Abstract
This chapter shows the importance of “technical and operational knowledge” for the risk management professional to achieve the technical authority required to provide solutions that aim for the reduction of hazards and risks in facilities in the oil and gas industry. It also provides a minimum information base on upstream facilities, downstream facilities, process safety, operational practice, and design routine. It includes a little bit of the history of the oil and gas industry, subdivision of the production chain areas, types of onshore and offshore installations, major accidents in the oil and gas industry, transportation and distribution, loss of containment, combustion, project activities, and operational activities. This chapter presents the figure “Membrane diagram” that shows how safety barriers are vulnerable to errors due to human factors.
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