Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Practical ApproachAn Insightful Guide to Avoiding Offshore Oil- and Gas-Industry Disaster 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 indus |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Basic Mathematical Concepts | 13 |
3 Safety and Reliability Basics | 31 |
4 Methods for Performing Safety and Reliability Analyses in the Oil and Gas Industry | 59 |
5 Safety in Offshore Oil and Gas Industry | 79 |
6 Case Studies of Oil Tanker SpillRelated Accidents and Oil Tanker Spill Analysis | 93 |
7 Human Factors Contribution to Accidents in the Oil and Gas Industry and Fatalities in the Industry | 109 |
8 Case Studies of Maintenance Influence on Major Accidents in Oil and Gas Industry and Safety Instrumented Systems and Their Spurious Activatio... | 121 |
9 Oil and Gas Industry Accident Data and Accident Data Analysis | 133 |
10 Oil and Gas Industry Equipment Reliability | 149 |
11 Mathematical Models for Performing Safety and Reliability Analyses in Oil and Gas Industry | 167 |
Literature on Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry | 191 |
Back Cover | 206 |
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Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Practical Approach B. S. Dhillon No preview available - 2016 |
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