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    The document outlines the LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis) procedure used to determine risk levels and safety instrumented functions (SIFs) for hazardous events. It involves 4 steps: 1) Determine the tolerable risk level, 2) Determine the unmitigated hazardous event frequency, 3) Calculate the intermediate event frequency accounting for protection layers, and 4) Determine if additional risk reduction is needed by comparing the tolerable frequency to the intermediate frequency. The highest safety integrity level (SIL), environmental integrity level (EIL), or commercial integrity level (CIL) determined through this process for safety, environmental, and commercial impacts respectively is selected.

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    The document outlines the LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis) procedure used to determine risk levels and safety instrumented functions (SIFs) for hazardous events. It involves 4 steps: 1) Determine the tolerable risk level, 2) Determine the unmitigated hazardous event frequency, 3) Calculate the intermediate event frequency accounting for protection layers, and 4) Determine if additional risk reduction is needed by comparing the tolerable frequency to the intermediate frequency. The highest safety integrity level (SIL), environmental integrity level (EIL), or commercial integrity level (CIL) determined through this process for safety, environmental, and commercial impacts respectively is selected.

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    The document outlines the LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis) procedure used to determine risk levels and safety instrumented functions (SIFs) for hazardous events. It involves 4 steps: 1) Determine the tolerable risk level, 2) Determine the unmitigated hazardous event frequency, 3) Calculate the intermediate event frequency accounting for protection layers, and 4) Determine if additional risk reduction is needed by comparing the tolerable frequency to the intermediate frequency. The highest safety integrity level (SIL), environmental integrity level (EIL), or commercial integrity level (CIL) determined through this process for safety, environmental, and commercial impacts respectively is selected.

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    LOPA Procedure

    A Safety

    !. Determine the Tolerable Risk Level

    Define the hazardous event (fire, overpressure, mechanical failure, etc)

    Assess its severity (minor, serious, extensive)

    Consult the ‘risk table’ to establish the tolerable frequency

    2. Determine the Unmitigated Hazardous Event Frequency

    Identify all initiating causes (e.g. from HAZOP)

    Assess the frequency of each cause and summate them

    3. Calculate the Intermediate Event Frequency

    Identify non-independent protection layers - PL (BPCS, alarms, post-event mitigation)

    Identify Independent Protection Layers - IPL (preventive and control measures)

    Assess the risk reduction by each PL and IPL and multiply them

    Multiply the total risk reduction by the hazardous event frequency

    4. Determine the need for additional risk reduction

    SIF is only required if item 3 > item 1

    Divide the tolerable frequency (item 1) by the Intermediate event frequency (item 3)

    This value is the target risk reduction for the SIF, i.e. the SIL level for Safety

    B Environmental

    Repeat section A for environmental impacts to obtain the EIL

    C Commercial

    Repeat section A for commercial impacts to obtain the CIL

    D Select the highest of SIL/EIL/CIL

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