SIL Study Explained: The Best Practitioner Guide to SIL Determination and Verification in 2026
On the projects I’ve worked on, the SIL study is one of the most misunderstood deliverables in the whole functional
Safety Systems
Every major process facility runs a Safety Instrumented System alongside its DCS to take the process to a safe state when something goes wrong. These guides cover functional safety for process plants — what a Safety Instrumented System is, SIL ratings and how they are determined, and the HAZOP and LOPA studies that set them — following IEC 61508 and IEC 61511, with examples from real oil and gas and petrochemical projects.
SIL Ratings Explained: SIL 1, 2, 3 in Practice — The Best Practitioner Guide for 2026
I’ve sat through more SIL assessment workshops than I can count. Operations, engineering, safety, and the SIS vendor in the
HAZOP and LOPA Explained: The Best Practitioner Guide for 2026
The first HAZOP I ever sat in ran for three weeks on a gas-to-liquids facility in Africa. I was the
What Is a Safety Instrumented System? The Best Practitioner Guide for 2026
I’ve worked with all three major safety instrumented system platforms in production environments. Triconex on an offshore brownfield in Africa