The vitally important subject of process safety in the hydrocarbon industry is addressed in this book. The coverage is broad and the author has integrated the various aspects so that the book will be readily accessible to readers of diverse backgrounds. A grasp of the material requires only familiarity with physical and organic chemistry (at first-year undergraduate level) and with heat transfer and fluid flow at the same level. The text is complemented by many numerical examples with full solutions.

From the Foreword by Dr. Donald E. Olander, Goodrich Corporation, Arizona, USA:
'This book goes a long way towards preparing engineers for successful careers in regards to producing safe facilities in industries involving hazardous materials. Although it is written primarily for the engineer who is entering a career in the hydrocarbon industry, it would be a valuable addition to the technical library of the working engineer in any chemical field. ...this is a book that the professional engineer can keep as an authoritative reference to uncommon but important calculations. ...an excellent self-study text for both the working professional as well as students...'

Foreword by Dr. Donald E. Olander, Goodrich Corporation, Arizona, USA.; Preface.; Background to the oil and gas industry; Hydrocarbon leakage and dispersion; The combustion behaviour of hydrocarbons; Offshore oil and gas production; Physical operations on hydrocarbons and associated hazards; Chemical operations on hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivatives; Hazards associated with particular hydrocarbon products; Some relevant design principles; Some relevant measurement principles; Toxicity hazards; Safe disposal of unwanted hydrocarbon; Means of obtaining hydrocarbon other than from crude oil, and related safety issues; Appendix: outline of the Canvey Study; Solutions to numerical problems; Self-test questions; Index.

Professionals, undergraduate and postgraduate students in petroleum/offshore engineering, plant and production engineering, energy and chemical engineering and any course dealing with hydrocarbon processing/industrial health and safety. It is also relevant for company personnel who attend courses on the subject, whether in-house or with external agencies.

'...the text should form a compulsory part of the graduate process engineer's library and also is of great value to the third- and fourth-year chemical engineering undergraduate student. Key subjects embracing safety and process engineering design as well as the major final-year design project are areas where students will make good use of the book.
...The great value of Hydrocarbon Process Safety is to provide the student and the practising chemical engineer with important guidelines and relatively straightforward calculation steps in estimating safety issues. ...In summary, this book would be a valuable addition to the library and as a paperback should be well within the financial reach of the student and young practising engineer'. Chemistry in Australia

'Dr. Jones' book on hydrocarbon process safety presents a great deal of information in a compact form. ...[it] includes the very widest definition of hydrocarbon which pretty much means industrial organic chemical synthesis as well as oil and gas production platforms and downstream processing. The book would come in very handy for my second year 'safety and control' lectures to second year chemical engineering undergraduates.
...the book makes a valuable contribution ... and would certainly recommend it to chemical engineering and fire engineering undergraduates or those professionals that need to develop an understanding of hydrocarbon process safety'. Fire Safety Journal

'...the book is particularly useful through its provision of a well grounded numerical approach to many of the detailed problems arising within process safety. In addition, it provides much useful information on operational practice, which is not often found in such texts, as well as a valuable range of supporting case studies.
The text should be relevant to both undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as those in industry approaching the subject for the first time'. Energy