Consultancy
We provide expert services, helping you to achieve your goals. Our multi-discipline team can support you to solve challenges throughout the project lifecycle, from original project concept design, right through to de-commissioning. Our Technical Advisory colleagues can guide you through your operational and compliance challenges, embed sustainability into your new projects and help you meet energy transition objectives.
Our experts help you identify and understand your risks, guiding you step by step towards regulatory compliance in line with industry best practice and international standards. We specialise in process safety consultancy, functional safety, and risk advisory services.
Our offerings include independent third-party assessments and audits, compliance support, process safety management system design or review, workshop facilitation, qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, and tailored training.
Our team have all the necessary knowledge and experience to ensure that you get the expertise that you need. We have TUV Functional Safety Engineers that can support you through the whole project lifecycle. Our HAZOP and LOPA Chairs, Pressure Relief and DSEAR experts are all assessed to guarantee that they have the correct skills, training and project background to deliver you clear and dependable advice. OSL’s experience in the new energy sector, including hydrogen, carbon capture, syngas and biogas projects; gives us a unique perspective allowing us to demonstrate proven solutions.
Our team work closely together with you to ensure that our advice will meet your needs. We understand that different solutions may be needed for different clients, depending on the scale of the business, the aims of the project, and time and budget restrictions. We will offer solutions that are pragmatic and tailored to you, whilst ensuring compliance, following the appropriate standards and meeting good practice. Our aim is always to get to know you and your business, understand your drivers and form a partnership where we can achieve fantastic outcomes together.
Meet Our Head of Consultancy
Pete Creer
Peter is a highly experienced process engineer and project manager with expertise in various process industries. He has led detailed engineering design teams, overseeing projects from conceptual design to plant commissioning and de-bottlenecking. Peter has a strong background in process safety and environmental management and is our Head of Consultancy.
Services
Expertise in the following areas
| Process Safety | Functional Safety | Independent Expertise | Design, Construction, Commissioning & Operations | Environmental & Sustainability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Process Safety Management systems | Functional Safety Management Systems & Planning | Due Diligence | Principal Designer | Energy Optimisation |
| Hazard Identification | Hazard Identification | Expert Witness | Principal Contractor | Energy Transition |
| Qualitative Risk Assessment | Qualitative Risk Assessment | Independent Technical Advisor | Operational Readiness Review (PSSR) | Secondary & Tertiary Containment Review |
| Quantitative Risk Assessment | Quantitative Risk Assessment | Feasibility Studies | Management of Change | |
| Inherently Safe Design | Safety Requirement Specifications | Optioneering | Alarm Prioritisation | |
| ALARP Studies & Demonstrations | SIL Verification Calculations | Technology Development | ATEX Equipment Studies | |
| Relief & Blowdown Studies | FAT/SAT Support | Safety Critical Commissioning & Operating Procedures | ||
| DSEAR compliance | Proof Testing | Identification of Safety Critical Equipment | ||
| Gap Analysis | In-Use Data Analysis | Operational Risk Assessments | ||
| 3rd Party Assessments & Audits | 3rd Party Functional Safety Assessment |