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Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries Volume 2
Risk Assessment, Its Purposes, The Methodology and Its Limitations
- 5th Edition - October 1, 2026
- Editors: Hans J Pasman, Faisal Khan
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 8 2 6 - 3
Safety in the process industries is critical for those who work with chemicals and hazardous substances or processes. The field of loss prevention is, and continues to be, of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSafety in the process industries is critical for those who work with chemicals and hazardous substances or processes. The field of loss prevention is, and continues to be, of supreme importance to countless companies, municipalities and governments around the world, and Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industry is a detailed reference to defending against hazards. Recognized as the standard work for chemical and process engineering safety professionals, it provides the most complete collection of information on the theory, practice, design elements, equipment, regulations and laws covering the field of process safety. An entire library of alternative books (and cross-referencing systems) would be needed to replace or improve upon it, but everything of importance to safety professionals, engineers and managers can be found in this all-encompassing three volume reference instead.
Volume 2 of Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industry guides the reader to solve the problem of how to determine a risk. This is achieved by presenting the methodology in its various aspects, the main contributors, problems others have encountered, preferred methods to apply, preferred data collections, showing limitations and ways to cope with uncertainty. This is done too by revealing experience of researchers and examples of assessments, requirements one has to put on the determination procedure and organization, assessment criteria, ensuring validity of result, and types of risk decision making, and encompasses risk communication in view of risk perception.
Volume 2 of Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industry guides the reader to solve the problem of how to determine a risk. This is achieved by presenting the methodology in its various aspects, the main contributors, problems others have encountered, preferred methods to apply, preferred data collections, showing limitations and ways to cope with uncertainty. This is done too by revealing experience of researchers and examples of assessments, requirements one has to put on the determination procedure and organization, assessment criteria, ensuring validity of result, and types of risk decision making, and encompasses risk communication in view of risk perception.
• Fully restructured volume 2 of Lees Loss Prevention in the Process Industries dedicated to risk assessment, its purposes, methodologies and limitations
• The standard work on process safety, trusted worldwide for over 40 years
• Covers the full scope of process safety and loss prevention, compiling theory, practice, standards, legislation, case studies and lessons learned in one resource as opposed to multiple sources
• The standard work on process safety, trusted worldwide for over 40 years
• Covers the full scope of process safety and loss prevention, compiling theory, practice, standards, legislation, case studies and lessons learned in one resource as opposed to multiple sources
Process engineers, process risk analysts, plant managers, students and professors in process safety
Oil & gas refining and processing industry, safety specialists in chemical process industry;
Regulatory bodies on process industry safety, safety inspectors, safety consultants, law firms specialized in industrial accident litigation, process plant designers;
University libraries
Oil & gas refining and processing industry, safety specialists in chemical process industry;
Regulatory bodies on process industry safety, safety inspectors, safety consultants, law firms specialized in industrial accident litigation, process plant designers;
University libraries
A – Introduction and Hazard Identification
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Historical prologue
1.2 Safety triad
1.3 Safety I, Safety II, and Risk Assessment
1.4 Risk Communication
Chapter 2. Overview assessment process
2.1 Assessment steps
2.2 Context project/scope
2.3 Security assessment
Chapter 3. Hazard Identification and characterization
3.1 Methods, socio-technical system approach
3.2 Scenario definition and representation
3.3 Accident data bases
3.4 Critical considerations
B – Consequence Analysis
Chapter 4. Consequence analysis
4.1 Source term, outflow, pool
4.2 Gas/vapor/aerosol dispersion
4.3 Explosion
4.4 Fire
4.5 Toxic release
4.6 Cryogens: LNG and Hydrogen
4.7 Damage types and probits
4.8 Natural hazard (NaTech) probits
C – Failure Rates and Probabilities
Chapter 5. Failure rates
5.1 Human factors & Organizational factors
5.2 Reliability, availability, maintainability
5.3 Data processing methods
5.4 Expert elicitation
5.5 (Quantitative) Fault tree, Safe tree, and Event tree
5.6 Inspection and maintenance
D – Risk Assessment and Management
Chapter 6. Risk determination
6.1 Risk presentation
6.2 Handling uncertainty
6.3 Deep uncertainty methods
Chapter 7 Dynamic/Operational Risk Assessment
7.1 Methods for different situations
7.2 Weak signals, Early warning
Chapter 8. Risk reducing measures
8.1 Safety management system
8.2 Measures, barriers
8.3 Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
8.4 Standards, codes and best practice
Chapter 9 Risk Management and Resilience
Chapter 10. Risk Assessment reporting requirements
Chapter 11. Risk based decision making
11.1 Validation risk study
11.2 Human decision making
11.3 Decision support methods
11.4 Economic decision making
11.5 Public risk acceptance
Chapter 12. Epilogue
- No. of pages: 1024
- Language: English
- Edition: 5
- Published: October 1, 2026
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323898263
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Hans J Pasman
TEES Research Professor, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA., Emeritus Professor, Chemical Risk Management of the Delft University of Technology, and associated member of the Dutch Council for Life Environment and Infrastructure in the Netherlands.
Professor Pasman graduated in Chemical Technology at Delft University of Technology in 1961, and finished a Doctor’s thesis in 1964 while working for Shell. He joined the Dutch Organisation for Applied Research, TNO, in 1965, initiating and performing research in reactive materials, gas, dust and energetic material explosions, investigation of industrial accidents and risk analysis, while also managing organizational units.
He has been a member of the Working Party on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries since 1972, and chairman from 1986-2004. In this latter capacity he was instrumental in founding the European Process Safety Centre in 1992. He has also been chairman of the International Group on Unstable Substances (IGUS) for 10 years, of the European Study Group on Risk Analysis (1980-1985), and of a NATO Group on Explosives (1982-1992). At the Delft University of Technology he led a multinational project on gas explosion fundamentals at elevated pressures and temperatures (2003-2008). In 2007 he co-organized a NATO advanced research workshop on Resilience of Cities to Terrorists and other Threats. From 2004-2012 he was a Member of the Dutch national Advisory Council on Hazardous Substances.
Affiliations and expertise
TEES Research Professor, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University, Texas, USAFK
Faisal Khan
Faisal Khan is a Chemical Engineering Professor and Director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center and the Ocean Energy Safety Institute, Texas A &M University. He is the founder of the Centre for Risk Integrity and Safety Engineering (C-RISE), a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering. His areas of research interest include offshore safety and risk engineering, inherent safety, risk management, and risk-based integrity assessment and management. Dr. Khan is actively involved with multinational oil and gas industries on the issue of safety and asset integrity. He also served as the Safety and Risk Advisor to the Government of Newfoundland, Canada. He continues to serve as a subject matter expert to many organizations including Lloyd’s Register EMEA, SBM Modco, Intecsea, Technip, and Qatar-gas. He served as a Visiting Professor of Offshore and Marine Engineering at Australian Maritime College (AMC), University of Tasmania, Australia where he led the development of offshore safety and risk engineering group and the initiative of global engagements with many international institutions. He is the recipient of President Outstanding Research Award of 2012-13 at Memorial University, President Outstanding Research Supervision Award of 2013-14 at Memorial University, CSChE National Award on Process Safety Management of 2014, P, and Society of Petroleum Engineer award for his contribution to Health, Safety and Risk Engineering. He has authored over 500 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences on safety, risk, and reliability engineering. He has authored five books on the subject area. He is the Editor of the Journal of Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Safety in Extreme Environment, and ASME Part A (Risk and Uncertainty Analysis). He regularly offers training program/workshop on safety and risk engineering in different places including St John’s, Chennai, Dubai, Beijing, Aberdeen, Cape Town, Doha and Kuala Lumpur.
Affiliations and expertise
Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety CenterArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA