Design criteria for fire and blast engineering in the goal setting working environment
- British Gas E and P, Reading (United Kingdom). Engineering and Projects Dept.
- Steel Construction Inst., Ascot (United Kingdom). Offshore Div.
The present goal-setting approach to safety on offshore installations in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) means that new oil and gas installations must be designed to sufficiently resist potential accidental loads. A goal-setting approach also allows other goals such as environmental issues or continuity of hydrocarbon production targets to be defined and then integrated and optimized within the whole design and operation of an oil or gas installation. In the past, design criteria for fire and blast have been prescriptive and component based. In reality, however, an oil or gas installation fulfills its objectives as a whole system, i.e. all its parts and components act together, often in a time-dependent manner. A system approach has been possible in the past for normal operational loads, e.g. on structures and pipework. However, for accidental or upset conditions, only the relatively recent advances in computerized techniques enabled simulation of system behavior under dynamic and ultimate limit state conditions with acceptable accuracy. The work presented in this paper was performed as a part of the Safety Case development for the Rough platforms. Using performance criteria, advanced analytical techniques and performing the work in a close multi-discipline collaboration manner enabled it to be completed on time with significant cost savings.
- OSTI ID:
- 194321
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950695-; ISBN 0-7918-1308-8; TRN: IM9611%%162
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on offshore mechanics and arctic engineering, Copenhagen (Denmark), 18-22 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of OMAE 1995 -- Proceedings of the 14. international conference on offshore mechanics and arctic engineering. Volume 2: Safety and reliability; Guedes Soares, C. [ed.] [Technical Univ. of Lisbon, Lisboa (Portugal)]; PB: 567 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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