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

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20400 - Chemical engineering

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TK03020027" target="_blank" >TK03020027: CEET - Centrum energetických a environmentálních technologií</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Fire

ISSN

2571-6255

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

4

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000737064100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85118399325