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Dennis P. Nolan
Dennis P. Nolan has had a long career devoted to fire protection engineering, risk engineering, loss prevention engineering, and system safety engineering. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Business Administration from Berne University, Master of Science degree in Systems Management from Florida Institute of Technology. His Bachelor of Science degree is in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is also a U.S.-registered Fire Protection Engineering, Professional Engineer, in the State of California.
Dr. Nolan is currently associated with the Loss Prevention executive management staff of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). He is located in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, site of some of the largest oil and gas operations in the world. The magnitude of the risks, worldwide sensitivity, and foreign location make this one the most highly critical operations in the world. He has also been associated with Boeing, Lockheed, Marathon Oil Company, and Occidental Petroleum Corporation in various fire protection engineering, risk analysis, and safety roles in several locations in the United States and overseas. As part of his career, he has examined oil production, refining, and marketing facilities under severe conditions and in various unique worldwide locations, including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and North and South America. His activity in the aerospace field has included engineering support for the NASA Space Shuttle launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center (and for those undertaken at Vandenburg Air Force Base, California) and “Star Wars” defense systems.
He has received numerous safety awards and is currently a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers. He was previously a member of the National Fire Protection Association, Society of Petroleum Engineers, and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. He was also a member of the Fire Protection Working Group of the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA). He is the author of many technical papers and professional articles in various international fire safety publications. He has written several technical books which include, Application of HAZOP and What-If Safety Reviews to the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Chemical Industries (1st Edition), 2nd and 3rd Editions Re-titled as Safety and Security Review for the Process Industries, Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protection Engineering Principles for Oil, Gas, Chemical and Related Facilities (1st and 2nd Editions), Fire Fighting Pumping Systems at Industrial Facilities (1st, and 2nd Editions), Encyclopedia of Fire Protection (1st and 2nd editions), and Loss Prevention and Safety Control: Terms and Definitions. Dr. Nolan has also been listed for many years in Who’s Who in California, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in the West, has been included in the sixteenth edition of Who’s Who in the World and listed in “Living Legends” (2004) published by the International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England.