Buncefield: 20 years on

About this episode

This episode discusses the advancements in process safety management in the petroleum storage sector since the Buncefield incidents 20 years ago.

Following the Buncefield explosions and fires in 2005, broad improvements were introduced within the petroleum storage sector and across other major hazard industries. In this episode, we explore with Ian Travers, a world expert on process safety management and leadership, the progress made over the past 20 years, and why the principles of process safety leadership derived from Buncefield are still very much a key focus today.

People in this episode

Guest: Ian Travers

Topics covered

• process safety
• Buncefield
• petroleum storage
• hazard industries
• safety leadership
• industry improvements

Keywords

• Buncefield
• process safety
• petroleum storage
• safety management
• hazard industries
• leadership

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