Safety and reliability in the oil and gas industry : a practical approach /: a practical approach. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: B.S. Dhillon.
• Authors: Dhillon, B. S (Balbir S.), 1947-
• Contents: Introduction; Background; Oil and Gas Industry Safety and Reliability-Related Facts, Figures, and Examples; Terms and Definitions; Useful Sources for Obtaining Information on Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry; Scope of This Book; Problems; References; ; Basic Mathematical Concepts ; Introduction; Boolean Algebra Laws; Probability Definition and Properties; Useful Mathematical Definitions; Probability Distributions; Solving First-Order Linear Differential Equations Using; Laplace Transforms; Problems; References; ; Safety and Reliability Basics ; Introduction; Need for Safety and Safety and Engineers; Safety Management Principles; Product Hazard Classifications and Product Safety Organization Tasks; Common Causes of Work Injuries and Mechanical Injuries; Accident Causation Theories; Occupational Stressors and Human Error Occurrence Reasons; Consequences of Human Error and Human Error Classifications; Bathtub Hazard Rate Curve; General Reliability-Related Formulas; Reliability Networks; Problems; References; ; Methods for Performing Safety and Reliability Analyses in the Oil and Gas Industry ; Introduction; Root Cause Analysis; Hazards and Operability Analysis; Technique of Operations Review; Interface Safety Analysis; Job Safety Analysis; Preliminary Hazard Analysis; Failure Modes and Effect Analysis; Fault Tree Analysis; Markov Method; Problems; References; ; Safety in Offshore Oil and Gas Industry ; Introduction; Offshore Industrial Sector Risk Picture; Offshore Worker Situation Awareness Concept, Studies, and Their Results; Offshore Industry Accident Reporting Approach and Offshore Accident-Related Causes; Offshore Industry Accidents’ Case Studies; Problems; References; ; Case Studies of Oil Tanker Spill-Related Accidents and Oil Tanker Spill Analysis ; Introduction; Case Studies of Oil Tanker Spill-Related Accidents; Tanker Oil Spills Number Analysis; Quantities of Oil Spilt; Oil Spill Causes; Problems; References; ; Human Factors Contribution to Accidents in the Oil and Gas Industry and Fatalities in the Industry ; Introduction; Human Factors That Affect Safety in General; Categorization of Accident-Related Human Factors in the Industrial Sector; Categories of Human Factors Accident Causation in the Oil Industry; Oilfield Fatality Analysis; Recommendations to Reduce Fatal Oil and Gas Industry; Incidents; Problems; References; ; 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 ; Introduction; Maintenance Influence on Major Accidents in the Oil and Gas Industry: Case Studies; Safety Instrumented Systems; Spurious Activation of Safety Instrumented Systems; International Electrotechnical Commission and Its Standards: IEC 61511 and IEC 61508; Problems; References; ; Oil and Gas Industry Accident Data and Accident Data Analysis ; Introduction; Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Accident Databases and Accident Data Collection Sources; Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Accident Data and Analysis; Offshore Oil and Gas Rigs Accident Analysis; Failures and Lessons Learned from Landmark Offshore Oil and Gas Accidents and Corrective Measures; Problems; References; ; Oil and Gas Industry Equipment Reliability ; Introduction; Mechanical Seals’ Failures; Optical Connector Failures ; Corrosion-Related Failures; Oil and Gas Pipeline Fault Tree Analysis; Common Cause Failures Defense Approach for Oil and Gas Industry Safety Instrumented Systems; Fatigue Damage Initiation in Oil and Gas Steel Pipes Assessment; Problems; References; ; Mathematical Models for Performing Safety and Reliability Analyses in Oil and Gas Industry ; Introduction; Model I; Model II; Model III; Model IV; Model V; Model VI; Model VII; Problems; References; ; Appendix: Bibliography—Literature on Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 622.8; Petroleum industry and trade -- Equipment and supplies -- Reliability; Petroleum industry and trade -- Safety measures
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498746571
• Related ISBNs: 9781498746564
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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