Risk Management applied to Offshore Oil & Gas Units

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina F. Souza ◽  
Olivier Benyessaad
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Process Safety ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Personnel Safety ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
Oil Gas

Nowadays there is a greater demand in the Oil & Gas Industry for production efficiency and sustainability while it is necessary to ensure the process safety and quality. As a guideline, this paper will start describing the existent hazards in a typical offshore unit, focusing mainly the personnel safety. Then it will detail the differences among the studies which can be performed in order to identify and assess such hazards and consequently to perform a complete Risk Assessment, which is the key step for a successful Risk Management. Additionally, it will be demonstrated the reasons why a Risk Management is necessary to ensure safety in an Oil & Gas installation in the most optimized manner.

scholarly journals Application of quantitative risk assessment on offshore oil & gas industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-68
Author(s):  
Tin Trung Huynh ◽  
Vinh Trong Bui
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Quantitative Risk Assessment ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Production Platform ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
Oil Gas

Production of Oil & Gas in offshore involves some of the most ambitious engineering projects of the modern world, is a prime source of revenue for many countries. It is also involved risks of major accidents which have been demonstrated by disaster on the UK production platform Piper Alpha. Major accidents represent the ultimate, most disastrous way in which an offshore engineering project can go wrong. Accidents cause death, suffering, environmental pollution and disruption of business. To ensure all risks identified and controlled, risk management approaches need applying. This paper discusses the application of quantitative risk assessment approaches and its importance throughout the entire offshore installation.

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT: A PROPOSED SCHEME

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 714
Author(s):  
H.B. Goff ◽  
R.K. Steedman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Environmental Risk Management ◽  
The Impact

Environmental risk assessment is becoming an increasingly important factor in the assessment process for new projects. The oil and gas industry is familiar with assessing and managing risks from a wide range of sources. In particular, risk assessment and management is fundamental to the evaluation and implementation of Safety cases. Risk assessment is essential in valuing exploration acreage. Various industry and government risk management standards and criteria have been developed for public and occupational health and safety.This paper examines the extension of these approaches to environmental risk management for the offshore oil and gas industry and proposes a conceptual management scheme.We regard risk as the probability of an event occurring and the consequences of that event. The risk is classified into four categories, namely:primary risk, which relates to the mechanical oilfield equipment;secondary risk, which relates to the natural transport processes. For example dispersion of oil in the water column and surrounding sea;the tertiary risk, which relates to the impact on some defined part of the physical, biological or social environment; andthe quaternary risk, which relates to the recovery of the environment from any impact.Generally the methods of quantitatively analysing primary and secondary risks are well known, while there remains considerable uncertainty surrounding the tertiary and quaternary risk and they are at best qualitative only. An example of the method is applied to coral reef and other sensitive areas which may be at risk from oil spills.This risk management scheme should assist both operators and regulators in considering complex environmental problems which have an inherent uncertainty. It also proves a systematic approach on which sound environmental decisions can be taken and further research and analysis based. Perceived risk is recognised, but the management of this particular issue is not dealt with.

Industry Process Safety

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-151
Author(s):  
Ales Bernatik
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Technical Progress ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Quantitative Risk Assessment ◽  
Process Safety ◽  
Industrial Accidents ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Major Accident

This chapter deals with the issue of process safety in industrial companies and major accident prevention. In the present-day technologically advanced world, industrial accidents appear ever more frequently, and the field of major accident prevention has become a dynamically developing discipline. With accelerating technical progress, risks of industrial accidents are to be reduced. In the first part, possible approaches to quantitative risk assessment are presented; and continuing it focuses on the system of risk management in industrial establishments. This chapter aims at providing experiences, knowledge, as well as new approaches to the prevention of major accidents caused by the implementation of the Seveso III Directive.

Applying Risk-Based Process Safety to the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Johnstone ◽  
M. D. Spangler ◽  
M. D. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Process Safety ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil Gas

scholarly journals Risk and Asset Integrated Management with Risk-Based Inspection Technique in Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Industries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Barkhordari ◽  
Yazdan Mahmoudian ◽  
Fateme Yousefi ◽  
Peyman Zarei ◽  
Behnam Moradi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Process Safety ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Integrated Risk ◽  
Increase Risk ◽  
Inspection Techniques ◽  
Oil Gas ◽  
Petrochemical Industries

Introduction: To prevent accidents and minimize the risk of unexpected disasters in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, an inspection of equipment in terms of mechanical integrity and safe and consistent service providing are of utmost importance. The purpose of this study is integrated risk and asset management by implementing risk-based inspection techniques in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Methods: Firstly, this systematic review study identified a list of keywords based on RBI and then exclusively on the internal and external databases of Science Direct, Pub med, Google Squalor, SDI, Google Searcher, and Scopus without a time limit. Afterward, keywords, including risk management, probability of failure, asset integrated management, risk-based inspection, consequences of failure, and corrosion management, were searched. Result: A review of various studies showed that the risk-based inspection approach provided the necessary platform for upgrading and formulating new inspection, repair, maintenance, equipment risk management systems and asset integration in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries and played a significant role in reducing the risk levels to its acceptable limits. Conclusion: By analyzing the results of studies, it was found that using this method will lead to the effective implementation of risk management, reliability, and corrosion management in oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. In fact, the system intended to provide process safety, increase risk perception of damage in line with the respective risk management, and ensure the integrity of the assets in operational units.  

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