The Fire and Blast Information Group (FABIG) is a non-profit, membership-based organization created in the UK in 1992 after the Piper Alpha disaster to continue the distribution and dissemination of expert knowledge on fires and explosions arising from projects major research conducted in the early 1990s.
FABIG has become an internationally recognized body for the development and deployment of guidelines for hydrocarbon and explosion fires for offshore platforms and petrochemical factories on land.
The mission of FABIG is to disseminate knowledge and best practices and to develop guidance on fire prevention and fire prevention and mitigation and on the protection of facilities and personnel against fire and explosion.
FABIG membership consists of 85 member organizations worldwide from the oil and gas industry and includes oil and gas companies, consultants, contractors, regulators, verifiers, manufacturers and university researchers. All supermajors are members of FABIG.
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History
On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha disaster claimed the lives of 167 people and destroyed the Piper Alpha platform. The crash, which was the worst offshore accident to date, attracted the offshore industry and regulators against the damage that could arise in the event of explosions and fires on the offshore platform, and fueled the changes that have formed offshore today. environmental regulations and operations.
Following the recommendation of a public inquiry led by Lord Cullen following Piper Alpha, the Offshore Safety Division (OSD) was created in April 1991 in the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to take responsibility for the safety of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) , and the 1992 Safety Case Rules (SCR 92) entered into force on 30 November 1993. SCR 92 has become a key instrument of the new goal setting regime for the UK offshore industry.
Offshore industries respond to the challenges presented by disaster initiatives including joint industry projects sponsored by organizations with fires and/or full blast tests. The first major research project that followed the Piper Alpha disaster was Phase 1 of the Joint Industrial Project on Blast and Fire Engineering for Topside Structures (BFETS) conducted between May 1990 and July 1991. The result was 26 reports summarizing the understanding of the fire and explosion engineering industry and in the release Interim Guides Guide (IGN). These guidelines are called "interim" due to rapidly changing design concepts and many gaps in understanding the loading and fire resistance highlighted in BFETS Phase 1.
FABIG was created in the context of the study and offshore industry change in March 1992, with the aim of continuing the dissemination of information on hydrocarbon fires and explosions and becoming the main forum for discussing fire and explosion issues. FABIG activities have been in operation since 1992. The topics covered by FABIG have been expanded to cover both fire and explosion problems on land as well as human factors, management of the integrity of aging assets, LNG and hydrogen.
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Activity
FABIG's activities are aimed at practitioners involved in the design, operation and inspection of offshore installations and petrochemical plants on land. FABIG organizes Technical Meetings and publishes Technical Notes and Technical Bulletins for the dissemination of best practices and knowledge about fire and explosion issues.
Technical meeting
FABIG has hosted over 55 technical meetings consisting of presentations from industry experts covering fire and explosion issues such as structural design and equipment for fire and explosion, risk assessment, mitigation systems, fire and explosion modeling, dispersion modeling, human factors, integrity management aging assets, regulatory compliance, LNG, key performance indicators, etc.
The Results of the Joint Industrial Project Phase 1 on the Buncefield Explosion Mechanism was disseminated for the first time at the FABIG Technical Meeting in June 2009. The meeting attracted the largest audience for the FABIG Technical Meeting with more than 350 delegates.
Technical Note
FABIG Technical Notes are used in the oil and gas industry and contain step-by-step procedures and examples that work for the design of topside and ground plant structures against fires and explosions. The list of FABIG Technical Notes (TN) issued is as follows:
- TN 01 Resistant Design from Topside Offshore Structure
- TN 02 Explosion Mitigation System
- TN 03 Use of Ultimate Power Techniques for Fireproof Design from Offshore Structures
- TN 04 Designs Offshore Explosion Offensive Structures
- TN 05 Design Guide for Stainless Steel Blast Walls
- Design Guide TN 06 for Steels at High Temperature and High Tension Level
- TN 07 Simple Methods for Response Analysis of Dynamic Loading
- TN 08 Protection of Piping Systems is subject to Fire and Explosion
- TN 09 Human Factor Guide
- TN 10 Advanced SDOF Model for Steel Members Depending on Addition of Explosion: Material Level Sensitivity
- TN 11 Fire Fighting and Structural Response
- TN 12 Cloud Vapor Development in Incident Over-charging
- TN 13 Design Guide for Hydrocarbon Fire
Technical Bulletin
FABIG publishes a technical bulletin consisting of articles from industry experts on research programs, projects and case studies. More than 50 FABIG bulletins have been published.
FABIG website
The FABIG website is intended to be a 'one stop shop' for information related to fires and explosions. Developed as part of the Joint Industrial Project undertaken by FABIG and sponsored by OGP and UK Oil and Gas, a Technical Directory has been placed on the FABIG website in the 'Rules', 'Technical Information' and 'Accidents' sections. It provides the following information:
- An overview of the offshore and offshore oil and gas regulatory environment and relevant legislation for hydrocarbon and explosion fires in the UK, Norway and the United States.
- List of relevant standards/approved practice codes, lists and abstracts (if available) from technical guides and research publications indexed according to the following topics:
- Fire and explosion hazard management
- The human factor
- Consequences and numerical modeling
- Burst charging and response
- Fire load and response
- Loading/loading/loading load
- Prevention, detection, control, and mitigation systems
- Emergency, evacuation, and rescue
- List of major land and offshore accidents resulting from fires and explosions along with information about reports and websites. For each accident, an overview including descriptions, consequences and lessons learned are provided.
References
External links
- FABIG website
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