Safety and Sustainability: A new standard of safety for onshore passive fire protection

The onshore energy and petrochemicals sector is defined by the strength of its safety culture, but it has only recently begun moving toward adoption of the highest fire protection standards. For many years, industry practice has been to protect onshore assets primarily against pool fires, but recently the industry has begun to recognize the need to adopt standards covering the more dangerous hazards of jet fires. This is particularly important in light of the huge increase in gas processing, transport and handling, whether from U.S. shale gas extraction, growth in LNG or other sources, such as hydrogen. Gas processing facilities and shipping terminals are threatened by some of the biggest p