Probability analysis and prevention of offshore oil and gas accidents: Fire as a cause and a consequence

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27740%2F21%3A10248844" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27740/21:10248844 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040071" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040071</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire4040071" target="_blank" >10.3390/fire4040071</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Probability analysis and prevention of offshore oil and gas accidents: Fire as a cause and a consequence

Original language description

Failures during the drilling and exploitation of hydrocarbons that result in catastrophic offshore oil and gas accidents are relatively rare but if they occur the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of loss of life and environmental damage. Therefore, to gain insight into their prevention, the largest major offshore oil and gas accidents, those with more than 10 fatalities or with a large environmental impact, are analyzed in this article. Special attention is placed on fire as a cause and a consequence. Relevant technological and legislative changes and updates regarding safety that have followed such accidents and that can prevent potential future similar misfortunes are evaluated. Two main approaches to safety are compared: (1) the American prescriptive vs. (2) the European goal-oriented approach. The main causes of accidents are tested statistically in respect of failure probability, where the exact confidence limits for the estimated probabilities are computed. The results of the statistical test based on exact confidence intervals show that there is no significant difference between the analysed factors, which describe the main causes of offshore oil and gas accidents. Based on the small but carefully chosen group of 24 of the largest accidents, it can be concluded that there is no evidence of a difference between the categories of the main causes of accidents. (C) 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20400 - Chemical engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/TK03020027" target="_blank" >TK03020027: CEET - Center of Energy and Environmental Technologies</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Fire

ISSN

2571-6255

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

4

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000737064100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85118399325