About the PSM Steering Committee

On 12 February 2020, The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and Methanex Egypt signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote Process Safety Management within the Egyptian Oil and Gas Sector. The MoU mandated the creation of an Egyptian PSM Steering Committee to drive the robust agenda and roadmap aimed at institutionalizing PSM within the oil and gas industry in accordance with the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources’ modernization program and international best practices, guidelines and standards. The Committee oversees the implementation of the MoU and the process safety management roadmap.

The Steering Committee Members

Gamal Fathy Mohamed

HSE Chairman Assistant

EGPC

Osama Abdou Ahmed Hassanein

HSE General Manager

EGPC

Mohamed Mahmoud Zaki

Executive Vice President, Operations

ECHEM

Salah El Din Riad

Q&HSE Chairman Assistant

ECHEM

Mohamed Shindy

Managing Director

Methanex Egypt

Manal El Jesri

Public Affairs Manager

Methanex Egypt

Amr Moawad Hassan

PSM Consultant and Technical Sub-Committee Leader

Methanex Egypt

Mourad Maged Hassan

Responsible Care (QHSE & PSM) Manager

Methanex Egypt

Emad Kilany

OHS & Fire Fighting Technical Studies General Manager

EGAS

Mohamed Sayed Suliman

HSE General Manager

Ganope

PSM Roadmap

Creation of the PSM technical sub-committee that will be responsible for implementing recommendations by the Egyptian Process Safety Management Steering Committee with the support of MOP Capacity Building candidates to embed PSM knowledge within the sector for the future.
Development of a hazard management program set of guidelines, including but not limited to; Safety Case, Process Safety Major Accident Prevention Policy, etc.
Development of an Egyptian process safety management road map highlighting the key goals over a three-year period.
Development of PSM Key Performance Indicators for companies’ performance management.
Development of a plan to identify the status of the MOP companies’ PSM maturity.
Development of the PSM program procedures based on the United States of America Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS).
Suggestion of a PSM organizational structure to be applied at the MOP and its affiliated companies. This shall include roles and responsibilities for the job profiles and a competency framework.
Communication within the industry in the form of workshops, conferences, publications, etc.