M. Sam Mannan, PhD, PE, CSP, is a chemical engineering professor and director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University. He is an internationally recognized expert on process safety and risk assessment. His research interests include hazard assessment and risk analysis, flammable and toxic gas cloud dispersion modeling, inherently safer design, reactive chemicals and run--away reactions, aerosols, and abnormal situation management.

"...this is still the most comprehensive treatise on process safety and loss prevention available... it should be in the process safety department library of any company involved with manufacturing handling, and processing hazardous chemicals. Also, process safety/loss prevention specialists and consultants will find it an invaluable source book on practically every subject in this field." - CCPS Journal

• All the chapters from the previous edition, and also new to this edition;Safety CultureMetrics and Performance MeasurementBenchmarkingEngineering for Sustainable DevelopmentLiquefied Natural GasKatrina and RitaBP Texas CityBuncefieldColumbia Space Shuttle Disaster

M. Sam Mannan, PhD, PE, CSP, is a chemical engineering professor and director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University. He is an internationally recognized expert on process safety and risk assessment. His research interests include hazard assessment and risk analysis, flammable and toxic gas cloud dispersion modeling, inherently safer design, reactive chemicals and run--away reactions, aerosols, and abnormal situation management.

"...this is still the most comprehensive treatise on process safety and loss prevention available... it should be in the process safety department library of any company involved with manufacturing handling, and processing hazardous chemicals. Also, process safety/loss prevention specialists and consultants will find it an invaluable source book on practically every subject in this field." - CCPS Journal

• All the chapters from the previous edition, and also new to this edition;Safety CultureMetrics and Performance MeasurementBenchmarkingEngineering for Sustainable DevelopmentLiquefied Natural GasKatrina and RitaBP Texas CityBuncefieldColumbia Space Shuttle Disaster

M. Sam Mannan, PhD, PE, CSP, is a chemical engineering professor and director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University. He is an internationally recognized expert on process safety and risk assessment. His research interests include hazard assessment and risk analysis, flammable and toxic gas cloud dispersion modeling, inherently safer design, reactive chemicals and run--away reactions, aerosols, and abnormal situation management.

"...this is still the most comprehensive treatise on process safety and loss prevention available... it should be in the process safety department library of any company involved with manufacturing handling, and processing hazardous chemicals. Also, process safety/loss prevention specialists and consultants will find it an invaluable source book on practically every subject in this field." - CCPS Journal

• All the chapters from the previous edition, and also new to this edition;Safety CultureMetrics and Performance MeasurementBenchmarkingEngineering for Sustainable DevelopmentLiquefied Natural GasKatrina and RitaBP Texas CityBuncefieldColumbia Space Shuttle Disaster