Offshore Risk Assessment Principles, Modelling and Applications of QRA Studies

Offshore Risk Assessment is the first book to deal with quantified risk assessment (QRA) as applied specifically to offshore installations and operations. Risk assessment techniques have been used for some years in the offshore oil and gas industry, and their use is set to expand increasingly as the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vinnem, Jan-Erik
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Risk Picture
  • 3 Risk Presentation and Acceptance Criteria
  • 4 Methodology for Quantified Risk Assessment
  • 5 Analysis Techniques
  • 6 Fatality Risk Assessment
  • 7 Approach to Risk Based Design
  • 8 Fire Risk Modelling
  • 9 Explosion Risk Modelling
  • 10 Collision Risk Modelling
  • 11 Risk due to Miscellaneous Hazards
  • 12 Risk Mitigation and Control
  • 13 Risk Control during Operation
  • 14 New Approach to the Characterisation of Risk
  • 15 Applicability of Risk Assessment to Shipping
  • Appendix A Overview of Software
  • A1.1 Introduction
  • A1.2 Electronic Contacts
  • A1.3 Quantitative Risk Assessment software
  • A1.4 QRA Tools for Scenario and Probability Analysis
  • A1.5 QRA Tools for Consequence Analysis
  • A1.6 Qualitative Risk Assessment software
  • A1.7 Reporting and Analysis of incidents and accidents
  • A1.8 Risk Management software
  • Appendix B NORSOK STANDARD Risk and Emergency Preparedness Analysis
  • B1 Scope
  • B2 Normative References
  • B3 Definitions and Abbreviations
  • B4 Establishment and Use of Risk Acceptance Criteria
  • 135 Planning, Execution and Use of Risk and Emergency Preparedness Analysis
  • B6 Risk and Emergency Preparedness Analysis for Mobile Units
  • B7 Risk and Emergency Preparedness Analysis in Life Cycle Phases
  • References