Webinar
The Operating Envelope Gap Is Still Causing Major Incidents: How SOLs and IOWs Prevent Catastrophic Failure
Live Webinar | Hosted by Cognascents
About This Webinar
Investigations of major industry incidents repeatedly reveal a common theme: facilities were operating outside critical process or equipment limits long before the event occurred. Whether the outcome is equipment damage, accelerated corrosion, loss of containment, or a major process safety incident, organizations often struggle to define, monitor, and respond to the operating conditions that matter most.
This webinar explores the “Operating Envelope Gap” and how Safe Operating Limits (SOLs) and Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs) provide the framework needed to manage risk, protect assets, and improve operational reliability.
What You Will Learn
By the end of this session, attendees will understand:
✔ Lessons from recent industry incidents that demonstrate how operating outside safe limits can lead to process safety events, equipment damage, and reliability losses
✔ The concept of an operating envelope, and how SOLs and IOWs work together to define, monitor, and maintain safe operating conditions
✔ The difference between SOLs and IOWs and their distinct roles in safe operations and preventing incidents
✔ Example case studies of how leading operators establish, document, and monitor effective SOL and IOW programs
✔ A practical roadmap for implementing and sustaining SOL and IOW programs — including excursion management, response actions, and integration with existing integrity and process safety systems
Who Should Attend
This webinar is designed for:
· Process Safety Engineers, Specialists, and Managers
· Asset Integrity and Reliability Leaders
· Corrosion and Inspection Engineers
· Operations Supervisors, Superintendents, and Managers
· Technical Services and Engineering Managers
· Plant Managers and Facility Leadership
· Anyone interested in Safe Operating Limits and Integrity Operating Windows
Reserve Your Seat
The Operating Envelope Gap: SOLs & IOWs
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Webinar Details
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Time: 11:30 AM Central
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Live online webinar
Meet the Presenters
Jeffrey Miller, P.E.
Technical Director and SOL Service Line Manager · COGNASCENTS
Chemical Engineer and Licensed Professional Engineer with over a decade of process safety experience across upstream, midstream, downstream, and LNG facilities. He has led SOL program development across more than thirty refinery units and facilitated hundreds of HAZOP, LOPA, and alarm rationalization studies. He currently leads Cognascents’ process engineering practice and has authored multiple papers on process safety, including a holistic approach to Safe Operating Limits.
Alvaro Camacho
Corrosion Engineering Practice Lead · COGNASCENTS
Corrosion Engineer with nearly 30 years of oil and gas experience spanning upstream, midstream, and downstream facilities, both onshore and offshore. He has led integrity management programs covering thousands of wells, pipelines, and production facilities, with deep expertise in degradation mechanism assessment, risk-based inspection, and corrosion control strategies. He currently leads Cognascents’ corrosion engineering practice and has presented multiple papers at NACE International on corrosion in CO₂/H₂S environments.
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