AI Risk Intelligence Companion
Ask 52 million risk learnings where it has already gone wrong.
Your PHA answered the question once, in a room, years ago. Ask it again, in your own words, about the situation in front of you today.
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The problem
Your PHA knows the answer. Nobody can get to it.
Every completed study holds hundreds of scenarios, causes, consequences and safeguards. Recorded once, by a team that will not be in the room again for five years, in a document that runs 400 to 600 pages.
When something unexpected happens on shift, nobody opens it. The knowledge is unreachable at the moment it matters.
Recorded once
A study is a point in time. Operations lives with it for the next four or five years.
Written for the session
Structured for the team that built it, not for the person facing a decision at 2 a.m.
Impossible to search
Not by meaning, not by equipment, not against what other sites have already learned.
What it is and who it is for
Built for the people who have to decide.
A strange smell at 2 a.m. An alarm you do not trust. A compressor that starts but may not be ready to load. Ask what has happened elsewhere before you decide.
Is this scenario credible. Is it already covered. What do similar units do about it. Check your reasoning against industry experience rather than memory.
What did this HAZOP miss. Generate the questions that keep a session consistent, and catch the scenario the team has not reached yet.
Industry search. Everyday language. No PHA upload required to start.
Real answers
This is what real answers actually look like.
Comparison
Why a generic AI assistant is not enough for process safety.
| Generic AI assistant | Risk Alive AI RIC | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the answer comes from | Searches internet for public textbooks, standards summaries, articles, forums, social media | Real PHA and HAZOP studies on real facilities |
| Who produced the source material | Unattributed without proof-checking | 26,000+ contributing industry experts, working in real-world facilitated risk assessment sessions |
| Level of detail | General knowledge of hazard scenarios | Unit type, named equipment, operating mode, deviation, cause, consequence, credited safeguard, recommendations and decisions |
| When it has no matching data | Answers anyway, assuming | Tells you it found nothing, and suggests the terms that may work |
It tells you when it does not know.
A general assistant will answer almost any question, whether or not it has anything to base the answer on. Ask the Companion about something outside the dataset and it says so, then tells you what would work.
What are the top threats in nuclear processing unit?
I can't find a unit type matching “nuclear processing” in the available taxonomy.
Try a different unit or technology term, for example the specific process area or equipment, and I can pull the top threats for that. Examples:
- reactor
- fuel handling
- waste treatment
- centrifuge
- solvent extraction
- storage tank
If you want, give me the exact unit type name you use, and I'll look up the top threats for that.
An answer you cannot trace is worth less than an honest empty result. This is the behaviour that makes the rest of the answers usable.
Where the data comes from
Real studies. Real facilities. Real decisions.
The dataset is built from completed operational PHA and HAZOP studies conducted by professionals at operating companies. They are the issues real teams identified, assessed and recorded during real risk assessments.
Diverse, not house style
Multiple methodologies, multiple companies, multiple regions. Not one consultancy's way of running a study.
Still growing
New studies are added continuously.
Operational, not theoretical
Every entry comes from a study a real team completed on a real asset.
445 unit types across refining, upstream and midstream oil and gas, petrochemical, agro-chemical and fertilizer, mining and oil sands, pulp and paper, power generation, LNG and LPG, water and wastewater, terminals and loading.
Legal and cybersecurity
We respect your legal and cybersecurity policies.
You can ask questions and receive useful answers using industry data without uploading anything at all.
What users say
In their words.
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Michaela Svoreňová
“The main advantage of the tool was cutting my working time to several minutes instead of several days.”
“The data was not theoretical at all. The data is from companies which deal with the same problems as we have.”
“This knowledge is often not sufficiently utilized in daily practice. I see the greatest value of the RIC in its ability to make this knowledge more accessible, actionable and continuously usable instead of allowing it to end up in a knowledge graveyard.”
SLOVNAFT a.s., MOL Group
“It replicates the role of an experienced facilitator during PHA sessions. It helps maintain consistency in questioning and can reduce the likelihood of overlooking important scenarios.”
SLOVNAFT a.s., MOL Group
“The learning curve feels very fast and natural, similar to using generative AI tools, making it easy to adopt.”
SLOVNAFT a.s., MOL Group
Pricing
Ask six questions a day for nothing.
- ●6 prompts per day
- ●Full industry dataset access
- ●Latest model, highest quality answers
- ●1 seat, your personal account
- ○No upload of your own PHA studies
- ●30 prompts per day
- ●Full industry dataset access
- ●Latest model, highest quality answers
- ●1 seat, your personal account
- ○No upload of your own PHA studies
- ●Unlimited prompts and credits
- ●Full industry dataset access
- ●Latest model, highest quality answers
- ●Unlimited users at the site
- ●Upload and search your own PHA studies
- ●Dialogue sharing link Coming soon
Every plan uses the same model and the same industry dataset. Fewer questions a day, not weaker answers.
A real question, asked on a real restart
What are we about to miss on this restart?
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Common questions
What can I search by?
Hazards and deviations, such as overpressure, high temperature, low flow, loss of containment or reverse flow. Failure modes and initiating events, such as loss of cooling water, valve failure, tube rupture, seal failure, blocked outlet or power failure. Equipment and process context, such as compressor, reactor, distillation column, tank, fired heater or heat exchanger. Consequences, such as toxic release, fire, explosion, vessel rupture or environmental release. Safeguards, such as PSV, shutdown, alarm, interlock, gas detection, operator response or relief to flare.
You can also ask a risk-ranked question directly, for example what the highest-risk threats are for a hydrocracker, or what safeguards are used for loss of cooling water.
Do I have to upload anything to use it?
What does it cost to start?
How is this different from asking a general AI assistant?
Do I have to use the same words as the original study?
How does a completed PHA study become searchable?
Each worksheet row is broken into its parts and the relationships between them are kept intact: the node it applies to, the deviation, the cause, the consequence, the risk, and the safeguards credited against it.
Risk stays attached to the specific cause and consequence path rather than to the topic, so the same deviation with two different consequences keeps two different severities. Safeguards are stored once and linked to every scenario that credits them, which is why you can search by a safeguard and find every scenario relying on it.
Is this data updated?
What unit types are covered?
445 unit types across eleven sectors, as at August 2026. Grouped below for readability.
Refining and conversion unit types
- Alkylation Unit
- Aromatics Extraction
- Asphalt Blending
- Atmospheric and Vacuum
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Benzene Extraction and Reduction Unit
- Benzene Hydrogenation
- Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP (BWON)
- Benzene, Toluene and Xylene Synthesis
- Butane Splitter
- Catalytic Cracking
- Catalytic Dewaxing Unit
- Catalytic Reforming
- Coking
- Continuous Catalytic Reforming (CCR)
- Crude Desalting
- Crude Oil Distillation
- De-Asphalting
- Debutanizer
- Deethanizer
- Deheptanizer
- Dehexanizer
- Dehydrogenation
- Delayed Coker
- Demethanizer
- Depentanizer
- Depropanizer
- Desulfurizer
- Distillate Hydrotreater (DHT)
- Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCCU)
- Fractionation (Gasoline)
- Fractionator Vessel Entry
- Gasoline Blending
- Gasoline Desulphurization
- Gasoline Hydrogenation
- Gasoline Hydrotreater
- HDU (Hydrodealkylation Unit)
- Heavy Vacuum Gas Oil System
- Hydrocracking
- Hydrodealkylation
- Hydrofluoric Alkylation
- Hydroprocessing
- Hydrotreater
- Hydrotreating (Diesel)
- Hydrotreating (Gas Oil)
- Hydrotreating (Kerosene)
- Hydrotreating (Light Distillate)
- Hydrotreating (Naphtha)
- Isomerization
- Isopentane Treating
- Kerosene Merox Treater
- Light Distillate Hydrotreater
- Light End Recovery
- Light Vacuum Gas Oil System
- Liquid Fractionation
- LSR Naphtha
- Lube Oil System
- Merox
- Molex Process
- Naphtha Hydrotreating
- Naphtha Stripping
- PACOL Process
- PCU Premium Coker Unit
- Prefractionation
- Refined Oil Shipping Unit
- Residue Hydrocracking
- Residue Treatment
- Saturated and Unsaturated Gas Synthesis
- Saturated Gas Plant
- Selective Hydrogenation
- Solvent De-Asphalting
- Sulphuric Acid Alkylation
- THDA Thermal Hydro-Dealkylation
- Trimer Unit
- Unifiner
- Vacuum Distillation
- Visbreaking
Gas processing, treating and sulphur recovery unit types
- Acid Gas Compression and Dehydration
- Acid Gas Enrichment (AGE) Contactor
- Acid Gas Injection
- Amine Recovery
- Amine Sweetening and Recovery
- Amine System
- Concentrated Noncondensable Gas System
- Cracked Gas Compression
- Cracked Gas Plant
- Cryogenic Treatment
- Dehydration
- Flue Gas Desulphurization
- Gas Concentration
- Gas Plant
- Glycol Regeneration
- Glycol System
- Hydrogen Sulphide Absorption
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas Plant
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas Treatment
- MDEA Filtering
- MeOH Absorber
- MeSH Reactor
- Mol Sieve Dryer
- NGL Extraction Facility
- NGL Storage
- Purge Gas Absorber
- RSH Absorber
- Selexol System
- Shift Converter
- Sour Gas Treatment
- Sour Water Stripping
- Sour Water System
- Sulphur Degassing
- Sulphur Plant
- Sulphur Recovery Unit (Claus)
- Sulphur System
- Sweetening System
- Tail Gas Treating Unit (TGTU)
- Temperature Shift Conversion
Hydrogen and synthesis gas unit types
- Hydrogen Compression
- Hydrogen Fractionator
- Hydrogen Generation
- Hydrogen Production
- Hydrogen Purification
- Hydrogen Recovery
- Hydrogen Reforming
- Methanation
- Methanol Synthesis
- Natural Gas Synthesis
- Steam Reforming
- Synthesis Gas Compressor
Upstream and midstream unit types
- Central Processing Facility
- Compressor Station
- Custody Transfer Station
- Drilling
- Floating Production Storage and Offloading
- Free Water Knockout
- Gas Lifting
- Gas Well
- Gathering Lines
- Group Separation
- Inlet Gathering
- Inlet Header
- Inlet Separation
- Lift Gas System
- Offshore Oil Platform
- Oil Battery
- Oil Separation
- Oil Treatment
- Sand Separation
- Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Well
- Subsea System
- Test Separation
- Turret System
- Water Injection Well
- Well Pads
- Wellhead Integrity System
- Wellsite
Pipelines, terminals and loading unit types
- Acid Loading
- Chemical Unloading
- Distribution Terminals
- Gas Pipeline
- Gas Receiving Terminal
- Hydrocarbon Flowline
- Hydrocarbon Pipeline
- LACT Skid
- Loading Rack System
- Marine Loading
- Measurement System
- Meter Skid
- Pipeline System
- Pipeline Terminal
- Product Loading
- Pump Station
- Rail Loading Terminal
- Sales Gas Compressor
- Truck LNG Offloading
- Truck Loading Terminal
- Valve Station
Petrochemical and polymers unit types
- Acetylene Reactor
- Butamer
- Butane System
- Butene Treating
- Catalytic Polymerization
- Chlorination
- Chlorine System
- DME Reactor
- Ethanol Plant
- Ethylene Dichloride Cracking
- Ethylene Dichloride Purification
- Ethylene Dichloride Reactor
- Ethylene Dichloride Storage Tank
- Ethylene Plant
- Ethylene Treating
- High Temperature Direct Chlorination
- Low Density Polyethylene Reactor
- Low Temperature Chlorination
- Methyl Ethyl Ketone Synthesis
- Oxychlorination
- Propane/Butane Reactor
- PVC Production
- Thermal Cracking
- Vapour Recovery, Catalytic Cracking
- Vinyl Chloride Monomer Purification
Fertilizer and agro-chemical unit types
- Ammonia Nitrate Plant
- Ammonia Plant
- Ammonia Purification
- Ammonia Refrigeration
- Ammonia Storage
- Ammonia Storage and Loading
- Ammonia Synthesis
- Ammonia Synthesis Conversion
- Fertilizer Coating
- Fertilizer Plant
- Nitric Acid Plant
- Pesticide Synthesis
- Potash Plant
- Urea Plant
Mining, minerals and oil sands unit types
- Copper Mining
- Diluent Recovery
- Dissolved Gas Flotation (DGF) Package
- DGF Coagulant Package System
- Electrolytic Circuit
- Electrostatic Precipitation
- Extraction Ore Processing Plant
- Froth Treatment
- Induced Gas Flotation
- Leachate Return Line
- Lithium Hydroxide Synthesis
- Low Temperature Froth Treatment (LTFT)
- Precipitator
- Process Pond
- Reversible Bitumen Solidification
- Salt Debrining
- Tailings Management System
- Tailings Solvent Recovery Unit
- Thickener and Chemical System
Pulp, paper and forest products unit types
- Bleaching
- Digesting
- Lime and Magnesium Oxide Volumetric Feeding
- Liquor Recovery
- Oxygen Delignification
- Pulp Oxidation
- Recaust Areas
- Tall Oil
- Wood Preparation
Power, steam and utilities unit types
- Air Compression
- Air Separation
- Boiler Feed Water System
- Cogeneration
- Condensate Diversion System
- Condensate Stabilization
- Condensate System
- Cooling Medium System
- Cooling Water
- Deluge System
- Demineralised Water System
- Electrical Substation
- Fuel Gas
- Gas Compression
- Gas Fired Heater
- Heat Medium System
- Heat Medium System (Hot Oil)
- Heating Skid
- Hot Oil Heating
- Hot Process Water
- Incinerator
- Instrument Air System
- Instrument Gas
- Line Heating
- Liquid Heating System
- Nitrogen System
- Power Boiler
- Power Generation
- Propane Refrigeration
- Refrigeration
- Seal Flushing
- Seal Oil System
- Steam Additive Injection
- Steam Condensate System
- Steam Distribution
- Steam Generation
- Steam Turbine
- Tempered Water System
- Thermal Oxidizer
- Thermal Plant
- Utilities and Offsites
- Utility Steam
- Utility Water
- Waste Heat Boiler
- Waste Heat Recovery
Water, wastewater and environmental unit types
- API Separator and API Oil Tank
- Brine Pond
- Coalescer
- Dewatering
- Disposal System
- Drainage System
- Dust Collector
- Effluent Holding Tank, Sump and Pond
- Firewater System
- Foul Water Treatment
- Fresh Water
- Plant Water
- Potable Water System
- Produced Water Storage Tanks
- Produced Water Treatment
- Raw Water System
- Saline Water System
- Sea Water System
- Sewage System
- Sour Water Stripper
- Treated Water
- Vapour Recovery Unit
- Vent System
- Waste Water Treatment
- Wastewater Stripper Package
- Water Disposal
- Water System
- Water Treatment
- Water Treatment In-Situ
- Wet Scrubbing
Storage unit types
- Cavern Storage
- Coal Storage
- Diesel Storage
- Gas Storage
- Gasoline Tank
- Hydrocarbon Storage Bullets
- Hydrocarbon Storage Spheres
- Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks
- LNG Storage
- Oil Storage Tank
- Product Storage
- Sodium Hypochlorite Tank
- Storage Bullet
- Storage Sphere
- Storage Tank
- Tank Farm
- Vapour Recovery, Product Storage Tank
- Water Tank
Carbon capture and energy transition unit types
- Battery Energy Storage System
- Carbon Capturing
- Carbon Dioxide Compression
- Carbon Dioxide Generation
- Carbon Dioxide Recovery Plant
- Carbon Dioxide Removal
- Next Generation Biomass to Liquid (NEXTBTL)
- Oxy Vent Recycle Reactor
- Vanadium-based Redox Battery
Chemicals, acids and specialty processing unit types
- Acid Plant
- Acid Tank
- AGS Reactor
- Caustic Evaporation
- Caustic Tower
- CBD Extraction
- Chemical Injection
- Corrosion Inhibitor Injection
- Crystallisation
- Dam Acid System
- DMS Purification
- Hydrochloric Acid
- Hydrochloric Acid Scrubbing
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Hydrogen Peroxide Concentration
- Laboratory Chemicals Solution Preparation and Transfer System
- Methanol Injection
- NaSH Sodium Hydrosulfide
- Polymer Injection Skid
- Product Blending
- Product Finishing
- Sodium Hydroxide Injection
- Solvent Extraction
- Sulphuric Acid Regeneration
- Sulphuric Acid System
Common systems across units
- Blowdown System
- Blowdown Valve
- Burner Management System
- Flare
- Hydrocarbons Inline Strainers
- Hydrocarbons System
- Low Pressure Purge Oil System
- Odorized Natural Gas
- Oil Recovery
- Oil Removal
- Piping and Site Systems
- Propane System
- Recovered Oil System
- Sample Station
- Sour Gas Venting
- Thermal Pressure Safety Valve
- Vapour Recovery, Process
- Vessel Systems
Who is it for?
Who is Risk Alive?
Risk Alive is a process safety firm working in high-risk industrial sectors. We run training, facilitate PHAs, and build software, including the Risk Alive Platform and the AI Risk Intelligence Companion.
We have been in process safety as both practitioners and instructors since 1994, training more than 5,000 professionals worldwide and facilitating over 4,000 PHAs across a wide range of industries.
Risk Alive Analytics Inc. is incorporated in Alberta, Canada, and brings together the businesses that previously operated as ACM Facility Safety and others under the RSD Group.