Petrochemical Hazardous Area Safety Solutions

Safehouse delivers engineered hazardous area safety solutions for the petrochemical and downstream processing industries across Australia and South East Asia.

Petrochemical facilities operate in complex, high-risk environments where flammable gases, vapours and combustible atmospheres are present as part of normal operations. We provide compliant systems and specialist equipment that enable maintenance, inspection and upgrade works to be completed safely – without compromising production.

Our solutions are trusted across:

• Refineries and downstream processing plants

• Chemical manufacturing facilities

• LNG and gas fractionation plants

• Tank farms and storage terminals

• Brownfield expansion projects

With decades of hazardous area experience, we help petrochemical operators manage risk under ALARP principles while maintaining operational efficiency.

Reduce Shutdown Dependency

In petrochemical processing, every shutdown day represents lost throughput and revenue.

Our pressurised habitat systems create a controlled, gas-free work environment within classified hazardous areas. This allows critical maintenance and modification works to be completed safely while the surrounding plant remains live.

By reducing reliance on full shutdowns, we help facilities:

• Shorten turnaround schedules

• Complete work outside major outages

• Reduce critical path delays

• Minimise production losses

The result is improved asset availability and greater flexibility in planning maintenance programs.

Improve Productivity in Hazardous Environments

Petrochemical plants often operate in high-temperature, high-humidity conditions – particularly around process equipment and pipe racks.

Our habitats can be integrated with IECEx certified portable air conditioning, ventilation, lighting and power distribution systems to create engineered environmental controls within hazardous areas.

This enables:

• Reduced heat stress and fatigue

• Fewer administrative rest breaks

• Increased workforce endurance

• Consistent productivity during long shifts

By applying higher-order controls on the hierarchy of risk management, we improve both safety outcomes and project efficiency.

Eliminate Hot Work Permits & Reduce Compliance Costs

Electrical regulations across Australia require non-certified electrical equipment used in hazardous areas to be managed under strict ignition risk control processes, including:

• Hot work permits

• Continuous gas monitoring

• Standby personnel

• Documented ignition risk management plans

These administrative controls are time-consuming and costly.

Safehouse supplies a full range of IECEx certified portable electrical equipment, fully compliant with AS/NZS (IEC) 60079-14, including:

• Hazardous area lighting

• Ventilation systems

• Portable power distribution

• Zone 1 air conditioning units

Because this equipment is certified for use in explosive atmospheres, it eliminates ignition sources and removes the need for hot work permits and continuous monitoring – significantly reducing compliance burden while maintaining regulatory alignment.

When certified equipment is not feasible, our pressurised habitats provide an engineered control by isolating potential ignition sources and preventing the ingress of flammable gases.

Supporting Brownfield & Maintenance Projects

Petrochemical facilities are rarely simple. Ageing infrastructure, congested plant layouts and strict compliance requirements can turn straightforward maintenance tasks into complex risk management exercises.

Safehouse works alongside operations and project teams to deliver:

• Inspection and integrity works

• Brownfield modifications and upgrades

• Confined space activities in classified zones

• Hazardous area electrical and mechanical maintenance

We provide practical, compliant solutions that protect personnel, safeguard assets and maintain throughput.

Talk to the Hazardous Area Specialists

If you are planning maintenance, repair, inspection or upgrade works in a hazardous area within your petrochemical facility, speak to Safehouse.

We help you maintain compliance, reduce shutdown pressure and maximise productivity – without compromising safety.