Safety and reliability in the oil and gas industry : a practical approach

"Designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining offshore oil and gas industry equipment and systems can sometimes result in accidents, injuries, and other serious problems. Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Practical Approach focuses on oil and gas industry equipment re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Dhillon, B. S. 1947- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2016.
SeriesSafety first
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781498746571
1498746578
9781523108084
1523108088
9781498746564
149874656X
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic mathematical concepts
  • 3. Safety and reliability basics
  • 4. Methods for performing safety and reliability analyses in the oil and gas industry
  • 5. Safety in offshore oil and gas industry
  • 6. Case studies of oil tanker spill-related accidents and oil tanker spill analysis
  • 7. Human factors contribution to accidents in the oil and gas industry and fatalities in the industry
  • 8. Case studies of maintenance influence on major accidents in oil and gas industry and safety instrumented systems and their spurious activation in oil and gas industry
  • 9. Oil and gas industry accident data and accident data analysis
  • 10. Oil and gas industry equipment reliability
  • 11. Mathematical models for performing safety and reliability analyses in oil and gas industry.