Adopting risk governance in the offshore oil industry and in diverse cultural and geopolitical context: North Sea vs Eastern Mediterranean countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 471-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Liaropoulos ◽  
K. Sapountzaki ◽  
Z. Nivolianitou
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Offshore Oil Industry ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
Geopolitical Context

scholarly journals Health status of professional divers and offshore oil industry workers

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. S. Ross ◽  
J. I. Macdiarmid ◽  
L. M. Osman ◽  
S. J. Watt ◽  
D. J. Godden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Offshore Oil Industry ◽  
Offshore Oil

New Developments for the Offshore Oil Industry

1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
M. G. Krutein ◽  
J. A. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Offshore Oil Industry ◽  
Offshore Oil

More than a decade ago, oil drillers and naval architects started to use vessels instead of fixed structures for offshore drilling. A multitude of novel platform concepts were developed which allowed the tremendous spreading of offshore oil activities. Today, search for oil spreads into areas of greater depth and farther away from the shores. This requires new developments of technology over a broad spectrum. The latest concepts of underwater oil production systems are briefly described.

Structural Design of Production Risers and Offshore Production Terminals

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-111
Author(s):  
W. R. Wolfram ◽  
R. H. Gunderson
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
Offshore Production ◽  
Complete Procedure ◽  
Design Loads ◽  
Offshore Oil Industry ◽  
Deepwater Risers ◽  
Offshore Oil

Offshore production terminals and deepwater risers are seeing increasing use by the offshore oil industry. The structural design of these units presents a unique challenge compared to other offshore systems. Development of design loading conditions and fatigue histories is especially interesting due to the complex interaction of nonlinear riser and vessel dynamics, the statistical nature of maximum loads and the need to consider directionality as well as the magnitude of environmental loading. This paper presents a complete procedure for predicting design loads and fatigue histories for production risers and offshore terminals. The emphasis will be on systems wherein a dedicated vessel is connected to the riser by a rigid mooring arm. A number of structural design configurations will be surveyed. Techniques for preliminary sizing, dynamic analysis, model testing and fatigue analysis will be discussed. The application of this procedure to several specific design cases will be summarized.

scholarly journals Preventing accidents in the offshore Oil and Gas industry: An interrupted time series analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Lamnisos ◽  
M Michail ◽  
D Stasinopoulos ◽  
K Giannakou
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Interrupted Time Series ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Interrupted Time Series Analysis ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Accident Rates ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

Abstract Background Oil and Gas industry suffers from high accident rates because of the dangerous working conditions. Eastern Mediterranean countries have an immature Oil and Gas industry and therefore it is crucial for preventing accidents in this early stage to implement internationally proven successful policies. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the accident prevention policies implemented by Norwegian government in 2001 were effective in reducing accident rates in the offshore Oil and Gas industry. Methods Data on the number of accidents, dates and type of facility (fixed or movable) for the years 1999-2006 were obtained from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA). The effectiveness of the policy to reduce accident rates was estimated in interrupted time series analysis with post-intervention period the 1st of January 2001. Poisson regression was used to model the number of accident per months. Results The dataset had 96 months with a median number of accidents per month 6.5 (IQR: 4-10) for fixed facilities and 5.0 (IQR: 3-9) for movable facilities. The analysis suggested that there was a reduction in accident rates for fixed and movable facilities. Following the policy, there was a reduction in accidents of 45% for fixed facilities (rate ratio (RR) 0.55; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.47-0.64), while for movable facilities there was a decrease of 67% (RR 0.33; 95% CI 0.28-0.39). Conclusions The policies implemented by Norwegian government in 2001 were effective in reducing the accident rates for fixed and movable facilities. The immature Oil and Gas industry of the Eastern Mediterranean countries will be benefited from studying and adopting some of the policies implemented by Norwegian government. Key messages Norwegian policies for accident prevention in the offshore Oil and Gas industry were successful. Oil and Gas industry of Eastern Mediterranean countries should adopt proven successful policies to prevent accidents.

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