CC-95-129 Abnormal Situation Management

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This article discusses the impact of abnormal plant operations and the implications of design, operations, maintenance, and training. Today abnormal plant operations cost industry in excess of $20 billion. A Consortium consisting of Amoco, Applied Training Resources, Exxon, Chevron, Gensym, Honeywell, Mobil, Novacor Chemicals, Shell, and Texaco with the aid of a National Institute of Science & Technology Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP), are coordinating resources to address this problem. This paper will address the issues facing the ASM consortium and the challenges that the Hydro Carbon Processing Industry (HPI), Chemical Process Industry (CPI) faces. This is also relevant to the Oil & Gas, Power Generation , Iron & Steel and Pulp & Paper Industry.