Catalina Novoa-Herrán
Process Safety Specialist at BASF
- Role
- Process Safety Specialist at BASF
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Catalina Novoa-Herrán
Process Safety Specialist with +15 years of process engineering and process safety experience in the Oil & Gas industry, Chemical industry, and Consumer Goods. I hold a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Colombia and a Process Safety Practice Certification from Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University. My background is in process engineering design, relief systems and flare design, and my experience includes implementation and management of different PSM regulations worldwide.As PHA facilitator and PSM Auditor, I also have strong skills in hazards identification, functional safety, and risk assessments techniques.Goal-driven professional and trilingual (English / Spanish / Portuguese) speaker, able to address the needs of a multilingual customer base, optimize efforts, and drive operational excellence.
Experience
Process Safety Specialist
Jul 2025 — Present · Хьюстон, TX, US
Education
Texas A&M University
Process Safety Practice Certificate, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center
2016 — 2017
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Chemical Engineering
2003 — 2008
Skills
- Bayesian Networks
- Checklists
- Hydraulic Calculations
- P&Id
- Hazop Study
- Consequence Modelling
- Oil & Gas
- Risk Assessment
- Lopa
- Pfd
- Engineering
- Pipelines
- Process Safety
- Hazid Study
- Aspen Plus
- Process Engineering
- Psv Sizing
- What-If Analysis
- Gas Processing
- Pumps
- Process Hazard Analysis (Pha)
- Equipment Sizing
- Project Engineering
- Aspen Hysys
- Risk Analysis
- Process Simulation
- Energy
- Phast
- Safety Instrumented Systems
- Management of Change (Moc)
- Water Treatment
- Feed
- Chemical Engineering
- Petroleum
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