UKPIA and Oil & Gas UK, in conjunction with the Chemical Industries Association ...

UKPIA and Oil & Gas UK, in conjunction with the Chemical Industries Association and Nuclear Industry Association, have formed a pan-sector Process Safety Forum. The Forum will provide a platform whereby initiatives, best practice, incident learnings and process safety strategy can be distilled and shared across all the industry sectors, with the aim of preventing major incidents. Commenting on the establishment of the Forum, Chris Hunt, Director General of UKPIA, commented: ‘This is an important step forward for our industries. Incidents in the downstream oil industry in recent years have focused attention on the need for greater sharing of knowledge and best practice across the high hazard sectors. Through the Buncefield Standards Task Group and its successor, the Process Safety Leadership Group, the value of a wider pan-industry dialogue has been demonstrated, to complement the existing safety forums within these sectors.’ The inaugural meeting of the Forum is scheduled to take place in early February, to appoint a Chair, approve aims and objectives, and establish a work programme.