Process safety management in focus

In this episode, we explore with Mike Gaynon, CEO at Stanlow Terminals, and Tim Suenson-Thorp, New Energies Development Manager at Stanlow Terminals, Stanlow Terminals’ journey to become the UK’s leading bulk liquid storage business for conventional fuels, biofuels, chemicals, CO2 and new low carbon related fuels.

In this episode, Deborah Hogget, Head of Product and Assessment at SIAS, and John Reynolds, Chair of the Tank Storage Association’s Skills Committee and Managing Director of Reynolds Training Services, explore how industry collaboration is shaping the development of a structured qualification pathway for bulk storage operators and why investing in skills is essential to the future of the sector.

Leadership at board level isn’t removed from frontline safety, it shapes it. In this episode, we explore with Graham Skinner, Health and Safety Manager at Offshore Energies UK, the Institute of Directors’ Business Risk Management Competency Standard for Board Members in High-Hazard Industries and its significance for leadership and safety governance across the sector. The full Business Risk Management Competency for Board Members of High-Hazard Industries standard is available via the Institute of Directors website.

This episode reflects on how the events of 11 December 2005 continue to inform practice and drive ongoing improvements across high-hazard industries, more than twenty years after the Buncefield incident. Following the release of ECI-hub and the Tank Storage Association’s animated anniversary case-study video, the conversation explores the importance of keeping these lessons alive through clear, accessible training, shared learning, and continued collaboration.

In this episode, we explore with Mark Waddington, CEO of Channoil Energy, the shape and role of the bulk storage sector and associated infrastructure in the context of the energy transition and how the sector is set to evolve over the next 15-20 years.

In this episode, Ken Rivers, Non-Executive Director of the Health and Safety Executive, explores the core principles of process safety leadership developed by the Process Safety Leadership Group, which came together following the Buncefield incident in 2005, as well as the importance of integrating occupational health and safety to enable safer and healthier workplaces for everyone.

In this episode, we’re joined by Alan Dillien, Occupational Safety & Human Factors Lead at Grain LNG, to discuss newly published guidance from the Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum on managing stress in the workplace.

Enhancing sustainability and meeting net zero carbon emissions by 2050 require collaboration and innovation. In this episode, we will delve deeper into advancements around industry’s sustainability ambitions and operational efficiency.

In this episode, we focus on process safety management and delve deeper into the work of the Process Safety Management Competence Programme Board with Richard Roff, Chair of the Board.

In this episode, we explore with Gorka Penalva, Commercial Director, Northwest Europe, at Exolum, the key role of storage and distribution infrastructure in the energy transition and in supporting the provision of low emissions fuels, including sustainable aviation fuels.