Pipeline risk management manual
A systematic approach to petroleum pipeline risk management is proposed here. This book is organized to serve as a guide for the person or persons who are actually performing pipeline risk assessments. All of the risk evaluation items with their suggested scores are listed on p. xii in this Introduction. This list can be used as a checklist for the actual pipeline evaluations and for subsequent data retention or entry into a computer program. Chapter One explains the reasoning behind the type of risk assessment proposed here. Other forms of risk assessment are listed as well as some concepts of risk assessment in general. Concepts of quality and cost management, as they relate to risk management, are also discussed. Chapter Two provides the foundation for this risk assessment process. Basic assumptions of this model and the structure of the evaluation process are covered. Sectioning of the pipeline and classifying pipeline activities as attributed or preventions are addressed here. The pipeline activities and environmental characteristics that influence risk. Each chapter corresponds to an index which, in turn, corresponds to a historical cause of pipeline failures. These chapters show the suggested scoring for each item and the rational behind including the item in the risk assessment. Chapter Seven details the Leak Impact Factor which is the consequence part of the risk equation. Product handled, population density, and other factors are combined her to assess the potential consequence of a pipeline failure.
- OSTI ID:
- 7112792
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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