Shell Shepherd, a QRA tool

Shell Shepherd is Shell’s Quantitative Risk Assessment tool for onshore facilities and operations. It allows fast and reliable predictions of risks related to incidents such as the release of flammable or toxic fluid, fires, and explosions. Shell Shepherd has been continuously developed and validated by Shell since the 1990s and has been relied upon by oil, gas, and petrochemical operating companies, engineering contractors, insurers, and regulators. Its easy-to-use, high-quality interface enables data to be imported from multiple sources so models and parameters can be exposed to accurate case data. Uses and applications - Quantitative risk analysis (QRA) - Facility layout optimization - Explosion Exceedance Screening - Domino effects/escalation management studies Key benefits - Provides users with an at-a-glance overview of the risk picture for the facility, activity or project - Allows users to reflect actual site-specific operational practices, rather than generic ones - Provides quick sensitivity analysis for layout options - Allows users to easily document and record their design options and risk-based decision making, providing transparent tracking of the decision making process throughout the life-cycle of the facility - Allows operating companies to maintain control of risk analyses performed by consultants and engineering contractors, through ownership of the risk management software tool that was used