The events that end companies are rarely frequent — they are catastrophic. Northstar's process-safety specialists systematically identify, evaluate and reduce major-accident hazards through rigorous, internationally-recognised study techniques.
A site can post excellent injury statistics while sitting on an unassessed major-accident hazard. Lost-time-injury rates say nothing about the integrity of a pressure system, the adequacy of relief, or the classification of a hazardous area.
Process safety demands its own discipline: structured hazard identification, quantified consequence and risk analysis, and layers of protection engineered and verified against recognised standards — before, not after, the event.
A disciplined path from hazard to engineered, verified risk reduction.
Systematically identify major-accident hazards through HAZID and design review.
Facilitate structured HAZOP and layer-of-protection analysis with your engineers.
Model consequences and quantify risk against tolerability criteria.
Rank scenarios by likelihood and consequence to focus effort where it counts.
Specify and verify safeguards and safety-instrumented functions to close the gap.
Facilitated hazard and operability studies across new and existing facilities.
Quantitative risk assessment and consequence modelling against tolerability criteria.
Layer-of-protection analysis and safety-integrity-level determination.
Electrical arc-flash hazard analysis and labelling to recognised standards.
HAC studies and zoning for flammable and explosive atmospheres.
Relief-system adequacy and asset-integrity review for pressure systems.
“Northstar covers every technical aspect and gives a clear path to comply with the laws applicable to our operations.”
A Hazard and Operability study — a structured, team-based examination of a process to identify deviations that could lead to hazards or operability problems, and the safeguards needed to manage them.
Yes. We model consequences and quantify risk (QRA) against recognised tolerability criteria, supporting decisions on land use, layout and risk reduction.
Yes — arc-flash incident-energy analysis with labelling, and hazardous-area classification (HAC) with zoning drawings, to the applicable standards.
Experienced process-safety specialists facilitate the sessions with your engineering and operations teams, so the analysis reflects the real plant and its intent.
Begin with a scoping discussion on your highest-hazard units. We'll recommend the right studies and sequence to reduce major-accident risk.
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