Terminals Talk

This episode reflects on how the events of 11 December 2005 continue to inform practice and drive ongoing improvements across high-hazard industries, more than twenty years after the Buncefield incident. Following the release of ECI-hub and the Tank Storage Association’s animated anniversary case-study video, the conversation explores the importance of keeping these lessons alive through clear, ac...

In this episode, we explore with Mark Waddington, CEO of Channoil Energy, the shape and role of the bulk storage sector and associated infrastructure in the context of the energy transition and how the sector is set to evolve over the next 15-20 years.

In this episode, Ken Rivers, Non-Executive Director of the Health and Safety Executive, explores the core principles of process safety leadership developed by the Process Safety Leadership Group, which came together following the Buncefield incident in 2005, as well as the importance of integrating occupational health and safety to enable safer and healthier workplaces for everyone.

In this episode, we’re joined by Alan Dillien, Occupational Safety & Human Factors Lead at Grain LNG, to discuss newly published guidance from the Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum on managing stress in the workplace.

Enhancing sustainability and meeting net zero carbon emissions by 2050 require collaboration and innovation. In this episode, we will delve deeper into advancements around industry’s sustainability ambitions and operational efficiency.

In this episode, we focus on process safety management and delve deeper into the work of the Process Safety Management Competence Programme Board with Richard Roff, Chair of the Board.

In this episode, we explore with Gorka Penalva, Commercial Director, Northwest Europe, at Exolum, the key role of storage and distribution infrastructure in the energy transition and in supporting the provision of low emissions fuels, including sustainable aviation fuels.

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 stil...

Natural hazards can initiate events which challenge the safety and operation at hazardous installations. In this episode, we explore with Dr Mike Nicholas, Senior Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation and COMAH, at the Environment Agency, the risks, measures and procedures that could be implemented to help improve resilience to extreme weather events and other climate change impacts.

In this episode, we explore with Andy Stanley, Director of RAS Process Safety Technical Consultants, the evolving landscape of process safety in the journey toward carbon neutrality.

In this episode, we explore business rates and consider plant & machinery rating with David McCausland, Head of Rating at Farebrother Chartered Surveyors, and Martyn Lyons, Independent Director at the Tank Storage Association

The bulk storage and energy infrastructure sector plays a key role in the supply security and resilience of products that are critical to our daily lives, including transport and heating fuels, chemicals, animal feed and foodstuffs. In this episode, we discuss what’s next for the bulk storage and energy infrastructure sector and the trends that are emerging in to the supply and demand of products...

Energy storage is key to the energy transition and technological developments in this area will be central to its success. In this episode, we explore the potential of flow batteries in supporting the energy transition and discuss their role in the fast-growing field of energy storage. 

2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) scheme, an industry initiative backed by government designed to ensure that all tanker drivers in the UK are trained and assessed to a consistent standard in loading, transporting and offloading petroleum fuel products from road tankers.

In this episode, we explore the landscape for the terminals sector as well as evolving trade routes and supply chains which are reshaping along geographic and political lines.

In this episode, we explore with Ian Travers the fundamentals of hazard identification and risk assessment to determine or review the control measures needed to protect against process safety hazards.

In this episode, we explore how apprenticeships can benefit businesses across the terminals sector as well as some of the apprenticeship routes available in our sector. 

An apprenticeship in the terminals industry offers a gateway to a career and represents an ideal route to numerous and exciting roles within the sector. In this episode, Tom Monaghan, Electrical Technician Apprentice at National Grid’s Grain LNG, and James Weaver who is currently undertaking a Control and Instrumentation Apprenticeship also at National Grid’s Grain LNG, discuss their journey as ap...

In this episode, we explore with Ravi Bhatiani, Executive Director of the Federation of European Tank Storage Associations, the critical role of terminals in energy security of supply and resilience against the background of dynamic changes within the global context.

Grain LNG, the UK’s leading gateway connecting global LNG to the European energy market, is currently undergoing expansion works to increase its capacity even further. 

In this episode, we explore the importance of mental wellbeing and the steps that can be taken to identify risks and create positive working environments.  

The Tank Storage Association explores careers and apprenticeships in the industry, as well as the sector’s commitment to attract, develop and retain the next generation of talent.

The Tank Storage Association explores the connection between leadership and process safety.

The Tank Storage Association looks at what’s next for the bulk storage and energy infrastructure sector and the trends that are emerging with regard to the supply and demand of liquid products in the UK