS actively promotes and shares the goal
of Community Awareness and Emergency
Response Code or CAER with its neighbouring
communities, government agencies and
non-governmental organisations.
The Turnaround or Shutdown Maintenance
(SDM) for PCS-I plants was scheduled to
commence on 12 July and would last for 42
days until 22 August 2018. Hence, a SDM
briefing session was conducted on 28 June
in the Genting Hotel.
This briefing session is part of PCS proactive
Responsible Care® outreach programme to
its neighbourhood community prior to the
commencement of SDM.
GMP Er. Lucas Ng giving his welcome speech
Having a Q&A session
Furthermore, it was also a two-way dialogue
for PCS to assure its guests that it is open
to their questions and to listen to their
concerns.
General Manager (Plant), Er. Lucas Ng,
in his welcome speech highlighted this
year’s National Workplace Safety and
Health campaign. He encouraged Jurong
Island companies to support and join the
Workplace Safety and Health Council’s
Vision Zero movement “Prevent all injuries.
Go home safe and healthy.”
In the briefing, PCS emphasised on how the
SDM activities were planned, managed and
controlled to ensure that overall process
safety is achieved.
It was explained that during the planned
shutdown and start-up periods, there
would be some flaring for the safe burning
of excess hydrocarbon gases, as well as
associated noise and acoustic vibration.
Such flaring was sometimes described as a
Welcoming the invited guests
“glow in the sky” over Jurong Island.
PCS ensured that these were part of
its health, safety and environmental
management activities and would not cause
any impact to the neighbours.
Additionally, about 3,000 more workers
would be coming daily to its Merbau
Complex during the SDM work period. There
would also be an increase in vehicular
traffic leading to possible traffic congestion
along Ayer Merbau Road and Jurong Island
Highway.
In this respect, PCS has been working
closely with JTC who would monitor and
take necessary measures to ease any traffic
congestion at Jurong Island Checkpoint
especially during the morning peak hours.
The whole event was wrapped up with
a lively Q&A session. PCS thanked all its
guests for their presence and hoped to see
them again in future events.
Guest asking some questions about SDM
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 Public Comment – 6 April to 7 June 2018
Stakeholders’ Dialogue Session
– Draft new Singapore Standard on the
Code of practice on Fire Safety for Open Plant Processing
Facilities in Oil, Chemical and Process Industries
A Stakeholders’ Dialogue Session on the draft new Singapore
Standard on Code of practice on Fire safety for open plant processing
facilities in oil, chemical and process industries was held on 11
May 2018 during the 2-month public comment period from 6 April
2018 to 7 June 2018. This dialogue session was held during public
comment period to gather technical feedback from the relevant
public outside the committees involved in this standard.
The new standard will be replacing the existing Fire safety
guidelines for open plant structures in oil, chemical and process
industries, which SCDF uses for regulation.
104 participants from 76 enterprises attended the event, including
oil, petrochemical, chemicals including specialty chemicals
sectors, architects, consultants, professional engineers, fire safety
engineers, HSE engineers and government bodies.
This dialogue session was organised by the Working Group on
Fire Safety for Open Plant Processing Facilities who drafted the
standard. The Working Group is under the purview of the Technical
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Committee for Petroleum Processes and Products, one of the nine
Technical Committees under the Chemical Standards Committee.
Key stakeholders were engaged in the committees involved in
the development of this standard, which applies to organisations
with open plant processing facilities in oil, chemical and process
industries as well as energy and utilities facilities.
The following were key topics of the standard highlighted at the
dialogue:
• Draft new Singapore Standard on Fire Safety for Open
Plant Processing Facilities in Oil, Chemical and Process
Industries
➣ Background and Introduction
➣ Highlights of changes to Fire Safety Guidelines for
Open Plant Structures in Oil, Chemical and Process
Industries
• Layout and Spacing
• Drainage
• Emergency Isolation, Depressurisation and
Deinventory
• Means of Escape
The panel discussion held at the end of the dialogue session
provided an opportunity for the participants to seek clarifications
on the draft standard through this face-to-face dialogue session.
The standard is targeted for completion in Q4 2018.
 Breakfast dialogue ‘Bunker Mass Flow
Metering – More than plug-and-play”
Participants were also presented
Two breakfast dialogues on bunker mass flow metering were held
with the key success factors of
on 23 April and 26 April 2018 during the hosting of the ISO standards
mass flow metering in Singapore’s
meetings for ISO 21562 and ISO 22192 on bunker mass flow metering
bunkering industry. The session also
on the receiving ship and supplying bunker tanker respectively. These
provided networking opportunities
ISO meetings, which were managed by SDO@SCIC, were held during
for key bunkering experts and
the Singapore Maritime Week 2018. The dialogues were organised
helped to provide the ISO delegates
prior to each ISO meeting hosted by Singapore and involved local
with an overview of TR 48 that
and ISO experts as well as bunkering industry members.
would help facilitate the discussions
in the following ISO meetings.
The breakfast dialogues which attracted over 50 participants from
the bunkering industry, featured the key principles and framework
Programme of Breakfast Dialogue
of bunker mass flow metering and highlighted the importance of
metrology and system integrity requirements which were taken into Time Items/Speakers
consideration in the development of the Singapore’s TR 48 : 2015 0800 Registration
Bunker mass flow metering.
0830 Welcome Address
Mr Steven Phua
Deputy Director, Standards (Infrastructure
& Manufacturing) Enterprise Singapore
0835 Key Success Factors
Mr Seah Khen Hee
Chairman, Technical Committee for Bunkering

0900 Sharing of Singapore’s Experience

in Bunker Mass Flow Metering
Mr Darrick Pang
Member, Technical Committee for Bunkering

0920 Networking by participants

From left to right: Seah Khen Hee, Steven Phua and Darrick Pang

Participants at bunker mass flow metering

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 International delegates invited to ‘live’
MFM demonstrations at Singapore port
International standards committees
involved in ISO standards for MFM
bunkering experienced ‘live’ MFM
demonstrations on Sinanju owned and
operated Marine Honour and Marine Tina
vessels in Singapore.

International delegates of the International

Organization for Standardization (ISO) mass
flow meter (MFM) bunkering committees
gained a first-hand experience of MFM
technology in action on 25 April 2018
onboard the Marine Honour and Marine
Tina vessels. They were accompanied by
Singapore’s bunkering standards experts
involved in the development of ISO
standards for MFM bunkering.

The trip to Singapore’s eastern anchorage,

which was arranged during two ISO
meetings held for the development of
ISO standards for MFM bunkering, was
organised by the Standards Development
Organisation, Singapore Chemical Industry
Council, with guidance from the National
Technical Committee for Bunkering. This
trip was intended to provide the delegates
with an onsite experience of bunker mass
flow metering.

The vessel visit was hosted by the

Singapore bunker tanker owner and
operator, Sinanju Tankers Holdings, and
led by the Managing Director of Metcore
International, an expert of custody transfer
and flow measurement.

Delegates witnessed bunker custody transfer

between the two vessels under various MFM
operational scenarios, referencing bunkering
operation procedures in Singapore’s TR 48 :
2015 (Technical Reference for Bunker Mass
Flow Metering).

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 International delegates at Singapore port
“The aim was to simulate the behaviour of delivering and receiving
meters during the bunkering process and how MFMs behave in
different scenarios, such as under stripping and non-stripping
conditions.” said Darrick Pang of Metcore. “We also wanted to
illustrate the importance of TR 48 guidelines and the years of work
put in by Singapore’s Technical Committee for Bunkering to develop
these guidelines.” Mr Pang is also the Chairman of the National
Mirror Committee for ISO 21562.
Seah Khen Hee, Chairman of National Technical Committee for
Bunkering under the Singapore Standards Council, who was
instrumental in proposing the ISO standards, had suggested this
onsite experience of MFM bunkering for the ISO delegates.
“The delegation’s visit to Singapore was to discuss the development
of new international standards, including ISO 21562 for ships and
Extreme Left: Wu Jian, ISO21562 Working Group Co-Leader
Extreme Right: Seah Khe Hee, ISO22192 Project Group Leader
marine technology – bunker fuel mass flow meters requirements
and ISO 22192 for bunkering of marine fuel using the Coriolis mass
flow meter system. We trust that by witnessing marine fuel oil
delivery and receipt using MFM technology, would assist them in
their deliberations of the two ISO standards,” he said.
The 2007-built Marine Honour is Sinanju’s oldest bunkering vessel
in operation and one of the pioneering vessels which installed MFM
in 2015, while Marine Tina is the latest newbuilding which joined its
fleet a few months ago.
“We are very honoured to showcase Singapore’s expertise in MFM
bunkering to such an esteemed delegation in the field of standards
especially since the use of MFM enabled real time monitoring of each
delivery and the implementation of TR 48 has brought us significant
time savings with shorter turnarounds,” said Desmond Chong,
General Manager of Sinanju Tankers and Chairman of the National
Mirror Committee for ISO 22192.
Singapore Chemical Industry Council is an appointed Standards
Development Organisation by Enterprise Singapore, the national
standards body which administers the Singapore Standardisation
Programme through an industry-led Singapore Standards Council.
The SDO@SCIC develops and promotes the adoption of Singapore
and international standards for the Chemical Standards Committee.
Contributed by:
Gabian Chew, Senior Editor, Manifold Times
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 A Smarter Way To Improve Your Business
– The SCIC SME Technology Series 2018
In our continuing efforts to support our
members, SCIC organised the second SME
Technology Series visit to the Environmental
& Water Technology Centre of Innovation
(EWTCOI) at Ngee Ann Polytechnic on 25
May 2018.
The visit was well attended by more than
15 industry practioners who gained greater
insight into the Centre’s expertise and
SCIC SME Technology Series Centre Visit and Round Table Discussion
Guidebook on Transport & Handling
of Dangerous Goods
Guidebook on Transport & Handling
of Dangerous Goods
Supported by
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resources in four major areas – Membrane
Technology, Water Technology, Sustainable
Material Technology and Energy Efficiency
Technology.
Feedback received from participants were
very positive. One key sharing was that
this series had led to participants exploring
ideas for collaboration with the COIs. The intentional decision to keep the
participation small has further enabled each
visit to be more interactive, thus fostering a
greater exchange of information.
The next visit will take place before the end
of September. Space is limited, so get in
touch with the SCIC secretariat today to find
out more!
Contributed by: SCIC SME (Small
Medium Enterprises) Committee
The aim of this book is to provide guidelines to further enhance the safety of road transport
and handling operations. It also provides advice for mitigation of spill control, emergency
communication and the proper use of personal protective equipment to safeguard
individual safety and health, the environment and the community at large.
Who should obtain the Guidebook:
This Guidebook targets drivers, site operators, emergency responders, logistics service
providers, freight forwarders, Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) personnel, shippers,
traders, manufacturers and supply chain personnel. Although this Guidebook focuses on
road transport and handling operations, it also includes essential site (dispensing facilities)
safe work practices of loading and unloading operations.
Contributed by: SCIC L&D (Logistics & Distribution) Committee
 Maintaining Effectiveness of Process
Safety Barriers
Chemical process industry (CPI) handles hazardous chemicals under severe operating conditions to produce multiple products which are
useful in our daily life and have helped to improve quality of life. These hazards if not managed adequately can lead to major process safety
accident causing significant loss of life, environmental disaster, financial loss and business disruption. Major process safety accidents in
CPI in last 50 years have led to catastrophic consequences. In some accidents, CPI facilities have to be scrapped due to significant cost in
rebuilding and restoring the facilities, leading to significant economic loss to the community.

CPI is mindful of the challenges of handling hazardous chemicals and Figure 1: Protection Layers in CPI
invests significant efforts (money, time, manpower) in managing the
RESPONSE
hazards to prevent process safety accidents from happening. CPI
installs multiple Process Safety Barriers to manage these hazards LIMITATION Reactive
to ensure a safe and stable operation. Process Hazard Analysis BARRIER
(PHA) studies conducted at various stages of CPI life cycle (basic MITIGATION
design, detail design, construction, operation, decommissioning) PREVENTIVE
identify hazards at each stage and suitable Process Safety Barriers
SUPERVISORY
are selected and installed to manage the identified hazards. Proactive
Suitable barriers can be identified from a range of barriers as seen CONTROL
in Protection Layer diagram (Figure 1). INHERENTLY SAFER
DESIGN

Examples of typical process safety barriers installed are indicated

in the table below:

Table 1: Protection Layers: Process Safety Barriers

Protection Layer Process Safety Barriers

Inherently Safer Design Plants design based on inherently design principles of hazard elimination, minimisation, intensification etc

Control Process Control Systems like DCS, SCADA system

Supervisory Process alarms and operator intervention

Preventive Safety Interlock systems e.g. equipment, plant shut down systems

Mitigative Relief Valve, Rupture Disk etc.

Barrier Containment barrier like bund

Limitation Explosion Barrier, Fire wall, Site evacuation etc.

Response Emergency Response like Fire Fighting

Having installed the above Process Safety Barriers, it is essential to maintain the effectiveness of these barriers. If they are not maintained
and tested regularly, latent failures in these barriers shall make them ineffective thus losing their ability to prevent the release of hazard
and thus causing major process safety accident. One of major process safety accident in the last decade is Texas City Refinery accident
in 2005 which led to 15 fatalities and significant economic loss due to damaged facility, production loss and significant legal cost. Incident
investigation by then operating company, regulatory agencies, independent bodies like CSB, identified direct and latent failure of significant
number of process safety barriers which caused such catastrophic process safety accident (Figure 2).

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 Figure 2: Swiss Cheese Diagram for Texas City Accident

Hierarchy of control – Bias towards hardware/inherent safety & reducing the scope for human error – multi barrier defence

Relief and Learning Effective Active & Investigation

Blowdown from Operations Supervision/ Audit & Self Rescue &
Communication Passive & Lessons
System the Past Procedures Leadership Regulation Fire Protection Recovery Learned

Inherent Control Alarm Support to

Design & Shutdown Maintence Work Maintence Management Escape Next of Kin
Plant Layout System & Inspection Control & Inspection of Change HAZARD Access & Injured
REALIZATION

Loss of
containment

Ignition

Explosion

Multiple
fatalities and
injuries

• Inadequate
HAZID skills
• Lack of
• Operate • Faulty • Failure to underpinning • No effective • Active & • Access & • Emergency
outside high level recognise knowledge handover passive escape response
envelop alarm not hazard to • Failure between shifts fire route by site and
• No reported trailers to follow • Unit alarm not protection diversity external
fail-safe from procedures sounded • Access to authorities
shutdown start-up scene • Hospitalization
• No mass • Multiple
• Inventory • No up to balance or • Previous • Procedures sources of • Confusion • Pre-start-up • No/incomplete
increased date relief attention incidents not ignition in over who was review not MOC’s for
• Proximity study – to other & upsets followed adjacent in charge performed trailer siding
of non- design data not • Steps not areas • No verification • Procedural • Blowdown
essential basis • Loss reported signed off on procedures compliance drum modified
personnel unclear process • Admin. • Use of in use not checked without
to hazard • Capacity of control rather ‘local • Absent from • Supervisor rigorous MOC
• Flare not blowdown than ISD practices’ unit at critical offsite
used drum solutions times • No interventions
exceeded • Hierarchy
• Inadequate
of control KPI’s for
process safety

Actions to make Process Safety Barriers Effective

As there are multiple hazards at CPI with different degree of 1) Validation

severity, high consequence hazards should be identified in order Reviewing the adequacy of installed barrier. This check includes
to make process safety barriers effective. The identification of High design adequacy, inspection & maintenance regime adequacy
Consequence Scenarios can be based on Safety Critical Events (class room exercise)
identified in Safety Case studies (for MHI), high risk contributors
(from QRA studies) and PHA studies (for non-MHI facilities). PHA 2) Verification
studies will help to identify critical process safety barriers installed Site inspection of the barrier to confirm its installation as per
or proposed to be installed to prevent high consequence accidents design standards, awareness of operation/ maintenance team
from happening. on ground on importance of installed process safety barrier
(Site/ field exercise)
A process of Validation & Verification is recommended to be
implemented in each CPI to make these barriers effective. This Table 2 indicates the type of activities that can be carried out to
process ensures end to end review (from design to installation conduct validation and verification for different type of barriers.
to maintenance to training regime to awareness of field staff) is
carried out for these critical barriers.

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 Table 2: Validation & Verification of Process Safety Barriers
Safety Critical Barrier Validation Activities (Office)
Inherent Safer To check plant documents so as to confirm
Designw original inherent safer design conditions are still
applicable
Basic Process • Control system configuration meets barrier
Control (DCS) intent
• Maintenance regime including sensing element
calibration, DCS system service, control valves
Process Alarms • Operator takes action on pre-defined alarm
• Operator trained on pre-defined action
• Sufficient process safety time available for
operator to act
• Alarm sensing element under preventive
maintenance program
Interlock System • Review interlock to ensure it meets the barrier
design intent
• Interlock settings are proper based process/
equipment design data
• System in place to control interlock bypass
Relief System • Check the relief system components (Pressure
Relief Valve, Rupture disk, flare header, flare
knock out drums, flare tip) are designed for
credible scenarios
• Inspection program is in place to inspect and
maintain the relief system components
• All abnormalities observed during relief system
inspection and maintenance are addressed
adequately
Bunds • Bund is designed as per standards
• Routine inspection and maintenance program
of bunds in place
• Findings in inspection and maintenance
program are addressed
Emergency • Fire fighting system designed for worst case
Response scenario
(Fire Fighting) • Inspection program is in place to inspect and
System maintain the fire fighting system
• Proper program for training company
employees for fighting fire
• All abnormalities observed during fire fighting
system inspection are addresses adequately
Implementing a good Validation & Verification program will help CPI to move from “We Think” to “We Know” about Process Safety
Barriers. This will prevent major process safety accident from happening and preventing fatalities, environmental damage and significant
economic loss!
Contributed by: SCIC P&E (Process & Engineering) Committee
Verification Activities (Site/ plant)
• Site verification of plant condition has not
changed from original design intent due to
subsequent MOC
• Discuss with operators/ technicians the
importance of maintain plant condition to
sustain inherent safer design
• Sensing element properly commissioned with
associated systems like steam/ electric tracing
• Correct control valve flow direction
• Proper Instrument Air pressure supply to
control valves
• Discuss with operators/ technicians the
importance of maintaining Basic Process
Control System
• Proper installation of alarm sensing element
• Alarm sensing element is commissioned
• Alarm is not frequently activated
• Discuss with operators/ technicians the
importance of process alarms and process
safety time available
• Interlock sensing elements are properly
installed and commissioned in field
• Discuss with operators/ technicians the
importance of interlock system and implication
of bypassing it
• Field installation of all relief system
components is as per design requirements
• All isolation valves are locked in correct
position
• Purge gas flow in flare header is maintained at
required rate
• Physical inspection of bunds, draining system
• Physical inspection of fire fighting field
equipment
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