Risk Assessment on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Handling Facility, Case Study: Terminal LPG Semarang

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2019-08, Vol.588 (1), p.12007
• Main Authors: Akbar, T A, Dinariyana, A A B, Baheramsyah, A, Prastyasari, F I, Setyorini, P D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Fire fighting; Fire hazards; Handling; Liquefied petroleum gas; LPG; Risk assessment; Supply chains
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/588/1/012007

LPG plays important role in Indonesia as household fuel. With the rapid growth of LPG usage, its handling facility is built across the country. The handling of LPG requires various activity prior to supporting its supply chain. One of the vital facility is Terminal LPG (or on this case Terminal LPG Semarang) which serve as a hub in LPG distribution because it handles a relatively huge amount of LPG. It is exposed to operational risk especially fire risk. This paper is intended to assess the risk of LPG Terminal by using combined both qualitative and quantitative methods. The initial step is to identify the hazard by using HAZOP Study. The next step is to determine the likelihood of the risk by using FTA and ETA resulted in event frequency. The severity level is determined using consequences analysis which involved fire modeling of the intended scenarios. The result from both frequency and consequences will be presented in the risk matrix to determine the unacceptable risk scenario to develop a mitigation plan by using Fire Risk Card to assess the capability of the Terminal firefighting equipment.