There has been an important controversy over whether the series of major accidents at
Chinese Bohai Bay in 2011, ie the Penglai 19-3 and Suizhong 36-1 oil spills, are a sign of …

The current offshore field development concepts (dry tree or subsea tree) have limitations for
petroleum production in ultra-deep water (more than 1500 m), where the challenges are …

In recent years, environmental protection has received more attention in society. In addition
to the ecological effect of a hydrocarbon release into the sea, its environmental impact is …

As oil and gas projects explore more and more challenging territories, and as public opinion
is increasingly aware of risks from drilling operations, it is of furthermost importance to better …

The concept of barriers is well known in the safety domain that includes traditional process
control environments. However, as critical infrastructures are moving to more interconnected …

During the last decade, increasing attention has been focused on environmental protection.
For instance, the ecological effects of hydrocarbon releases in the sea are of paramount …

Use of dispersants requires assessment of which environmental values are at stake. In the
Barents Sea this issue is of high concern as large oil spills can cause transboundary …

This article addresses the relation between maintenance optimisation modelling and safety
risk management. Most models for determining optimal maintenance strategies are based …

Maintenance optimization refers to the development and use of theory, principles, methods,
and models to find maintenance policies that are in some sense optimal. System safety is …

Abstract Modern Oil and Gas facilities are designed to meet an extensive array of
government legislation and international standards and are subjected to a range of technical …