Analyzing Resilience of an Oil Distribution Plant

This article presents the opportunities and challenges for improving resilience in an oil distribution plant. The plant is situated in the southernmost state of Brazil, and it distributes fuel products by truck and train. Based on observations and interviews with the people who handle the transfer and distribution process, this paper provides an analysis of how the system is resilient in some ways and brittle in other ways. The research focused on understanding how the system adapts to variations and disrupting events relative to expected conditions. The areas of brittleness are pointers to possible accident scenarios. The resilience analysis identified opportunities to improve how the system adapts to situations that challenge plans and procedures