Alastair Hume

Alastair is a senior consultant with a Bachelor and Masters in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Canterbury. He has two decades of experience in design, manufacturing, and process safety across the Oil & Gas, Refining, Petrochemical and Geothermal sectors. He is experienced in the facilitation of HAZOP and LOPA reviews, consequence modelling and verification of safety critical elements for major hazard facilities. He is a chartered member of IChemE and a TÜV certified functional safety engineer.

HAZOP Challenges

April 24, 2024

From my experience as a HAZOP leader, there are several challenges I have experienced that could compromise the integrity of the recorded minutes...

Process Safety Consequences

October 20, 2022

Consequence modelling is used to determine the worst-case scenarios that could occur due to a loss of containment of hazardous materials. This is..

The Definition of Process Safety

September 27, 2021

The Definition of Process Safety When most people think about workplace safety, they think about the general hazards that they are personally exposed..